Statistical Commission to discuss junked consumer spending report on Dec 4

The NSC is an autonomous body overlooking the country's statistical system and is headed by cryptologist Bimal Kumar Roy

The National Statistical Commission (NSC) will meet on Wednesday to discuss the recent controversy created by the government’s decision to scrap the official survey on consumer spending.

The “data quality issues” arising out of the surveys conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) is on the top of the NSC’s agenda for the meeting, according to a person aware of the development. The NSC will also discuss the comparability of the NSO survey results with administrative data produced by various arms of the government.

The NSC is an autonomous body overlooking the country’s statistical system and is headed by cryptologist