Economics
India’s Economic Data Releases to Face Disruption on Lockdown
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India’s economic statistical releases for March and April are likely to be incomplete, if not delayed, as coronavirus-related precautions and a 21-day nationwide lockdown disrupt field data collection.
“We have suspended work from March 18,” Chief Statistician Pravin Srivastava said in an interview. “We will have to take stock of data that has been collected. It’s premature” to say whether inflation numbers would be released next month, he said.