Economists, academics demand release of NSSO consumer spending data | Full statement
5 years, 1 month ago

Economists, academics demand release of NSSO consumer spending data | Full statement

The Hindu  

Over 200 economists, academics and journalists on November 21 issued a statement demanding the release of NSSO consumption survey data. Pranab Kanti Basu, Retired Professor, Visva Bharati University 138. Ratan Khasnabis, Adamas University, and Retired Professor, Calcutta University 157. Suresh Aggarwal, Former Professor, Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi 201. Velupillai Kumaraswamy, former Professor, University of Trento and New School University 211.

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Household Consumption Expenditure Survey: A new methodology with some issues
9 months ago

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey: A new methodology with some issues

The Hindu  

The National Sample Survey Office released the key results of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 in late February. These primarily include all-India estimates of the average household monthly per capita consumption expenditure for rural and urban areas, its distribution by broad item groups for food and non-food categories, the variation in the average MPCE of households with different standards …

What the new expenditure survey says about poverty
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What the new expenditure survey says about poverty

New Indian Express  

The publication of a fact sheet by the National Sample Survey Office, containing the results of the NSS Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data for 2022-23, a decade after the publication of the last survey data in 2011-12, has again sparked a debate regarding poverty in India. Using the 2022-23 data on average monthly per capita consumer expenditure for rural and …

Consumption survey report inspired by polls: Congress
10 months, 1 week ago

Consumption survey report inspired by polls: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Tuesday described the Household Consumption Expenditure report of the National Sample Survey Office as “election-inspired survey” and questioned the different estimates of poverty given by different agencies in the past one year. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, in a post on X, accused the Modi government of coming out with “an election inspired survey after asleep at the …

Decoding consumption: On the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey
10 months, 1 week ago

Decoding consumption: On the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey

The Hindu  

In an uncharacteristic late Saturday release, the Statistics Ministry unveiled the broad findings of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey done between August 2022 and July 2023. This is significant as it is the first major survey-based data released since 2011-12 that captures ground realities at the household level — especially with the once-a-decade Census, due since 2021, nowhere in sight. …

Budget 2020: Dear Modi Govt, Is This Really ‘Economic Survey’?
4 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2020: Dear Modi Govt, Is This Really ‘Economic Survey’?

The Quint  

The CAG, independent experts, and former Finance Secretary have all pointed how the fiscal deficit is substantially higher than the headline number. The Survey prescribes not paying undue attention to the fiscal deficit breaching the limits under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003. This Survey certainly prepares the defence and ground for higher fiscal slippage in the budget …

Opinion | Is the NSO’s consumption data for 2017-18 beyond salvation?
5 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | Is the NSO’s consumption data for 2017-18 beyond salvation?

Live Mint  

Some results of the Consumer Expenditure Survey, CES1718, were leaked in a newspaper report. First, there has been no mention by any government official that the unit-level data of the survey, on which the draft report was based, would not be released. The reason given by the government for dumping the report was that there was “a significant increase in …

Providing data 'free of cost,' says Ministry of Statistics
5 years, 1 month ago

Providing data 'free of cost,' says Ministry of Statistics

The Quint  

By Ravi Dutta Mishra New Delhi, Nov 27 Amid sharp criticism from home and abroad over allegations of suppressing macro-economic data, the Ministry of Statistics on Wednesday said that the National Statistical Office has been providing primary data "free of cost". His response came on a question by MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor who said whether the merging of National …

What is Consumer Expenditure Survey, and why was its 2017-2018 data withheld?
5 years, 1 month ago

What is Consumer Expenditure Survey, and why was its 2017-2018 data withheld?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 15, the government announced that in view of “data quality issues” the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation had decided not to release the results of the all-India Household Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the National Statistical Office during 2017-2018. It also said it was “separately examining the feasibility of conducting the next Consumer …

Centre not to release consumer expenditure survey due to data quality issues; to soon unveil base year for new series of GDP
5 years, 1 month ago

Centre not to release consumer expenditure survey due to data quality issues; to soon unveil base year for new series of GDP

Firstpost  

A media report has claimed the consumer expenditure survey was approved to be released on 19 June this year but was withheld by the government agency owing to its “adverse” findings The Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry on 15 November said it has decided not to release the Consumer Expenditure Survey results of 2017-18 due to data quality issues. Ministry …

Government puts household spending report on hold
5 years, 1 month ago

Government puts household spending report on hold

The Hindu  

The government has decided not to release the household consumer expenditure survey results of 2017-18 due to data quality issues, it announced on Friday. Media reports had said the unreleased report had been suppressed because it showed that consumer demand declined in 2017-18 for the first time in more than 40 years. “In view of data quality issues, the Ministry …

Govt committed to maintain credibility of statistical organisations; NSSO employment data to be released by month-end: Official
5 years, 9 months ago

Govt committed to maintain credibility of statistical organisations; NSSO employment data to be released by month-end: Official

Firstpost  

The senior government official’s comments come against the backdrop of as many as 108 economists and social scientists alleged “political interference” in statistical data New Delhi: The government is committed to maintaining the credibility of statistical organisations and the NSSO employment data would be released by month-end, a senior official said Monday as he dismissed concerns about alleged political interference …

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