Rural Price Collection Surveys
The Field Operations Division (FOD) of NSSO collects data from 603 Villages on prices of specified commodities generally consumed by agricultural / rural labourers for
compilation of Consumer Price Index (CPI) (base year 1986-87) for Agricultural / Rural Labourers on behalf of the Labour Bureau.
The number of items/commodities covered is about 260.
Consumer Price Index CPI (Urban)
FOD also undertakes the regular price collection work for about 1114 Quotations from 310 towns for the market survey for the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) Urban.
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