Govt to release monthly urban, rural unemployment data from AprilStarting April, the government will release monthly unemployment figures for urban and rural areas. The ministry is enhancing data for dist...
Two new survey-focused verticals created within NSSThe government has restructured the National Sample Survey (NSS) by creating the Household Survey Division and the Enterprise Survey Divisi...
PMO holds meet on statistical reform"There is practically a consensus among academics and policymakers on the robustness and representativeness of the NSS survey methodology, ...
Concerns around sampling design of govt surveys not tenable: MoSPI ministerThe concerns regarding the National Sample Surveys' sampling design are deemed invalid by Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Ministr...
PM advisory council member Shamika Ravi calls for greater focus on data quality in national surveysNational Sample Survey done by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation over-represents the rural population, the scheduled ...
Adding up isn't always so simpleAnomalies in official surveys and estimates can be attributed to differences in data collection practices by different agencies, difference...
Government to conduct first ever AYUSH surveyThe National Statistical Office and the State Directorates of Economics & Statistics will carry out the survey programme jointly for a peri...
Average medical expenditure at private hospitals seven-times higher than government ones: NSO Survey"In government/public hospitals, the expenditure was about Rs 4,452 (about Rs 4,290 in rural and Rs 4,837 in urban areas). In private hospi...
Trusts, Self-Help Groups & Non-Profit Institutions may be surveyed annuallyThe survey will estimate the characteristics of these enterprises such as type of activity, employment, ownership and working capital.
ET Exclusive: MoSPI, NITI Aayog's collaboration for GDP back series not inappropriate, says Rajiv KumarResponding to the row, Kumar says MoSPI and NITI Aayog's collaboration is neither new nor inappropriate.
Nothing strange about back series GDP data, says Niti Aayog's Rajiv KumarThese high growth rates have now been revised downwards after applying the latest data sets.
NSS data shows slight growth in employment in IndiaHe said the government has been making constant efforts through normal channels and employment generation schemes to boost employment.
Over 65 lakh people employed in food processing sectorAs per ASI for 2010-11, the total number of workers in food processing units employed directly, indirectly, through contract labour as well...
How does NSSO data help the governmentThe NSSO on Wednesday released the provisional findings of its 68th round capturing monthly consumption expenditure across India.
- Informal sector manufacturing 15% of overall output: NSSO
Manufacturing in the informal sector accounted for almost 15% of the overall manufacturing output of the economy, according to the latest s...
- NSC seeks detailed analysis of poverty estimates
To put at rest the controversy relating to poverty estimates, the National Statistical Commission (NSC) on Monday sought a detailed analysi...
- OBCs account for 41% of Indian population: NSS
The Supreme Court noted on Thursday that the government has no clear data on the Other Backward Classes (OBC), while staying the Central Ed...