Statistics Ministry to shop online for data
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has approached online grocery platforms BigBasket and Reliance JioMart to gather data on product prices. The ministry aims to use this data to formulate the retail inflation basket and calculate monthly inflation. The move comes as online grocery shopping in India has seen significant growth, with the market expected to reach $37 billion by 2028.
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