MoSPI creates two survey-based verticals in recast
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has restructured to improve survey frequency and reduce reporting delays. New Household and Enterprise Survey Divisions have been established, along with state and international cooperation u...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has restructured its working and created two survey-wise verticals as it aims to increase the frequency of various surveys such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and reduce time lags in their release.
Besides creating household and enterprise survey divisions, it has carved out separate state and international cooperation units from its existing Intra, Inter and International Coordination Unit to ensure that internationally accepted standards are followed in all survey exercises.
The move comes amid discussions on improving data quality in the country.
"The reorganisation will ensure that survey methodologies are strengthened and reports are brought out in the shortest possible time with lesser time lags," said an official, who did not wish to be identified.
Publishing core statistics at regular intervals would enhance the quality of data and their use in policy making.
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The Survey Design and Research Division has been redesignated as Household Survey Division and will cover the surveys on household consumption expenditure, land holding, health and the PLFS, among others.
The ministry's Data Processing Division and the Industrial Statistics Wing have been merged to form the Enterprise Survey Division, which will cover various annual surveys such as of unincorporated sector enterprises, industries and services, besides short-term surveys.
The ministry is working to increase the frequency of the PLFS from quarterly urban unemployment data to monthly, along with the quarterly release of the rural employment data, which is released annually at present. The PLFS for the first quarter of 2024-25 showed a fall in India's urban unemployment rate among individuals above 15 years and above to 6.6% from a four-quarter high of 6.7% in the preceding quarter.
"It is a process related reorganisation for improved coordination and administration. Earlier, the process, design and actual survey were being done by separate divisions which is now streamlined," said another official.
