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75th Anniversary of National Sample Survey (NSS)
- 19 Nov 2025
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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the National Industrial Classification (NIC) 2025 during the ‘Culmination Ceremony' of the 75th anniversary of National Sample Survey (NSS).
- NIC 2025: The NIC is a fundamental tool used in statistical surveys, censuses, economic research, and policy formulation.
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It groups businesses and activities into structured categories so data can be collected, compared, and analysed consistently across the country.
- India’s classification system, introduced in 1962 and later updated as NIC 1970, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2004 and 2008, has now been comprehensively revised to reflect the country’s evolving economic structure.
- The NIC 2025 is in line with International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 5, developed by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
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National Sample Survey (NSS)
- The NSS was established in 1950 on the recommendation of the National Income Committee (1949), chaired by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, which had identified major gaps in socio-economic data in the country.
- NSS is headed by a Director General, it conducts large-scale sample surveys across India on socio-economic subjects, including household surveys, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), and rural–urban price collection.
- It supports improvement of crop statistics by supervising area enumeration and crop estimation surveys of State agencies.
- The NSS has Four Divisions:
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Survey Design and Research Division (SDRD), Kolkata.
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Field Operations Division (FOD), Delhi/Faridabad.
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Data Processing Division (DPD), Kolkata.
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Survey Coordination Division (SCD), New Delhi.
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