National Statistical Commission

Monetary policy faces severe information constraints: RBI DG Patra

The moment inflation is released by NSO, it gets hit by unanticipated shocks, says RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra

India may log 8% growth rate in real GDP in FY23, says Arvind Panagariya

The National Statistical Office shall release the GDP data for the second quarter on 30th November

At it yet again! The sequencing problem in setting a base year for GDP

The current datelines imply the GDP changes will happen only after the general elections of 2024

Gender disparity: Harder for women to re-enter job market, shows EPFO data

Payroll data released by the National Statistical Office shows only 18.67 per cent of the persons that rejoined and re-subscribed employees' provident fund (EPF) are female

EPFO adds over a million new subscribers in June for 3rd month in a row

New EPF subscribers increased marginally to 10,54,261 in June from 10,07,441 in May 2022 and 10,09,689 in April, according to data published by the National Statistical Office

Central banks need stronger communication in turbulent times: RBI governor

Even short-term forecasting has become a challenge due to pandemic, says Shaktikanta Das

Behind the bounce

Growth has not come roaring back after the pandemic

Unemployment rate at 8.7% in October-December 2021, says NSO survey

Joblessness was high in October-December in 2020 mainly due to the staggering impact of the lockdown restrictions in the country, which were imposed to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus

Household consumption up; below pre-Covid level: FY22 GDP estimates

The NSO also released the GDP data for October-December (Q3) of FY22

BS Number Wise: Govt's data website is a hard ask for information

Portal data.gov.in is difficult to negotiate and it is outdated, defeating the purpose of understanding economy and policy

Pertinent questions on the share of informal sector in India's economy

A recently released report that says India's informal sector has shrunk, raises more questions that it answers

Unemployment rate rose to 13.3% in July-September 2020: NSO survey

Unemployment rate rose to 13.3 per cent in July-September 2020 as compared to 8.4 per cent in the year-ago period, according to a periodic labour force survey by the National Statistical Office

CEA Subramanian asks NSC to make junked consumer spending report public

The findings of the report, published by Business Standard in November 2019, showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18.

Govt to recruit new chief statistician; Srivastava to retire on Aug 31

The eligible candidates are required to submit their applications for the post with the ministry by August 17, as per a notice issued by MOSPI on July 17

Is legislative recognition the panacea for NSC's current state of affairs?

Well, yes and no. Experts are divided over the manner in which the troubles of the National Statistical Commission can be effectively addressed

Ex-RBI governor Rangarajan gets lifetime achievement award on Stats Day

Besides heading RBI and the Prime Minister's Advisory Council, Rangarajan was chairman of the National Statistical Commission, set up in 2000 to review the statistical system

Covid-19 to structurally change collection of data for official statistics

The National Statistics Office is exchanging ideas with international agencies about handling data and statistics amid the pandemic situation

NSO struggles to gather accurate inflation, industrial data during lockdown

Monthly price data is collected from 1,114 markets across 310 towns by the field operations division of the statistics ministry and the specified

NSO's consumer spend report showing first fall in 40 yrs won't be released

Consumer spending surveys help set the base year for key macroeconomic data, including gross domestic product

Over to the Budget

Advance estimates show growth revival remains a daunting task