© 2018. Dr. M. S. Deshmukh & Dr. Satish Vyavahare. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. An Analysis of Consumption Pattern in Drought- Prone Region of Western Maharashtra (India) By Dr. M. S. Deshmukh & Dr. Satish Vyavahare Shivaji University Abstract- This paper examines the farmer’s monthly per capita consumption expenditure of food and non- food items in the dry region of western Maharashtra using the field survey data 2015-16. The present study was carried out in eighteen villages, covering 360 farmers of Atpadi and Jat block of Sangli district and Sangola and Mangalwedha block of Solapur district in western Maharashtra. Consumption is a significant activity performed by the households where in which drought significantly impacted its food consumption pattern by causing a change in the structure of food consumption baskets. The MPCE share on Jawar of small farmers (11.80%) was higher as compared to medium farmers (10.94%) and large farmers (9.74%). The share of monthly per capita consumption expenditure of milk (liquid) of large farmers (16.39%) was very high as compared to small farmers (12.41%) and medium farmers (13.07%). The monthly per capita expenditure of transport, communication & entertainment of large farmers (Rs.65) was high as compared to medium farmers (Rs.50) and small farmers (Rs.43). The monthly per capita expenditure on education of small farmers was Rs.100 (8.74%), medium farmers Rs.118 (9.35%) and the large farmers Rs.169 (11.13%). During the reference period in a study area. The average MPCE of large farmers were 1.33 times larger than the MPCE of small farmers. Keywords: food and non-food consumption expenditure, gini coefficient, lorenz curve. GJMBR-B Classification: JEL Code: A19 AnAnalysisofConsumptionPatterninDroughtProneRegionofWesternMaharashtraIndia Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of Management and Business Research: B Economics and Commerce Volume 18 Issue 7 Version 1.0 Year 2018 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853