Question
What do you know about National Sample Survey Organisation? What type of information it provides ?
Solution
The National Sample Survey Organisation was established by the government of India to conduct nation-wide surveys on socioeconomic issues. The data collected by NSSO surveys on different socio-economic subjects are released through reports and its quarterly journal Sarvekshana. NSSO provides periodic estimates of literacy, school enrolment, utilisation of educational services, employment, unemployment, manufacturing and service sector enterprises, morbidity, maternity, child care, utilisation of the public distribution system etc The NSSO also undertakes the fieldwork of annual surveys of industries, conducts crop estimation surveys, collects rural and urban retail prices for compilation of consumer price index numbers.
