Mahajan et al.
Table 7. Avg. MPCE on different types of meat in rural areas of NE states in 2009-10 (in ` .)
States
Fish/ Prawn Chevon/ Mutton Beef/ Carabeef
Pork
Chicken
Others
Total
A.P.
43.62
8.06
14.68
17.65
31.34
8.16
123.51
Assam
50.70
4.25
5.67
8.37
16.74
2.00
87.74
Manipur
34.35
0.24
16.81
9.51
13.12
5.08
79.10
Meghalaya
26.75
2.22
40.57
21.88
10.19
0.92
102.53
Mizoram
17.21
0.72
7.63
41.32
23.79
11.04
101.71
Nagaland
25.25
0.44
40.39
60.90
24.02
13.35
164.35
Sikkim
5.88
6.92
17.79
10.46
22.42
0.52
63.99
Tripura
97.72
2.46
1.64
16.48
21.83
1.56
141.69
NE
50.60
3.80
9.16
11.76
17.27
2.54
95.13
India
14.78
7.17
2.59
0.72
9.30
0.25
38.32
Source: Authors’ estimates from NSSO unit level data
Note: AP=Arunachal Pradesh, NE=North Eastern States
Table 8. Avg. MPCE on different types of meat in urban areas of NE states in 2009-10 (in ` .)
States
Fish/ Prawn Chevon/ Mutton
Beef/ Carabeef
Pork
Chicken
Others
Total
A.P.
44.60
14.87
15.65
11.73
39.48
1.76
128.09
Assam
104.40
20.35
1.86
3.92
34.60
1.77
166.91
Manipur
53.45
0.18
0.90
2.17
12.12
5.92
74.74
Meghalaya
36.11
3.75
33.08
23.01
16.00
0.38
112.32
Mizoram
22.53
1.06
26.63
107.22
17.85
3.97
179.25
Nagaland
33.00
1.01
42.70
64.88
29.96
7.80
179.35
Sikkim
22.41
11.65
34.54
14.56
36.57
0.00
119.73
Tripura
174.92
8.18
0.39
3.00
45.74
0.91
233.14
NE
87.89
13.03
9.01
16.05
30.83
2.45
159.25
India
17.98
13.95
3.70
0.41
15.00
0.14
57.14
Note: AP=Arunachal Pradesh, NE=North Eastern States
providing the incentives or by internal trade with other
chevon/mutton which points out at the lesser importance
states which are in surplus. High demand-supply gap
of chevon/mutton in the diet. Of all the states, only
is also seen in Tripura for chevon/mutton meat. Also,
Arunachal Pradesh has higher average MPCC of chevon/
Sikkim is the other state which has deficit in all meat types
mutton as compared to national level. The difference
except beef/carabeef which points at the opportunities
between national and NE regional level average MPCC
for agribusiness sector, for internal trade as well as
is phenomenal particularly for beef/carabeef (3 times) and
employment opportunities.
pork (6 times). Across the states in terms of total meat and
The average MPCC in rural areas of the NE states is
fish, highest MPCC is observed in Nagaland and lowest
given in Table 4. The estimates showed that overall the
in Sikkim. Comparing the consumption of each type of
rural areas of the region, the average MPCC of different
meat across the region, the highest average MPCC is
types of meat is more than the national average except in
of Tripura in fish followed by Assam while the lowest
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