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NSO First Advance Estimates of National Income
The National Statistical Office (NSO), a division of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has released its First Advance Estimates (FAE) of national income for the financial year 2022-23 at both constant (2011-12) and current prices. These estimates, which ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
NSO Data on India’s GDP Rate in Q1
Recently, the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant (2022-23) and current prices for the first quarter (April-June) of 2022-23. Key Findings In the first quarter (April-June) ..
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Retail inflation in India in April
According to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), retail inflation in April is 7.79%. Rural inflation surged to a near 8-year high of 8.38%, whereas urban inflation was at an 18-month high of 7.09%. What is inflation? ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
NSO First revised FY21 GDP estimates
The National Statistical Office recently released the first revised GDP estimates for the fiscal year 2021. According to the estimates, the GDP contracted by 6.6%. Earlier, the GDP had contracted by 7.3%. The contraction is mainly due to COVID pandemic ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Enrolments in ESIC Social Security Scheme increases to 821,000
On May 23, 2020, the payroll data of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was released. The data says that around 821,000 new members have joined ESIC social security scheme. Highlights The data was released by National Statistical Office (NSO). ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Standing Committee on Economic Statistics Constituted
On December 28, 2019, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation constituted standing committee on statistics. The objective of the committee is to improve data of the government. The committee will be headed by Chief Statistician Pronab Sen. Highlights The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
GoI: Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2017-18 not to be released due to quality issues
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation said that it is not releasing Consumer Expenditure Survey due to quality issues. The next Consumer Expenditure Survey is to be conducted in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Highlights According to the National Statistical Office ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
NSO to be headed by Chief Statistician
The newly created National Statistical Organisation (NSO) will be headed by Chief Statistician of India (CSI) cum Secretary (Statistics and Programme Implementation). Why the Confusion? The central government order which cleared the merger of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and ..