Solution:

General Sources of Secondary Information:

Census of India :

• A decennial publication of the Government of India, it provides, information on population, demographic characteristics, household size and composition.

Economic Survey:

• An annual publication of the Ministry of Finance, it provides the latest data on industrial production, wholesale prices, consumer prices, exports, agricultural production, national income, etc.

Guidelines to Industries:

• An annual publication of the Central Statistical The organization contains information on various aspects of the industry: number of units and state-wise distribution, the average number of working days, employment, materials consumption, the number of products, etc.

Annual Reports of the Development Wing, Ministry of Commerce and Industry:

• An annual publication, it gives a detailed review of industries under the purview of the wing. It also provides information about new items manufactured for the first time in India and the list of protected industries.

Annual Bulletin of statistics of Exports and Imports:

• An annual publication of the Ministry of Commerce, it provides data on imports and exports for a very large number of items and as per international classification.

Monthly Studies of Production of Selected Industries:

• A monthly publication of the Central Statistical Organization, it provides all Indian data on production, number of units installed capacity, state-wise break-up, stock level, etc., for several selected industries.

Publications of Advertising Agencies:

• The leading advertising agencies like Clarion, McCann and Thompson have published test markets, marketing rating indices of towns of India, consumer index of markets, and other studies which throws valuable light on Indian markets.