In India, over the past several years food inflation has been a matter of great concern for the economists and policy makers. Several studies have been conducted on food inflation but the results were inadequate to arrive at policy decisions to contain it. The data on Household Monthly Per capita Consumption Expenditure on food provided by National Sample Survey Organization is useful to know the pattern of consumption and changes in the level of consumption. However, the findings of NSS do not reveal any concrete evidence in support of the popular view that the change in the pattern and...