Nepal - Quarterly Survey of Retail Prices of Construction Materials and Construction Labours 2010-2011

The necessary data for these indices have been collected from the 3 locations based on Judgment Sampling of district head quarter of the 33 districts where Branch Statistics are located. These districts cover the three ecological belts i.e. mountain, hill and terai and five development regions as well. The data on construction materials e.g. cement, bricks, iron rods, wood sawn etc. and wage rate of the construction labours are collecting through the quarterly price survey of selected inputs of construction sector. Branch Statistics Offices, collect quarterly data under the direct supervision of the CBS.


There were minimal unavoidable deviations from the sample design.


Approximately 90 percent


The Price Index of Some Construction Materials (PICM) consists of 22 types of construction materials i.e. Wood sawn, Cement, Bricks, Iron rods & billets, paints, electric wire, fittings etc. Similarly, the wage index of the construction sector comprises the daily wage or wage rate of the eight types of construction workers i.e. Engineer, Overseer, Carpenter, Mason, Labors etc. The weights of these commodities as well as wages have been derived from the study on Input Cost of Construction Sector 2005. In addition to this information, detail discussions were held with the experts, engineers and professionals associated with the construction sector.