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...
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...
Controversy over India's official data: Reasons and how to avoid unnecessary criticismUnnecessary public criticism and confusion can be easily avoided in future if data is published on a timely basis and government agencies s...
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...
NSS data shows jump in ‘Housing for All’ in 2018A total of 16 million homes have been constructed since April 2014. Data shows that numbers of those living in semi-pucca houses has come d...
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.
Government sets up committee to find ways to strengthen NCC, NSSThe Committee will also submit recommendations for building "synergy" between these two institutions.
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.
The employment story reflected in NSS data: Jobless growth reversedThe data for 2011-12 shows that total employment in the economy has risen from 460.2 million in 2009-10 to 472.9 million in just two years.
NSS data shows need to get over our obsession with misleading definitions of inequalityEven if growth is 'inclusive' in the sense of being more towards the lower end, 'inequality' (depending on how we measure it) can increase.
How does NSSO data help the governmentThe NSSO on Wednesday released the provisional findings of its 68th round capturing monthly consumption expenditure across India.
Jobless growth in India is largely concentrated in the female half of the populationThis leaves us with an interesting dilemma. The much-touted jobless growth is largely concentrated in the female half of the Indian populat...
- 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...
- OBCs no laggard spenders
If consumption defines our economic status, the OBCs are not far behind the general category population.