(13 March 2023) Government Data Roundup:Reports By NSSO, MoSPI,etc
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 13, 2023
The 24th edition of the fortnightly government roundup covers reports released by NSSO, MoSPI, TRAI, Ministry of Finance among others.
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) carried out the Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS) covering the entire country in its 78 round. The primary objective of the MIS was to collect data for the generation of some important national indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in the last fortnight. In this 24 roundup of the Fortnightly Government Data Roundup, along with the NSS report, we also look at the key findings of reports released by MoSPI, TRAI, and the Finance Ministry in the last fortnight.
Report on Multiple Indicator Survey, 2020-21
About the report
Every year, the National Sample Survey Office carries out surveys across the country and publishes reports on various sectors such as health, housing, agriculture, consumer expenditure, education, and drinking water, among others. The latest survey was on multiple indicators to estimate India’s progress with respect to Sustainable Development Goals. The survey was initially planned to be conducted during the period January and December 2020, but the fieldwork was extended further till August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are broadly 10 sections in the report, viz.
Methodology
The whole of the Indian Union was surveyed except for some villages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands which were difficult to access. In this survey, two-stage stratified sampling was used, where First Stage Units (FSU) were villages/sub-units (SUs) in rural areas, and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) were blocks/SUs in urban areas. The FSUs were allocated to States and UTs in proportion to the population as per Census 2011. The Second Stage Units (SSUs) were households in both rural and urban areas. The selection of FSUs and SSUs was done by simple random sampling without Replacement.
Key findings
Some interesting numbers revealed by the report include
Apart from the NSS survey reports, the Ministry of Finance, TRAI, and MoSPI released some reports in the last fortnight. The details of some of these reports have already been discussed in previous editions of the government data roundup by Factly.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Report on Drive Tests in 20 Cities: Every quarter, TRAI conducts drive tests in different cities to assess the network quality provided by cellular mobile telephone service providers for voice and data services. For the quarter ending September 2022, the tests were performed in 20 cities. All the TSPs had met the Drop Call Rate (DCR) benchmark of 2% in Alappuzha, Vadodara City & Nearby area, Kota City and Nearby Area, Guntur, Anantapur, and Ahmedabad-Vadodara Highway NH-8. In Devanagere, BSNL 2G, BSNL 3G, and VIL 4G failed to meet the benchmark. Reliance Jio, Vodafone India Ltd, and Airtel failed in the quality of the 4G Network in Guwahati.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
The reports released by MoSPI include the following.
Monthly GST Revenue Collections and the Monthly Review of Accounts of Union Government of India
The Ministry of Finance released the Monthly GST Revenue Collections and the Monthly Review of Accounts of the Union Government of India through a press release.
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