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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
5371 GI/2025
(1)
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 12th August, 2025
S.O. 3678(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act,
2008 (7 of 2009), as amended in 2017 (21 of 2017) and through THE JAN VISWAS (AMENDMENT OF
PROVISIONS) ACT, 2023 NO. 18 OF 2023 in 2023, read with rules 5 and 7 of the Collection of Statistics Rules,
2024, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry hereby directs Collection of Price Information for WPI 2011-12 and
Price and Production Information for forthcoming series of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)/Producer Price Index
(PPI)/Index of Industrial Production (IIP) 2022-23 from manufacturing establishments through a statistical survey,
hereinafter referred to as ‘Collection of Price Information for WPI 2011-12 and Price and Production Information for
new series of WPI/PPI/IIP 2022-23’ as per the details mentioned in the Schedule – I.
2.
The Ministry further appoints the persons as also their assignees in Office, mentioned in the Schedule II as
Statistics Officers, Adjudicating Officer in Schedule III and Appellate Authority in Schedule – IV in respect of the
geographical units mentioned thereof with reference to the aforesaid direction. Each Statistics Officer, Adjudicating
Officer and Appellate Authority shall immediately submit an undertaking in the prescribed format, namely, Form-1
appended to the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2024, to the Additional Director General, Field Operations Division,
National Statistical Office, Delhi.
3.
The persons authorized by each Statistics Officer, after submission of undertaking in the prescribed format,
namely, Form-1 appended to the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2024 to the Statistics Officer, would be engaged in the
geographical jurisdiction of the Statistics Officer for verification of information furnished by informants, for
inspecting relevant records, and for seeking clarifications, as may be necessary, from informants. In accordance with
these duties, each person authorized would carry a photo identity card and a letter of authorization issued by the
concerned Statistics Officer. The Statistics Officer shall keep the undertakings of the authorized persons in his safe
custody and forward a certificate of having obtained the above undertakings of the Office of the Additional Director
General, Field Operations Division, National Statistics Office, Delhi.
4.
The statistics collected in schedule for Collection of Price and Production Information for WPI 2011-12 and
new series of WPI/PPI/IIP 2022-23 after due verification and scrutiny, will be processed by officials working at the
Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. Subject to the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 as amended in 2017 (21 of 2017) and through THE JAN
VISWAS (AMENDMENT OF PROVISIONS) ACT, 2023 NO. 18 OF 2023 in 2023 and the Collection of Statistics
Rules, 2024, the unit level data and the reports, generated from the data through statistical techniques, may be kept in
custody and disseminated by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade to the users within and outside the Government, the States/UTs and the public at large as per extant policy
guidelines of the Government.
5.
All persons engaged in any activity in respect of collection of statistics, processing of data and dissemination
with respect to WPI 2011-12 and WPI/PPI/IIP 2022-23 are governed by the provisions under the Collection of
Statistics Act, 2008 as amended in 2017 (21 of 2017) and through THE JAN VISWAS (AMENDMENT OF
PROVISIONS) ACT, 2023 NO. 18 OF 2023 in 2023 and the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2024.
6.
Following powers have been delegated to the Statistics Officers:
(a)
A Statistics Officer is empowered to depute/authorize officials to collect statistics in respect of the
aforementioned direction, to verify information furnished by informants on the basis of business records and other
records and to seek clarifications from any owner or occupier or person in-charge of a factory or establishment or
management, as the case may be, at the premises where such records are kept. A Statistics Officer is also empowered
to depute/authorize officials under the administrative control of any State Government or Union territory
Administration, which is willing to collect statistics from any of those factories/establishment for which the Statistics
Officer has not deputed/authorized any official under his administrative control.
(b)
A Statistics Officer is empowered to give one month notice or for the period deemed fit to each of the
informant for furnishing return in the format, specified for the purpose of collection of statistics.
(c)
A Statistics Officer is empowered to provide to any informant, the facility of furnishing return in electronic
form through a web-based application/portal of certain period, to be specified by him in the notice to be issued to the
informant.
