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NSS Socio Economic Surveys: Subject-Wise Rounds

This list will be of immense help to researchers interested in the Indian economy Source: CSO website

Consumer Expenditure (detail schedule)

66 (July09-June10) 64 (July07 - June08) 63 (July06 - June07) 62 (July05 - June06) 61 (July04 - June05) 60 (Jan.04 - June04) 59 (Jan.03 - Dec.03) 58 (July02 - Dec.02) 57 (July01 - June02) 56 (July00 - June01) 55 (July99 - June00) 54 (Jan.98 - June98) 53 (Jan97 - Dec.97) 52 (July95 - June96) 51 (July94 - June95) 50 (July93 - June94) 49 (Jan93 - June93) 48 (Jan92 - Dec.92) 47 (July91 - Dec.91) 43 (July87 - June88) 38 (Jan.83 - Dec.83) 32 (July77 - June78) 29 (July74 - June75) 28 (Oct73 - June74) 27 (Oct72 - June73)
Consumer expenditure (short schedule)

46 (July90 - June91) 45 (July89 - June90) 44 (July88 - June89)

Income
42 (July86 - June87) 29 (July74 - June75)

Debt & Investment

59 (Jan.03 - Dec.03) 48 (Jan92 - Dec.92) Employment and unemployment 66 (July09-June10) 62 (July05 - June06) 61 (July04 - June05) 60 (Jan.04 - June04) 55 (July99 - June00)

2 54 (Jan.98 June98) 50 (July93 - June94) 43 (July87 - June88) 38 (Jan.83 - Dec.83) 32 (July77 - June78) 29 (July74 - June75) 27 (Oct72 - June73) Common property resources 54 (Jan.98 - June98) Migration 64 (July07 - June08) 55 (July99 - June00) 49 (Jan93 - June93) 43 (July87 - June88) 38 (Jan.83 - Dec.83) Seasonal migration 27 (Oct72 - June73) Education / Participation in education 64 (July07 - June08) 52 (July95 - June96) 35 (July80 - June81) 34 (July79 - June80) 31 (July76 - June77) Literacy 47 (July91 - Dec.91) Social consumption Social consumption 42 (July86 - June87) 35 (July80 - June81) Population, Health etc. Health care 60 (Jan.04 - June04) 52 (July95 - June96) Health facilities in rural areas 28 (Oct73 - June74) Morbidity 60 (Jan.04 - June04) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Disability 58 (July02 - Dec.02) 47 (July91 - Dec.91) 36 (July81 - Dec.81) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Number of physically and mentally affected persons 28 (Oct73 - June74) Development milestone of children 47 (July91 - Dec.91) Problems of aged and Ex-servicemen 60 (Jan.04 - June04)

3 42 (July86 - June87) Births and deaths 39 (Jan.84 - June84) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Family planning 35 (July80 - June81) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Fertility maternal and child care 28 (Oct73 - June74) Maternal and childcare 35 (July80 - June81) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Medical and health 35 (July80 - June81) 34 (July79 - June80) Population 39 (Jan.84 - June84) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Economic condition of urban slum dwellers 31 (July76 - June77) Housing condition 65 (July08-June09) 58 (July02 - Dec.02) 49 (Jan93 - June93) 44 (July88 - June89) 28 (Oct73 - June74) Number of pucca, semi-pucca and kutcha houses 27 (Oct72 - June73) Particulars of slums / Urban slums 65 (July08-June09) 58 (July02 - Dec.02) 49 (Jan93 - June93) Sanitation hygiene & services 54 (Jan.98 - June98) Construction Construction activity, Current building activity in rural areas, Number of new building 44 (July88 - June89) 29 (July74 - June75) 28 (Oct73 - June74) 27 (Oct72 - June73) Enterprise Surveys Unorganised manufacturing sector 62 (July05 - June06) 56 (July00 - June01) 51 (July94 - June95) 45 (July89 - June90) 40 (July84 - June85) 33 (July78 - June79) Trade 53 (Jan97 - Dec.97)

