Annual Survey of Industries: Reading Factory Value Addition
Why in News? The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25 results on 30 September 2026, reporting higher factory value…
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Statistical Business Register: Using Udyam Data to Build Survey Frames
Why in News? On 29 September 2026, the MSME ministry announced an MoU with MoSPI to share Udyam Registration data for developing and strengthening the Statistical…
August IIP: Reading Industrial Output Across Two Classifications
Why in News? On 28 September 2026, MoSPI released August Index of Industrial Production quick estimates alongside revised July data, making the comparison between releases especially…
Domestic Tourism Survey: Reading Recall Periods and Trip Shares
Why in News? MoSPI released findings from the Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey on September 23, 2026, covering household travel surveyed between July 2025 and June 2026.…
National Accounts Methods: Measuring Households and Quarterly Growth
Why in News? On 21 September 2026, MoSPI released a national accounts methods compendium explaining the data sources and compilation practices already adopted in the new…
PLFS District Estimates: Local Labour Markets and Sampling Limits
Why in News? On 18 September 2026, the National Statistical Office released its first district-level PLFS labour market estimates, using the revised sampling design introduced in…
August CPI: Reading Food Inflation and the Household Price Basket
Why in News? The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released August 2026 Consumer Price Index estimates on September 14, showing faster annual retail inflation. Combined…
Nepal LDC Graduation: Eligibility Is Not Transition Readiness
Why in News? UN-OHRLLS listed its Nepal Graduation Readiness Assessment on 11 September 2026, ahead of Nepal’s scheduled exit from the least developed country category on…
ASUSE District Estimates: Mapping the Unincorporated Economy
Why in News? On 10 September 2026, NSO released its first district-level report on the unincorporated non-agricultural sector, presenting ASUSE district estimates drawn from the 2025…
Administrative Data: Making Government Datasets Comparable
Why in News? On 8 September, MoSPI launched a progress-reporting mechanism for administrative-data harmonisation, covering dataset inventories, metadata, common standards and quality checks across Central ministries…
Swachh Vayu: How NCAP Measures and Verifies City Action
Why in News? On 7 September 2026, MoEFCC announced the fifth Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan awards and released an NCAP compendium of replicable city-level air-pollution management practices.…
India’s JCR Sovereign Rating Upgrade Explained
Why in News? On September 2, 2026, Japan Credit Rating Agency upgraded India’s foreign- and local-currency long-term issuer ratings from BBB+ to A-, retained a Stable…