Powers of the adjudicating officer: - An adjudicating officer appointed under section 15A of the Act to hold an
inquiry and impose penalty, shall also have the powers to-
(i)
Call for oral or written evidence on oath or on affidavit from parties including from any other person
who has been summoned;
(ii)
Peruse or inspect relevant documents, records or copies thereof;
(iii) Summon and enforce the attendance of any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the
case. Any appropriate agency including the District Administration shall render such assistance on
receiving a reference regarding enforcing the attendance of any person while discharging the duties of
the adjudicating officer appointed under the Act.
Appeal against the order of adjudicating officer: -
(1) The appropriate Government may appoint any of its officers, above the rank of adjudicating officer, as an
appellate authority under the provisions of the Act.
(2) Whoever aggrieved by the order passed by the adjudicating officer under this Act, may prefer an appeal to
the appellate authority, within thirty days from the date of receipt of order, in Form-III.
(3) An appeal may be admitted even after the expiry of the period of thirty days if the appellant satisfies the
appellate authority that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within that period. In case the
appeal has been preferred against the order of the adjudicating officer, the operation of the order of the
adjudicating officer shall be kept in abeyance, till the disposal of the appeal.
(4) Whenever, such an appeal is received, the appellate authority shall hold a hearing, either in person or virtual
or by any other admissible mode, as may be decided by the appellate authority.
(5) The appellate authority shall issue a notice of hearing to the parties, including persons acquainted with the
facts and circumstances of the case, by name, date, venue and mode of hearing, along with the relevant
documents of the receipt on appeal, at least fifteen days before the scheduled date of hearing.
(6) The notice of hearing may also provide for submission of written communication, which may be relevant for
deciding the appeal, by the parties, if they so desire at least five days before the date of hearing.
(7) The notice of hearing shall be served in the following modes, namely: -
(i)
By speed post or registered post;
(ii)
By electronic mail in case electronic address is available;
and proof of deliveries shall be kept on the record of the case file.
(8) The parties may be present in person or through his duly authorized representative by the specified mode of
hearing as decided by the appellate authority including video conferencing, if the facility of video
conferencing is available, at the time of hearing of the case.
(9) The appellate authority may, after giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such
order as he may think fit.
SCHEDULE-I
Subject and purpose for collection of statistics:
1. Statistics relating to Basic Price/Ex-factory price, Purchaser’s Price and Production from organized
manufacturing establishment comprising activities related to manufacturing processes, repair, gas and water
supply and cold storage is collected through monthly survey for WPI (2011-12=100) and new series of
WPI/PPI/IIP (2022-23=100).
Geographical area for collection of Statistics:
2. The Collection of Price Information for WPI 2011-12 and Price and Production Information for new series of
WPI/PPI/IIP 2022-23 is conducted in the whole of India.
Method of Data collection:
3. A Notice will be issued by each Statistics Officer to Informants under his jurisdiction, indicating therein the
data by which, the officer or Office to whom, the units for which, and the formats and the manner in which
information is required to be furnished, including submission of information in electronic from through a web
based application/portal designed for the purpose and made available to informants up to a certain date,
specified in the notice.
Nature of informants for whom data may be allowed:
4. The informants are owners or occupiers or persons in-charge, of factories registered under the Factories Act,
1948 or of establishments register under may of the following Acts/Boards/Authority viz, Companies Act,
2013, Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, Societies Registration Act, Cooperative Societies Act,
Khadi and Village Industries Board, Directorate of Industries (District Industries Centre) who would be
issued notice by Statistics Officer for furnishing information under the aforementioned direction.
5. A Statistics Officer may require furnishing of consolidation information in respect of two or more factories or
establishments under a single management operating within a State or Union Territory, in case information is
not separately available for individual factories or establishments, through a notice issued to the concerned
owner or occupier or person in-charge of the management.
