Question

In its surveys, the indicators used by NSSO to measure economic inequality amongst household is
1. Income
2. Consumption
3. Wealth
4. Social status

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Income

The correct answer is 

• In its surveys, the indicators used by NSSO to measure economic inequality amongst households is
  • The NSSO was set up in 1950 to conduct large-scale sample surveys throughout India.
  • The National Sample Survey Office used to work under the Ministry of Statistics of the Indian government until May 2019.
  • On 23rd May 2019, the Indian government passed the order to merge the NSSO with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to form the National Statistical Office (NSO).
  • The Government stated that the NSO will be headed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).

• The details of the NSSO are mentioned in the table below:   

Divisions of the NSSO
Division	Responsibilities	Headquarters
Survey Design and Research Division	Technical planning of surveys. Formulation of Concepts and Definitions. Sampling Design. Designing of Inquiry Schedules. Drawing up of Tabulation Plan. Analysis and Presentation of Survey Results.	Kolkata
Field Operations Division	Collection of primary data for the surveys undertaken by NSSO	Delhi/ Faridabad
Data Processing Division	Sample Selection. Software Development. Processing. Validation And Tabulation of the data collected through surveys.	Kolkata
Co-ordination & Publication Division	Coordinates all the various departments and divisions in the NSSO. Also publishes its annual journal.	Delhi