National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation is responsible for carrying out surveys on socio-economic aspects of Indian Economy by collecting data from households and enterprises located in villages and in the towns with a view to update data base for sound planning for development and administrative decisions. Towards this end and objective of the organization, the major achievements during 2012 are as follows:
Survey undertaken/ launched:
(i) The field work of two sub-rounds of NSS 68th round on Household Consumer Expenditure & Employment and Unemployment was completed during the year and the field work for NSS 69th round, a six month duration survey, on Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene and Housing Conditions (including slums)started in July 2012 and now has been completed.
(ii) Agricultural Statistics Survey on Sample check on area enumeration and supervision of crop cutting experiments under the scheme for ‘Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS)’ for the agricultural years 2011-12 and 2012-13. While the Survey for 2011-12 is completed, the Survey for 2012-13 will continue up to June 2013.
(iii) Regular price collection surveys in rural areas for compilation of Consumer Price Indices for Rural and Agricultural Labour by Labour Bureau and in urban areas for Consumer Price Index (Urban) by Central Statistics Office (CSO).
(iv) Assistance to Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) in collection of wholesale prices from selected units/ factories for compilation of Wholesale Price Index.
(v) The data collection work of Annual Survey of Industries for 2010-11 and 2011-12.
New initiatives undertaken:
(i) All India Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) is in progress in 3 States viz, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Orissa. The primary objective of the survey is to measure the dynamics in labour force
participation and employment status in the short time interval of 3 months.
(ii) Experimentation of use of Hand-held devices / gadgets for data collection in the socio-economic surveys in the field.
(iii) Use of RDBMS system of data processing.
(iv) Data entry at field level in NSS 68th and 69th rounds in the states of Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim and Puducherry.
Reports released:
( i) 96th issue of the NSSO Journal ‘Sarvekshana’.
(ii) Reports/ Results based on NSS rounds:
NSS 66th Round:
(a) Informal Sector and Conditions of Employment in India
(b) Nutritional Intake in India
(c) Household consumption of various goods and services in India
(d) Energy Sources of Indian Households for Cooking and Lighting
(e) Employment and Unemployment Situation Among Social Groups in India
(f) Household Consumer Expenditure Across Socio-Economic Groups (g) Home based workers in India
NSS 67th Round:
(a) Key Results of Survey on Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India
(b) Operational characteristics of Unincorporated Non-agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India
NSS 68th Round:
(a) Provisional Results of Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, NSS 68th round (July 20011 - June 2012)
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation is responsible for carrying out surveys on socio-economic aspects of Indian Economy by collecting data from households and enterprises located in villages and in the towns with a view to update data base for sound planning for development and administrative decisions. Towards this end and objective of the organization, the major achievements during 2012 are as follows:
Survey undertaken/ launched:
(i) The field work of two sub-rounds of NSS 68th round on Household Consumer Expenditure & Employment and Unemployment was completed during the year and the field work for NSS 69th round, a six month duration survey, on Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene and Housing Conditions (including slums)started in July 2012 and now has been completed.
(ii) Agricultural Statistics Survey on Sample check on area enumeration and supervision of crop cutting experiments under the scheme for ‘Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS)’ for the agricultural years 2011-12 and 2012-13. While the Survey for 2011-12 is completed, the Survey for 2012-13 will continue up to June 2013.
(iii) Regular price collection surveys in rural areas for compilation of Consumer Price Indices for Rural and Agricultural Labour by Labour Bureau and in urban areas for Consumer Price Index (Urban) by Central Statistics Office (CSO).
(iv) Assistance to Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) in collection of wholesale prices from selected units/ factories for compilation of Wholesale Price Index.
(v) The data collection work of Annual Survey of Industries for 2010-11 and 2011-12.
New initiatives undertaken:
(i) All India Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) is in progress in 3 States viz, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Orissa. The primary objective of the survey is to measure the dynamics in labour force
participation and employment status in the short time interval of 3 months.
(ii) Experimentation of use of Hand-held devices / gadgets for data collection in the socio-economic surveys in the field.
(iii) Use of RDBMS system of data processing.
(iv) Data entry at field level in NSS 68th and 69th rounds in the states of Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim and Puducherry.
Reports released:
( i) 96th issue of the NSSO Journal ‘Sarvekshana’.
(ii) Reports/ Results based on NSS rounds:
NSS 66th Round:
(a) Informal Sector and Conditions of Employment in India
(b) Nutritional Intake in India
(c) Household consumption of various goods and services in India
(d) Energy Sources of Indian Households for Cooking and Lighting
(e) Employment and Unemployment Situation Among Social Groups in India
(f) Household Consumer Expenditure Across Socio-Economic Groups (g) Home based workers in India
NSS 67th Round:
(a) Key Results of Survey on Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India
(b) Operational characteristics of Unincorporated Non-agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India
NSS 68th Round:
(a) Provisional Results of Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, NSS 68th round (July 20011 - June 2012)
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