NEW DELHI: Shop online? The government of India (GoI) wants to know the details. This is small compared to India’s total retail spending of $750 billion. But online commerce is expected to grow rapidly.US-based market research company Forrester expects around one-fifth of total retail sales to take place online by 2021 in Asia Pacific. China is currently the largest online retail market in Asia, but India is the fastestgrowing online retail market globally.The national expenditure survey will cover almost 1.2 lakh households across 5,000 urban blocks and 7,000 villages.

Source: Economic Times June 12, 2017 19:30 UTC