MC Exclusive: Statistics ministry mulling back-up plan to update CPI if consumer survey junked again

The government had junked the Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2017-18 citing issues with the quality of data. This made it impossible to update India's Consumer Price Index, which remains rooted in the survey conducted way back in 2011-12

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