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  Reports & Indices

  ASI 2024-25 Reports 9.28 Per Cent Manufacturing GVA Growth

  MoSPI released Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25 Volume I, showing the manufacturing corporate sector's gross value added growing 9.28 per cent in a year.

  4 November 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  Cabinet Approves Rs 4,371.10 Crore VISTAR Statistics Scheme

  The Union Cabinet approved VISTAR, a central sector statistics scheme of Rs 4,371.10 crore for 2026-27 to 2030-31 that will run the 8th Economic Census.

  4 November 2026 · 2 min read

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  Summits & Conferences

  MoSPI and UN Women Hold National Conference on Gender Statistics

  MoSPI and UN Women held a one-day national conference in New Delhi on 2 November 2026 to carry the findings of Women and Men in India 2025 into policy.

  2 November 2026 · 3 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  Index of Services Production for August 2026 Released

  MoSPI released the trial Index of Services Production for August 2026 across 19 sub-sectors, with retail trade growing fastest and air transport down 9.6 per cent.

  29 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  IIP Grows 6.7% in September 2026 on Power and Factories

  India’s Index of Industrial Production rose 6.7 per cent in September 2026, helped by 7.6 per cent growth in manufacturing and 11.2 per cent in electricity and gas.

  28 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  ASUSE 2027-28 to Shift to April-March Financial Year

  MoSPI will run the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises from April 2027 to March 2028, aligning it with the financial year and adding new questions.

  26 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  PLFS Sampling Design to Change from January 2027: NSO

  The National Statistics Office will change the Periodic Labour Force Survey sampling design and schedule from January 2027 and add a stratum for gig workers.

  23 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  PAIMANA Dashboard Update: Highway Awards Up 62.9 Per Cent

  MoSPI's quarterly PAIMANA infrastructure dashboard update shows 2,236.3 km of national highways awarded, up 62.9 per cent, and 184 indicators now tracked.

  16 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  PLFS September 2026: Urban LFPR Rises to 50.7 Per Cent

  The PLFS monthly bulletin for September 2026 put overall LFPR at 55.5 per cent, urban LFPR at 50.7 per cent and the unemployment rate steady at 5 per cent.

  15 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  Sarvekshana: MoSPI Releases 121st Issue of Statistics Journal

  The National Statistical Systems Training Academy released the 121st issue of Sarvekshana, the bi-annual journal of official statistics, with three papers.

  14 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  National

  Strong Statistics Key to Viksit Bharat 2047: P K Mishra

  Principal Secretary to the PM P K Mishra said a strong statistical system is essential for Viksit Bharat 2047, at a MoSPI conference of State Secretaries.

  13 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  Retail Inflation Climbs to 5.54% in September 2026

  Retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index stood at 5.54% in September 2026, with food inflation at 7.74% and rural prices rising faster than urban.

  12 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  NSO Releases Draft Guideline for Expenditure-Side GSDP

  The National Statistics Office released a draft guideline for compiling Gross State Domestic Product from the expenditure side with base year 2022-23.

  9 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  MoSPI Releases Environmental Accounts Strategy for 2026-2030

  The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released a Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts in India 2026-2030, extending the 2022-2026 roadmap.

  7 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  MoSPI Paper Proposes Wider Index of Services Production Coverage

  MoSPI has issued an approach paper to bring education, health and public administration into the Index of Services Production, raising coverage to about 78.4 per cent.

  6 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  First National Household Travel Survey: Two-Wheelers Lead at 42.6%

  NSO released India’s first National Household Travel Survey, covering 4,92,023 households, and found two-wheelers carry 42.6% of workers to fixed workplaces.

  5 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  NSO Begins Third CAPEX Survey on Private Investment Plans

  The National Statistics Office has begun CAPEX 2026, its third forward-looking survey of private corporate investment intentions, running from October to December 2026.

  1 October 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  ASI 2024-25 Counts 2.67 Lakh Factories, GVA Up 9.59 Per Cent

  MoSPI released Annual Survey of Industries results for 2024-25, showing 2.67 lakh registered manufacturing units and gross value added higher by 9.59 per cent.

  30 September 2026 · 2 min read

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  Economy

  MSME Ministry and MoSPI Sign MoU on Statistical Business Register

  The MSME Ministry and MoSPI signed an MoU to share Udyam Registration data through APIs and build the National Statistical Business Register of economic units.

  29 September 2026 · 2 min read

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  Reports & Indices

  MoSPI Releases Trial Index of Services Production for July 2026

  MoSPI released the trial Index of Services Production for July 2026 covering 19 sub-sectors on base year 2024-25, with air transport the only sub-sector below hundred.

  29 September 2026 · 2 min read