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Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey over 'data quality'

The findings of the report, published by Business Standard on Friday, showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18

Results of the survey show significant divergence in consumption pattern and with administrative data sources
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Results of the survey show significant divergence in consumption pattern and with administrative data sources

New Delhi
The government has decided to scrap the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) consumer expenditure survey conducted in 2017-18 over “data quality”.

“In view of the data quality issues, the Ministry (of Statistics

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First Published: Nov 15 2019 | 10:06 PM IST

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