Sunday, 31 March 2013

How much food can you buy for Rs. 600 a month?

Here's my grocery list for this month. I've come up with this list trying to find the cheapest things with the best nutritional profile. The ghee is the only indulgence. I may need to sacrifice this if other more essential items are being compromised.

The calorific content of all this food is about 51000 kilo calories. That's 1700 calories a day. Honestly, it's more than I expected I could get for this amount. We'll have to see how this works in terms of a daily food plan. It's possible I've forgotten some essentials and will need to dip into the buffer or throw out the ghee.


Item
Quantity
Purchased at
Cost
White rice
2 kgs
Fair price shop prices for APL families ( I am simulating this because I don’t have a  ration card)
Rs. 21
Chana dal
0.5 kg
Rythu Bazaar Mehdipatnam, Hyd
Rs. 30
Masoor dal
0.5 kg
Rythu Bazaar Mehdipatnam, Hyd
Rs. 29
Gram flour (Besan)
0.5 kg
Rythu Bazaar Mehdipatnam, Hyd
Rs. 38
Assorted vegetables
3.5 kg
Rythu Bazaar Mehdipatnam, Hyd
Rs. 50X4 weeks = 200
Cooking oil (Palm oil)
1 kg
Reliance Mart
Rs.61
Masqati Ghee
100g
Kirana store near home
Rs.33
Wheat flour
3 kg
Fair price shop prices for APL families ( I am simulating this because I don’t have a  ration card)
Rs. 19.5
Milk
1.5 L
Kirana store near home
Rs. 54
Sugar
150 grams
Kirana store near home
Rs. 7
Salt
150 grams
Kirana store near home
Rs. 2
Tea dust
100 grams
Kirana store near home
Rs.20
Miscellaneous spices
200 grams (turmeric, chili powder, dhania powder, etc.)
Kirana store near home
Rs. 34
Buffer
Rs.51.5
Total
Rs. 600

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