Collection of Data — Economics STD 11 Commerce — Question

The NSSO was established in the year 1950 under the Ministry of Finance to conduct surveys and collect data on estimates of literacy, school enrolment, utilisation of educational services, employment, unemployment, manufacturing and service sector enterprises, morbidity, maternity, child care, utilisation of public distribution system, etc and to publish the results of the surveys through reports and its quarterly journal “Sarvekshana'. The NSSO conducts continuous surveys on various problems in successive rounds quinquennially (every five years).NSSO was formed with the following objectives in view:

1. To provide statistical information which helps the government to formulate various plans and policies.
2. To evolve suitable statistical techniques which help in the analysis of statistical data so that the solutions to various economic and administrative problems can be figured out and the future trends can be estimated.

To collect and publish data which can be used by various individuals and organisations to understand and resolve various economic problems. To publish data which proves to be useful for those research workers who are engaged in research work in various socio-economic fields.