Reproducibility package for India: Trends In Poverty, 2011-12 To 2022-23
Reference ID
FR_IND_2025_344
Author(s)
Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Icaza, Nancy Puranbhai Devpura, Diego Lestani, Julia Liniado, Nishtha Kochhar, Nandini Krishnan, Naresh Kumar, Ayago Wambile
Collections
Metadata
Created on
May 30, 2025
Last modified
Jun 05, 2025
Overview
Abstract
This technical note provides updated poverty trends for India using international poverty lines and documents the methodology for generating the corresponding welfare aggregates, poverty, and inequality estimates, using data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) 2022-23 and the 2011-12 CES.
Reproducibility Package
Scripts
Title
Reproducibility package for India: Trends In Poverty, 2011-12 To 2022-23. Methodology Note
Date
2025-05
Dependencies
R dependencies are listed in the file renv.lock. Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder.
Instructions
See README in reproducibility package.
Notes
Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.
Source code repository
| Repository name | URI |
|---|---|
| Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) | https://reproducibility.worldbank.org |
Software
Name
R
Version
4.4.1
Name
Stata
Version
18 MP
Name
Excel
Version
Microsoft Excel for Microsoft 365 MSO
Reproducibility
Technology environment
Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:
– Windows 10 Enterprise
– Processor INTEL(R) XEON(R) PLATINUM 8562Y+, 2800 Mhz, 16 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
– Memory available: 128 GB
– Software version: Stata 18 MP, R 4.4.1
Technology requirements
~4 hours runtime
Reproduction instructions
To reproduce the exhibits in this report, a new user must follow these steps:
- Obtain access to the data that is not included in the package, and place it in the appropriate folder as indicated in the folder structure.
- Open the main
.dofile, update the file path accordingly, and run the code to generate the main outputs. - To reproduce the appendix exhibits, open the R project, restore the environment using
renv::restore(), and run the code.
Note:
Since the data is not included in the reproducibility package, the folder contains all figures and tables produced by the replicators. These can be reviewed and compared with the published report.
Data
Datasets
Name
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey: 2022-2023
Note
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Access year: 2024.
Located at: data/raw/ces/
User needs to follow this link:https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php, create and account and log in. Finally click the link below for direct download. The user needs to be logged in to be able to download the .zip directly. The name of the downloaded file will be Unit level data of HCES 2022-23 round zip folder; Then the user needs to extract and open some files using Nesstar
Explorer and then save them in the raw→ces folder. Please see detailed instructions in the README file.
Access policy
Data is publicly available but does not allow redistribution
Data URL
https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/224/download/2548
Name
Household Consumption Expenditure: 2011-2012
Note
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Access year: 2023.
Location: Nss68_1.0_Type2_new format.rar; Nss68_1.0_Type1_new format.rar.
User needs to follow this link:https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php, create and account and log in. Finally click the links below for direct download. The user needs to be logged in to be able to download the .zip directly. Please see detailed instructions in the README file.
Access policy
Data is publicly available but does not allow redistribution
Data URL
https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/126/download/1595; https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/1/download/1596
Name
CPI Index Back Series
Note
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Consumer Price Indices Warehouse.
Location: CPI_R_U_subgroups_Jan11_May24.
Details: The file was downloaded from the Consumer Price Indices Warehouse website by selecting the following parameters:
Time Series>Base 2012> Current Series.
Period: January 2011-December2012;
Coverage: All States;
Groups and Subgroups: All.
The variables included are:
Rural;
Urban;
Combined;
After downloading, the "Back Series" values were manually copied and pasted into the file listed in the next entry "Current Series".
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package
Data URL
https://cpi.mospi.gov.in/
Name
CPI Index Current Series
Note
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Consumer Price Indices Warehouse.
Location: CPI_R_U_subgroups_Jan11_May24.
Details: The file was downloaded from the Consumer Price Indices Warehouse website by selecting the following parameters:
Time Series>Base 2012> Current Series.
Period: January 2013-May2024.
Coverage: All States;
Groups and Subgroups: All.
The variables included are:
Rural;
Urban;
Combined;
The data was then manually combined with the back series described in the previous entry.
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package
Data URL
https://cpi.mospi.gov.in/
Name
Population Projection for India and States, 2011-2036
Note
Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Located at: data/raw/other/Population_Projections_Health_Ministry.xlsx.
Data collected from the PDF in the following link and manually copied into the mentioned Excel file by the team.
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package.
Data URL
https://nhm.gov.in/New_Updates_2018/Report_Population_Projection_2019.pdf
Name
World Development Indicators
Note
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Located at: data/raw/other/Population_Projections_WDI.
Access year: 2025.
Variable name: Rural population, Urban population.
Access policy
Data is publicly available and included in the reproducibility package
Data URL
https://databank.worldbank.org/source/population-estimates-and-projections
Data statement
All data sources are publicly available but not all are included in the reproducibility package.
Description
Output
Type
Methodology Note
Title
India: Trends In Poverty, 2011-12 To 2022-23
Authors
Poverty & Equity Team
URL
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099060325033540333
Authors
| Author | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Icaza | World Bank | mgonzalezicaza@worldbank.org |
| Nancy Puranbhai Devpura | World Bank | ndevpura@worldbank.org |
| Diego Lestani | World Bank | dlestani@worldbank.org |
| Julia Liniado | World Bank | jliniado@worldbank.org |
| Nishtha Kochhar | World Bank | nkochhar@worldbank.org |
| Nandini Krishnan | World Bank | nkrishnan@worldbank.org |
| Naresh Kumar | World Bank | nkumar18@worldbank.org |
| Ayago Wambile | World Bank | awambile@worldbank.org |
Date of production
2025-04-25
Scope and coverage
Geographic locations
| Location | Code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Keywords
Poverty
Inequality
India
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey
Hces
Ces
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.
Access and rights
License
| Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Modified BSD3 | https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/ |
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Icaza | World Bank | mgonzalezicaza@worldbank.org |
| Reproducibility WBG | World Bank | reproducibility@worldbank.org |
Information on metadata
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducibility WBG | DIME | World Bank - Development Impact Department | Verification and preparation of metadata |
Date of Production
2025-04-25
Document version
1