Death of an institution

The NSS was established in 1950 by the government on the advice of then statistical adviser to the Cabinet with support of Jawaharlal Nehru

The controversy surrounding the release of NSSO report on the status of unemployment in India and recent leak of NSO (earlier NSSO) report on household consumption have seriously eroded the credibility of the Indian Statistical system. A look into the working of the NSSO is needed at this moment.

The Indian Statistical System was developed to capture a wide variety of data on our very large and decentralised economy. Despite the system’s impressive achievements, there has been growing concerns regarding the quality of data. To address problems of data collection, tabulation and interpretation the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) took shape in