NEW DELHI: The statistics ministry will conduct a household income survey in 2026 and it has set up a technical advisory group (TEG) for it under the chairmanship of former executive director at the IMF Surjit Bhalla .
This is the first of its kind household income survey that the ministry will undertake to get a better picture of income distribution and welfare and aid in datadriven policy making.
“The TEG will guide the national statistics office towards conducting an all-India income distribution survey, tentatively scheduled for 2026. The expert group will provide guidance with regard to finalisation of concepts and definitions, preparation of the survey method and instruments, sampling design and method of estimation, and incorporate best country practices as adopted across the world,” said an official statement.
It said that the survey will also strive to assess the impact of adoption of technology on household income (wages). The TEG will also provide guidance for finalisation of the survey results and report, the statement added, “The household income survey is another important initiative of the ministry to generate vital information for deriving income distribution and welfare thereof,” said the statement.
In the past, MoSPI made efforts for collecting information on household income along with the consumer expenditure surveys on experimental basis in the 9th round (May 1955 to Sept 1955) and 14th round (July 1958 to June 1959) though no information was released.
Later, it undertook collection of data on receipts and disbursements as part of Integrated Household Survey (IHS) in its 19th round (July 1964 to June 1965) and 24th round (July 1969 to June 1970) with the aim of obtaining a complete picture of transactions of household income.
The statement said that however these efforts were not continued as it was found that the estimates of income were lower than the estimates of consumption and savings put together.
In 1983-84, the NSS again attempted a pilot inquiry on household income to explore the possibility of evolving an operationally feasible collection of data on household income. This too could not transform to an all India survey.
“Experience from these surveys showed there were difficulties in collecting reliable income data in the field and to overcome all these issues and having more clarity in the surveys procedures and to oversee the overall activities of the Household Income Survey and in view of the experiences of survey conducted by countries like Australia, US, Canada and South Africa. MoSPI has constituted a technical expert group (TEG)...,” the statement added.
The national sample survey (NSS) has taken a number of initiatives to plug gaps in data in different spheres of social and economic interests. It has started annual surveys on unincorporated sector enterprises, services sectors, forward looking surveys on private sector capital expenditure, etc. with a view to make available data on important macroeconomic indicators, it added.
This is the first of its kind household income survey that the ministry will undertake to get a better picture of income distribution and welfare and aid in datadriven policy making.
“The TEG will guide the national statistics office towards conducting an all-India income distribution survey, tentatively scheduled for 2026. The expert group will provide guidance with regard to finalisation of concepts and definitions, preparation of the survey method and instruments, sampling design and method of estimation, and incorporate best country practices as adopted across the world,” said an official statement.
It said that the survey will also strive to assess the impact of adoption of technology on household income (wages). The TEG will also provide guidance for finalisation of the survey results and report, the statement added, “The household income survey is another important initiative of the ministry to generate vital information for deriving income distribution and welfare thereof,” said the statement.
In the past, MoSPI made efforts for collecting information on household income along with the consumer expenditure surveys on experimental basis in the 9th round (May 1955 to Sept 1955) and 14th round (July 1958 to June 1959) though no information was released.
Later, it undertook collection of data on receipts and disbursements as part of Integrated Household Survey (IHS) in its 19th round (July 1964 to June 1965) and 24th round (July 1969 to June 1970) with the aim of obtaining a complete picture of transactions of household income.
The statement said that however these efforts were not continued as it was found that the estimates of income were lower than the estimates of consumption and savings put together.
In 1983-84, the NSS again attempted a pilot inquiry on household income to explore the possibility of evolving an operationally feasible collection of data on household income. This too could not transform to an all India survey.
“Experience from these surveys showed there were difficulties in collecting reliable income data in the field and to overcome all these issues and having more clarity in the surveys procedures and to oversee the overall activities of the Household Income Survey and in view of the experiences of survey conducted by countries like Australia, US, Canada and South Africa. MoSPI has constituted a technical expert group (TEG)...,” the statement added.
The national sample survey (NSS) has taken a number of initiatives to plug gaps in data in different spheres of social and economic interests. It has started annual surveys on unincorporated sector enterprises, services sectors, forward looking surveys on private sector capital expenditure, etc. with a view to make available data on important macroeconomic indicators, it added.
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