CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has been conducting socio-economic surveys employing scientific methods since 1950. Time Use Survey (TUS), which will collect data on time dispositions of household members, is an area of survey introduced in response to demands from various stakeholders.

Detailed explanation-2: -The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been conducting nation wide sample surveys on various socio-economic aspects since 1950. These surveys are conducted in the form of rounds extending normally over a period of one year though in certain cases the survey period was six months.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since the 1990s there have been four health surveys of NSO (erstwhile NSSO): those of the 52nd round (July, 1995 – June, 1996), the 60th round (January, 2004-June, 2004), the 71st round (January, 2014–June, 2014), and the 75th round (July, 2017-June, 2018), on which the present report is based.

Detailed explanation-4: -NSSO round covers socio-economic statistical data about India like Employment and Unemployment, housing condition, domestic tourism, Drinking water, sanitation, Land and livestock holdings, Social consumption, health, Domestic tourism expenditure, Labour Force, Construction, Industries, Manufacture, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), formerly called the National Sample Survey Organisation was the largest organization in India conducting periodic socio-economic surveys. This topic comes under the subject of the Indian Economy in the IAS Exam.