Period during which collection of statistics may be completed:
6. The Survey will start from July, 2025 and continue till next base year revision.
Reference period:
7. Information is required to be furnished for:
(a) WPI (Base 2011-12=100) till the launch of the new series of WPI.
(b) WPI/PPI/IIP (Base 2022-23=100): Monthly price data starting from April 2022 till the next revision of
the base year.
Nature of information to be collected:
8. The information required relate to Basic Price/Ex-factory price, Purchaser’s Price and Production data from
organized manufacturing establishment.
Language in which information is to be furnished by informant:
9. An informant shall furnish information is to be prescribed formats, either in Hindi or in English.
Obligation of informant:
10. An owner or occupier or person in-charge of a factory or establishment or management, as the case may be,
shall furnish information in the manner and by the date mentioned in the notice received by him from the
concerned Statistics Officer. He should also furnish relevant records for inspection, and answer question in
relation to the information sought, as maybe required by the Statistics Officer or a person authorized by him.
Nature of business records and other records which may be inspected:
11. Business records of a unit, such as invoices/GST bill (comprising of CGST, SGST, IGST and e-way bills) and
balance sheets or any other document in support of the information furnished may be inspected by the
Statistics Officer or a person authorized by him.
The Manner of inspection:
12. The concerned Statistics Officer or a person authorized by him may verify the information furnished under
the aforementioned direction on the basis of business records and other records of the unit and seek
clarifications, at the premises where such records are kept, from the concerned owner or occupier or a person
in-charge of a factory or establishment or management, as the case maybe, or a person authorized by him of
the unit.
| SCHEDULE - II | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr.No. | Statistics Officer | Jurisdiction | Address |
| 1 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir (UT) Ladakh (UT) | NSO (FOD),23 B/B Gandhi Nagar, Jammu - 180011 |
| 2 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | NSO (FOD), Bosewell Villa, Near Deepak Project, PO Summer Hill, Shimla - 171005 |
| 3 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Mohali | Punjab | NSO (FOD), Building no. 418, Bulk Material Market, Sector- 65, Phase- 11, SAS Nagar, Mohali - 160065 |
| 4 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Chandigarh | Haryana & Chandigarh (UT) | NSO (FOD), 6th floor Kendriya Sada, Sec - 9a, Chandigarh - 160017 |
| 5 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Delhi | Delhi | NSO (FOD), Sankhyiki Bhawan, D- Block, 4th floor, GPOA Building, CBD Shahdara, Delhi - 110032 |
| 6 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Jaipur | Rajasthan | NSO (FOD), 70/149-154, Patel Marg, Mansarovar, Jaipur- 302020 |
| 7 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Dehradun | Uttarakhand | NSO (FOD), C-15, Sector- 1, Defence Colony, Dehradun- 248001 |
| 8 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | NSO (FOD), INS - IV Sector - 11, Vikas Nagar, Ring Road, Lucknow- 226022 |
| 9 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | NSO (FOD), Vijay Stambh, Hall No. 201 & 205, 2nd floor, M.P. Nagar,Zone - I,Bhopal - 462011 |
| 10 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Raipur | Chhattisgarh | NSO (FOD),2nd Floor Bhakta Mata Karma Commercial Complex, Room No. 8- 25, New Rajendra Nagar, Raipur - 492006 |
| 11 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Ahmedabad | Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu (UT) | NSO (FOD), near Urban Healt Centre, Behind Narayanpura Police Station, Purshotam Nagar, Nava Vadas, Ahmedabad - 380013 |
| SCHEDULE - II | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr.No. | Statistics Officer | Jurisdiction | Address |
| 12 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Mumbai | Maharashtra | NSO (FOD),4th floor, A- 2/3 Wing, Near Konkan Bhawan,CGO Complex Building, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai- 400614 |
| 13 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | NSO (FOD), 5th floor, CGO complex, Industrial Estate, Autonagar, Vijaywada - 520007 |
