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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

Quality and credibility problems of govt data

The problems with the NSSO survey, now a part of the CSO, is that it has failed to keep pace with the changing times

NSO providing primary data 'free of cost', says Ministry of Statistics

Rao said the merger of CSO and NSSO to form the NSO leverages the strengths of the two organisations in meeting the increasing demands of quality statistics.

Only 61% households used LPG for cooking as of Dec 2018, shows NSO data

Only 48.3 per cent of the rural households used LPG, while the figures were much higher in urban areas at 86.6 per cent, according to the NSO report

Over 200 global economists seek junked NSO report details from govt

Chorus to make junk NSO report public grows

1 in 5 Mudra beneficiaries started new biz; job creation even less: Survey

Simply put, the number of additional jobs created in 33 months was less than 10 per cent of the total number of loans

More than 260,000 people in danger of losing jobs over lapsing mines

The validity of 329 mining leases will cease by March 31, causing job losses for 264,000

GDP to grow at 6% in Apr-June, more rate cuts by RBI in 2019: Ficci survey

India's economy will grow at a median rate of 6 per cent during the first quarter of the current financial year ended June 30, according to a Ficci report. The country's economy grew at 8.2 per cent in April-June 2018-19. The growth numbers for the first quarter are expected to be released by the Central Statistics Office next week. "The recently released unemployment numbers by NSSO reaffirm the grim situation with regard to employment in the country," said Ficci Economic Outlook Survey. It pegged the annual median GDP growth forecast for 2019-20 at 6.9 per cent, with a minimum and maximum estimate of 6.7 per cent and 7.2 per cent, respectively. The median is the middle number in a sorted, ascending or descending list of numbers which can be more descriptive of a data set than the average. A majority of the participating economists in the survey suggested the RBI will continue its accomodative stance, with a further cut in the repo rate in the remaining part of 2019-20. They fel

Our aim is to create a space for better medical data, says ICMR chief

NDQF has been launched to usher in standardisation and enhanced quality in the existing ongoing periodic surveys and routine programme data landscape in India

Synergy vs control

Restoring data credibility should be priority

In a major statistical system overhaul, govt plans to merge CSO, NSSO

The merged entity to be called NSO according to an order passed on May 23

NSSO report on GDP data divides opinion, provides ammo to Opposition

Some experts echoed the government's view, saying GDP data was not undermined as every transaction in the economy had to be factored in

NSSO report on services sector to be examined by committee: MoSPI

The NSSO report has generated controversy following its observation that as much as 36% units forming part of MCA-21 database, used in computing GDP, were neither identifiable nor traceable

131 CAs reject allegations of political interference in data estimation

The list of 131 CAs termed the concerns raised by the 108 economists as "baseless allegations with political motivations"

NSSO employment data to be released by month-end, says official

There has been a controversy over NSSO figures not being released after a draft report had indicated that employment generation was slow

108 economists, social scientists raise doubts on credibility of govt data

They said it was imperative that agencies like CSO and NSSO are not subject to political interference

Working hours in India one of the highest in the world, shows NSSO report

This is the first official estimate of working hours done by a statistical agency in India and a quarter-wise trend was captured in the PLFS report

NSC junked idea to calibrate NSSO's labour survey with population numbers

The issue of linking the population estimates with the size of the workforce, the unemployed, among others, in the NSSO's survey report of 2017-18 was discussed in the NSC's last meeting on December 5

Autonomy of statistical agencies is important to ensure credibility of data

In the concluding part, the authors say what is lost in discrediting the NSSO report is the story of change taking place in the economy and society

NSSO jobs data discredited as it challenges carefully cultivated narratives

In the first of a two-part series, the authors dispel misgivings about the methodology used by NSSO in its Periodic Labour Force Survey