B.Sc. I (Sem. II Paper III) Unit 2, 2.1 INDEX NUMBERS : निर्देशांक , देशनांक , सूचकांक
Unit ... 2 The time has come, the Walrus said To speak of many things, Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, Of cabbages and kings - l ewis Carroll 2.1 Index Numbers introduction: Index Number is a tool used to measure the changes in prices of commodities, industrial and agricultural production, sales, imports, exports, etc. It was first developed by an Italian economist Mr. Carli in 1764 for comparison of prices of commodities. The fields in which the index numbers are used are economics, trade, stock market, Government Organizations etc. The popularly used index numbers are- i) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) SENSEX Index Number. ii) NSE ind...