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100			_aRoy, Saikat Sinha
245			_aIndia's trade database: contours, inconsistencies and ways ahead
260			_c2001
300			_ap.51-58
362			_a6 Jan
520			_aIndia's trade database suffers from lack of consistency due to reasons ranging from sample bias to coverage of data. To this extent, the empirical estimates are unreliable. This article focuses on the various dimensions of India's trade database and suggests that, apart from adjustments in coverage and survey designs, which could make the trade database more comprehensive, harmonisation of data across production, trade, and prices, would make the database compatible with the emerging economic system. - Reproduced
650			_aIndia - Commerce
650			_aTrade
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a47438
999			_c47438 _d47438