According to the Economic Survey's 'Thalinomics: The Economics of a Plate of Food in India' chapter, thalis are more affordable for the common person now. Affordability of vegetarian thalis improved 29% from 2006-07 to 2019-20 while that for non-vegetarian thalis by 18%. It added the absolute prices of a vegetarian thali decreased significantly since 2015-16 though they increased in 2019.