MoSPI to launch new surveys, boost high-frequency economic indicators: Saurabh GargIndia's statistics ministry is set to launch a new Index of Services Production. Plans include state-level data revisions and harmonisation...
06 Mar, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
MoSPI speeds up data releases, launches new website, revamps surveysIndia's statistics ministry is modernizing its data systems. New digital tools and faster releases are improving access to socio-economic i...
26 Dec, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
Statistics, Labour ministries should jointly assess impact of PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: Labour secretaryLabour and statistics ministries are set to collaborate on assessing the impact of PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, aiming to generate 3.5 c...
28 Aug, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
MoSPI discusses preparing Index of Service Production from Services Sector SurveyThe statistics ministry convened a session to discuss the preparation of the Index of Service Production, drawing parallels with the Index ...
14 Aug, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
MoSPI gets real with artificial intelligence: Surveys to use chatbotsThe Statistics Ministry is adding Artificial Intelligence to its work. AI chatbots will be used in important surveys. This will give policy...
25 Jun, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
New stats register soon to help gauge business outlookThe government is set to launch a Statistical Business Register (SBR) to compile data on businesses at the district and state levels. This ...
06 Jun, 2025, 11.59 PM IST
Labour force survey to be monthly exercise with larger sample sizeThe statistics ministry announced that the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) will be released monthly, incorporating rural areas in quart...
15 May, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
Govt revamps employment survey, extends quarterly data to rural India for the first timeThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will enhance labour force data dissemination by publishing the Periodic Lab...
14 May, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Panels formed to undertake eighth economic censusIndia is gearing up for its eighth economic census, employing technology for data collection, while addressing data quality concerns from t...
09 May, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Mospi: Surveys on health, labour force, telecom to start in JanuaryThe National Statistics Office (NSO) will begin three surveys in January. These include surveys on health, telecom and ICT skills, and educ...
02 Jan, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Survey on unincorporated enterprises to start in JanuaryThe last survey was conducted between October 2023 and September 2024. The next survey will try to capture district-wise data also to help ...
25 Dec, 2024, 11.19 PM IST
States endorse MoSPI plan for district surveysIndia is gearing up to collect economic data at the district level, aiming to release gross district development figures by January 2026. T...
07 Nov, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
Mapping economic data: From macro to micro, official statistics coverage set for a deeper dive soonThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) plans to come up with district-level estimates by onboarding states and als...
14 Sep, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Govt extends tenure of Ravindra Dholakia-led committee on state, district accountsThe tenure of the committee setup last year, is extended for a period of one year from June 25, 2019.
31 Jul, 2019, 11.05 PM IST
National business register: A record of all business enterprises in the countryThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) plans to compile a national business register of all business enterprises i...
16 May, 2019, 06.56 AM IST
'CSCs to train 15 lakh enumerators for 7th Economic Census'Common Service Centres (CSCs), under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, are readying 15 lakh enumerators for the 7th Economic Census to be...
06 Jan, 2019, 01.08 PM IST
Mobile apps to capture inflation data, regional CPI in the offing“Next year, CPI will be different because we plan to capture data through mobile apps,” said an official in the know of the details.
12 Nov, 2018, 01.58 PM IST