NEW DELHI : The quality of crucial retail inflation data is likely to be compromised during the ongoing lockdown imposed to fight covid-19 as restrictions on movement and closure of non-essential business establishments are hampering the efforts of investigators who are trying to collect information.
Field investigators are to collect data of essential commodities either over telephone or during their visit to the nearest market for their own personal shopping, according to the standard operating procedure of the National Statistical Organisation (NSO) reviewed by Mint. “The outbreak of covid-19 in India and subsequent measures implemented to limit its spread, particularly the national lockdown and the resultant temporary closure of retail
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