In this paper, I discuss the evolution of economic inequality over the past three decades in India. I use two different data sources for the analysis: distribution of consumption expenditure data from published NSS reports and distribution of pre-tax national income data from the website of the World Inequality Database (WID). In comparison to WID, NSS data not only underestimates the level of inequality at any point in time, but it can also give an erroneous picture about the change in inequality over time. By failing to adequately capture the income or expenditure distribution, NSS data paints a misleading picture about economic inequality. Researchers should use caution before exclusively using NSS consumption expenditure data for the analysis of economic inequality in India.