4 46 (July90 - June91) 41(July85 - June86) 34 (July79 - June80) 29 (July74 - June75) Service sector 63 (July06 - June07) 57 (July01 - June02) 29 (July74 - June75) Informal non-agricultural enterprises 55 (July99 - June00) Hotels and restaurants 57 (July01 - June02) 34 (July79 - June80) 29 (July74 - June75) Transport 57 (July01 - June02) 34 (July79 - June80) 29 (July74 - June75) Storage 57 (July01 - June02) 34 (July79 - June80) Warehousing services 57 (July01 - June02) 34 (July79 - June80) Mining and quarrying 29 (July74 - June75) Manufacture of cane and bamboo products for own consumption and household weaving in North-East region 33 (July78 - June79) Small scale manufacture and handicrafts 29 (July74 - June75) Land and livestock holding, Agriculture Land and livestock holding 59 (Jan.03 - Dec.03) 48 (Jan92 - Dec.92) 37 (Jan.82 - Dec.82) Livestock enterprises / number and product 30 (July75 - June76) Consumption of livestock products 30 (July75 - June76) Situation assessment of Indian farmers 59 (Jan.03 - Dec.03) Rural facilities back Village facilities 58 (July02 - Dec.02) 54 (Jan.98 - June98) 53 (Jan97 - Dec.97) 52 (July95 - June96) 47 (July91 - Dec.91)

5 30 (July75 - June76) Rural electrification 31 (July76 - June77) Prices 35 (July80 - June81) 30 (July75 - June76) 29 (July74 - June75) 28 (Oct73 - June74) 27 (Oct72 - June73) Rural retail price 33 (July78 - June79) 32 (July77 June78) Survey on railway travel 30 (July75 - June76) Travel habits of households 43 (July87 - June88) Availability and extent of utilization of electricity 29 (July74 - June75) Culture 47 (July91 - Dec.91) Household integrated survey in North Eastern region 32 (July77 - June78) Performance of irrigation 31 (July76 - June77) Survey on living condition of tribal population 44 (July88 - June89) Survey on the practice of Jhum cultivation in rural areas 31 (July76 - June77)
Domestic Tourism

65 (July08-June09)

Initial NSS Survey Rounds ( 1st to 26th Round) by Subjects Covered

Agriculture 2 Agriculture and animal husbandry 3,4,5,6,7,11 Births and deaths 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 Capital formation 17 Indebtedness of scheduled tribe households in Manipur and Tripura 18 Construction 18 Debt & Investment Disposal of cereals by producer households Earning from professions and liberal arts Economic conditions of weaker section of rural population integrated household schedule (revised) Employment and unemployment and indebtedness of rural labour Employment Employment and unemployment and indebtedness of agriculture labour households Employment and un-employment Employment and unemployment of households other than agriculture labour households Employment and unemployment and indebtedness of agriculture labour households Employment and unemployment of households 26 15 18 25

10 14 12 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17 12 11, 20 11

7 Expenditure Family planning Farming practices Farming prices Household assets and liabilities and monthly working account Household enterprises Household indebtedness Housing condition Housing income and expenditure Income and expenditure Income of rural labour households Indebtedness of non-manual employee households in urban areas Indebtedness of rural labour households Integrated households schedule with emphasis on trade and land utilization Integrated households schedule detailed and abridged with emphasis on land utilization Integrated household schedule Integrated household surveys Integrated households schedule detailed and abridged prices Land holdings Land utilization Land utilization and yield survey Livestock production (rural) and capital formation Migration Morbidity Non-household manufacturing establishments Non-mechanised transport and utilization of working animals Non-registered distributive trade Number of physically handicapped persons Number of pucca houses Opinion of news paper readers about newspaper reading Opinion on out-turn of rice in villages Opinion on production or cereal 26 16 22 8 1 1 8, 16 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15,16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 12 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 18 25 20 20 21 23, 24 22 19

8, 26 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 15 18 17 5, 6, 7 15 24 16, 24 22, 23, 24, 26 6 7 21, 22, 23, 24

8 crops Other than agricultural labour households Ownership of land and operational holdings Ownership of land and operational holdings (in rural only) Population Prices Production of milk and production and utilization of cattle dung Profession Profession services and financial operations Readers performance Service and financial operations Small scale manufacture and handicrafts Statistical check on land utilization Trade Trend of self management of agricultural holdings Transport Unorganised manufacturing sector Urban labour force Statistical check on land utilization Village and block statistics Village statistics Vital statistics Wage Weights and measures in urban areas Yield survey

11 17 16

14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 20,21,22,23, 24, 25, 26 12 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 3 13 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14 25, 26 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 8 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 23 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 25 19, 20, 21, 22 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 26 9, 12, 13 1 11, 12 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Consumer Expenditure 1,2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 15,16,17,18, 26

Subjects Covered in Different Rounds of National Sample Survey

The NSSO, since its inception, has been conducting multi-subject integrated sample surveys in the form of successive rounds on countrywide basis relating to social, economic, demographic, industrial and agricultural statistics. NSS surveys are generally of one-year duration. The wide variety of subjects covered from first round of NSS till date can be categorized into two major groups: surveys undertaken since the reorganization of NSS as NSSO in 1972 and the surveys undertaken prior to NSS 27th round (1972-73).