| 14 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Hyderabad | Telangana | NSO (FOD), 293/7 1st Floor, R & B COMPLEX, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad - 500004 |
| 15 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Bengaluru | Karnataka | NSO (FOD), V Floor, E & F Wing, Kendriya Sadan, 17 Main - 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru - 560034 |
| 16 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Chennai | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT) | NSO (FOD), 'B' Wing, II Floor, III Block. Shastri Bhawan, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai- 600006. |
| 17 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala and Lakshadweep (UT) | NSO (FOD), Block B, Ground Floor, CGO Complex, Poonkulam Vellayani P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695522. |
| 18 | Joint Director/Director, Regional Office, Panaji | Goa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | NSO (FOD), Sarvekshana Bhavan, 130 9/1, Goa Housing Board Colony, Porvorin, Bardez, Goa-403521. |
| 19 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Patna | Bihar | NSO (FOD), 7th Floor, Block D & E, Karpuri Thakur Sadan, GPOA Building, Near Rajiv Nagar Thana, Ashiyana Digha Road, Patna-800025. |
| 20 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Ranchi | Jharkhand | NSO (FOD), 6th Floor, Mahalnobis Bhawan, 164, G.L.T. Road, Kolkata- 700108. |
| 21 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Kolkata | West Bengal | NSO (FOD), CGO Complex, 2nd Floor, E-Wing, DF Block Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064. |
| 22 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Bhubaneshwar | Odisha | NSO (FOD), Commercial Complex, 1st Floor, Acharya Vihar, Bhubanewar-751013. |
| SCHEDULE - II | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr.No. | Statistics Officer | Jurisdiction | Address |
| 23 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Guwahati | Assam | NSO (FOD), 3rd Floor, Central Block, Housefed Complex, Basistha Road, Dispur Guwahati-781006. |
| 24 | Deputy Director General Regional Office, Imphal | Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim | NSO (FOD), Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Lekei, Imaemoinusanasanglen, P.O., Imphal-795001. |
| 25 | Joint Director/Director, Regional Office, Kohima | Nagaland | NSO(FOD), Transport Commissioner's Office Building. Opposite Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima-797004 |
| 26 | Deputy Director General, Regional Office, Agartala | Tripura and Mizoram | Sree Ram Villa, near SBI, PO Kunjaban Agartala, Tripura-799006 |
| SCHEDULE - III | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr.No. | Adjudicating Officer | Jurisdiction | Address |
| 1 | Deputy Director General, North Zone, Jaipur | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir (UT), Ladakh (UT), Haryana, Chandigarh (UT), Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan | 55, Keshav Marg, Lane No-3, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur-302019 |
| 2 | Deputy Director General, Central Zone, Lucknow | Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh | INS-IV, Sector-11, Vikas Nagar, Ring Road, Lucknow-226022 |
| 3 | Deputy Director General, West Zone, Nagpur | Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu (UT) and Maharashtra | CGO Complex, A-Block, Eat Wing, 3rd Floor Seminar Hills, Nagpur- 44006 |
| 4 | Deputy Director General, South Zone, Bengaluru | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (UT), Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT), Telangana, Kerala and Lakshadweep (UT) | 2nd Floor, B-Wing, Kendriya Sadan C.G.O Complex, Komarmangala, Bengaluru-560034 |
| 5 | Deputy Director General, East Zone, NSO, Kolkata | West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunchal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura and Mizoram | 6th Floor, Mahalnobis Bhawan, 164, G.L.T Road, Kolkata-700108 |
| SCHEDULE - IV | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sr.No. | Appellate Authority | Jurisdiction | Address |
| 1 | Additional Director General, NSO(FOD), HQ | All India | Sankhyiki Bhawan, D-Block, 1st Floor, GPOA Building, CBD Shahdara, Delhi-110032 |
[F. No. Ec.Ad/B-11/WPD/2012]
DILIP KUMAR SINHA, Deputy Director General
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA
Date: 2025.08.13 14:52:52 +05'30'
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