new delhi bus tram is the most popular means of transport both in rural and urban areas about 66 households in rural areas and 62 households in urban areas reported expenditure on this particular modethis is finding of national sample survey office nssowhich released the report titled key indicators of household expenditure on services and durable goods the survey covered the whole of the indian union the results of the survey are based on the sample canvassed by nsso consisting of 7969 villages and 6048 urban blocks spread over all states and union territories of the country the schedule was canvassed in 47535 households in rural areas and 36065 households in urban areas during the period july 2014 june 2015 the next most reported means of transport was auto rickshaw about 38 rural households and about 47 urban households taxi railways and rickshaw are the other major modes of transport both in rural and urban areas as reported by the households expenditures on bus tram auto rickshaw taxi and train account for more than 90 of the total expenditure on transport both in rural and urban areas expenditure share of railways as mode of transport contributes much higher proportion in urban areas 1254 than that in rural areas 441 among different modes of transport monthly per capita expenditure mpce on bustram is highest both in rural rs 4343 and urban rs 9489 india regarding miscellaneous consumer services survey finds that in both rural and urban areas about 90 or more households reported expenditure on barber beauty shops and communication services in case of budgetshare of different types of miscellaneous services in rural areas communication services accounted for the highest share 2533 followed by barber beauty shops 1107 tv radio services 1058 repair maintenance 1027 tailoring services 1018 in urban areas communication services again accounted for highest share of budget 2633 followed by domestic services 1211 tv radio services 1022 and recreational cultural services 995 regarding durable goods survey suggests that in rural area the share of budget spent on a durables is highest for transport equipment about 83 when the purchase was done mainly for using it for enterprise purpose the expenditure on each durable group of i heating cooling and electricity generation devices ii it communication devices and iii productive equipment separately accounted for about 4 of budget share all other durable groups except furniture fixtures 16 accounted for very little expenditure each less than 1 in budget share when the main purpose of use was for domestic purpose though the highest budget share was in respect of transport equipment about 45 a notably high budget share of about 23 was observed on jewellery and ornaments followed by heating cooling and electricity generation devices and it and communication devices both having a share of about 7 each and furniture and fixtures about 56 in the urban area almost similar pattern was observed except the fact that