The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), National Statistics Office (NSO), Government of India, has announced the commencement of three major surveys from the month of January 2025.

These nationwide surveys are:

– National Sample Survey (NSS) 80th Round: Survey on Social Consumption- Health (Jan to Dec 2025) & Comprehensive Modular Survey-Telecom and ICT skill (Jan to March 2025) & Education (April to June 2025);

– Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) (Jan – Dec 2025)

– Annual Survey on unincorporated enterprise (ASUSE) (Jan – Dec 2025)

In a press release, the MoSPI requested the public at large to extend full cooperation to the officials/Survey Enumerators of MoSPI visiting the selected households/enterprises for collection of data during the survey period.

The sample design of these surveys has been modified incorporating the provision for generation of district-level estimates, monthly estimates of key labour force indicators at all-India level from PLFS, quarterly estimates for PLFS in rural areas and generation of quarterly estimates for ASUSE along with Annual estimates, the Ministry stated.

It also informed that households for the survey are selected on the basis of a scientifically designed sampling technique. The MoSPI said that the information would be collected by well-qualified and trained officials/Survey Enumerators of NSO using tablets equipped with e-SIGMA software and added that such information would be kept as confidential and used solely for planning and policy formulation at State and National level.