(a) whether the Government proposes to engage postmen for collecting data regarding essential
commodities for compilation of Consumer Price Index across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of postmen likely to be engaged in such act; and
(d) the details of remuneration likely to be given to these postmen?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION(SHRI G.K. VASAN)
(a) to (d) Due to shortage of field investigators in the National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO), price collection work for compilation of Consumer Price Index for rural areas could
not be taken up. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) is, therefore, currently making
efforts to find out suitable agencies including State/UT governments and the Department of
Posts for price collection work in the rural areas.