View: India needs a new methodology to gather dataA gap has grown for decades between consumption as reported by GDP data and NSSO surveys.
Labour statistics panel told to look into 'abnormalities' in NSSO surveySurvey shows jobless nos at 45-year high in FY18 while government claims 7.8 million jobs created annually.
NSSO consumer expenditure survey results likely by June next yr: MinisterThe NSSO under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has completed the data collection related to consumer expenditure su...
India to strengthen Labour Bureau and NSSO to track national job growthThe method would include creating dedicated cells in 15-20 ministries, responsible for data collection and hiring professionals to exclusiv...
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Survey reveals not even half the toilets built being used; government withheld findingsIn rural areas, surveyors found homes using toilets for storing grains and still going to the fields early in the morning to relieve themse...
NSSO's survey on Clean India campaign from May 1The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) is going to conduct a field survey on 'Swachh Bharat Mission' to collect data from the households ...
High growth not enough for job creationBetween 2004-05 and 2009-10, a period that saw three successive years of 9%-plus growth, data from the NSSO showed virtually no growth in e...
Over 47 crore workforce in country: NSSO"As per NSSO survey result for 2011-12, the estimated workforce is 47.41 crore persons of which 82.7 per cent is in unorganised sector."
India has a workforce of 47.41 crore: GovernmentMinister of State for Labour Vishnu Deo Sai in a written reply to Rajya Sabha today said out of the total figure, 33.69 crore were workers ...
How does NSSO data help the governmentThe NSSO on Wednesday released the provisional findings of its 68th round capturing monthly consumption expenditure across India.
- NSSO survey to cover entire nation for first time
All of India will be covered for the first time after entire Jammu and Kashmir was brought under the survey map last year.
- UPA govt ignored farm, labour reforms; failed at creating jobs: Experts
The key findings of the latest NSSO survey bring to the fore the futility of pursing misguided job-generation policies instead of going for...
- Q&A format likely cause for National Sample Survey Organisation gaps: Experts
Former chief statistician says the government's latest employment survey showing a relative decline in the labour force could be flawed.
- Over half of India's workforce self-employed: NSSO survey
More than half of the country's overall workforce is self-employed, as per the data of a government survey released today.
- Govt sets up panel to fine-tune annual job survey
The labour bureau this year plans to cover all 629 districts as opposed to only 300 last year and would interview 1 lakh respondents.
- Bank credit eludes bulk of unorganised sector companies
Here’s one reason why the financial meltdown and credit crunch hasn’t crushed rural demand the way it has affected urban demand.
- NSSO survey for economic planners
NSSO to dig information for planners to shape India's future economic and social programmes.