Round No.

Period of Survey
July, 2009 June, 2010

Subjects of Enquiry

66 65 64

Consumer Expenditure, Employment & Unemployment

July, 2008 June, 2009 Domestic Tourism, Housing Condition and Urban Slums July, 2007 June, 2008 Participation and Expenditure in Education Employment-Unemployment & Migration Consumer expenditure

63

July, 2006 June, 2007 Service Sector (Excluding Trade) Consumer expenditure

62

July, 2005 June, 2006

Manufacturing Enterprises, Consumer expenditure, Employment and unemployment

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61

July, 2004 June, 2005

Consumer expenditure Employment and unemployment

60

Jan., 2004 June, 2004

Consumer expenditure, Employment and unemployment, Morbidity and health care

59

Jan., 2003 June, 2003

Land and livestock holding, Debt and investment, Consumer expenditure, Situation assessment of condition of farmers

58

July, 2002 Dec., 2002

Village facilities, Particulars of slum, Survey of disabled persons, Housing condition, Consumer expenditure

57

July, 2001 June, 2002

Unorganised Services (excluding Trade & Finance), Consumer expenditure

56

July, 2000 June, 2001

Unorganised manufacturing, Consumer expenditure

55

July, 1999 Jun. 2000

Consumer expenditure, Employment and unemployment, Informal sector

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54

Jan. 98 June 98

Use of Common Property Resources, Sanitation, hygiene and services, Consumer expenditure, Employment and unemployment.

53

Jan. 97 - Dec. 97

Survey on trading (OAE and NDE), Consumer expenditure and employment-unemployment (short schedule).

52

Jul. 95 June 96

Survey on health care, Participation in education, Consumer expenditure and employment-unemployment (short schedule).

51

Jul. 94 June 95

Unorganised Manufacture (DME, NDME & OAE), Consumer expenditure (short schedule).

50

Jul. 93 June 94

Employment and Unemployment Consumer expenditure.

49

Jan. 93 June 93

Housing condition and Migration with special emphasis on slum dwellers Household consumer expenditure (short schedule).

48

Jan. 92 - Dec. 92

Landholdings, livestock holding Debt and investment, Household consumer expenditure (short schedule).

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47

Jul. 91 - Dec. 91

Culture & Literacy, Disabled persons, Development milestones of children

46

Jul. 90 June 91

Household consumer expenditure (short schedule). Non-directory trading establishments (NDTE & OAE), Household consumer expenditure (short schedule)

45

Jul. 89 June 90

Non-directory manufacturing establishments(NDME & OAE), Household consumer expenditure (short schedule)

44

Jul. 88 June 89

Survey on living condition of tribals, Housing condition and current construction activities, Household consumer expenditure (short schedule).

43

Jul. 87 June 88

Employment and unemployment, Consumer expenditure, Travel habits of households.

42

Jul. 86 June 87

Social consumption, Problems of aged and Ex-servicemen,

41

Jul. 85 June 86

Household consumer expenditure (short schedule). List of households and trading enterprises, Trade: NDE and OAE.

40 39

Jul. 84 June 85 Jan. 84 June 84

Unorganised manufacture- NDE and OAE. Population, Births and deaths.

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38

Jan. 83 - Dec. 83

Employment and unemployment, Consumer expenditure.

37

Jan. 82 - Dec. 82

Land holdings and livestock holdings, Debt and investment.

36 35

Jul. 81 - Dec. 81 Jul. 80 June 81

Survey on disabled persons. Maternal and childcare, Family planning, Education, Medical and health, Construction activity and social consumption, Prices.

34

Jul. 79 June 80

Education, Medical and health, Unorganised sectors of Trade, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants, Storage, Warehousing and Services, Prices.

33

Jul. 78 June 79

Manufacture of cane and bamboo products for own consumption and household weaving in North East region, Unorganised manufacture, Rural retail prices.

32

Jul. 77 June 78

Employment and unemployment, Consumer expenditure, Integrated household survey in North Eastern region,

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Rural retail prices.

31

Jul. 76 June 77

Education in both rural and urban areas, Survey on the practice of Jhum cultivation in rural areas, Household indebtedness survey in Himachal Pr. economic condition

30

Jul. 75 June 76

Village statistics, Livestock number and products, Consumption of livestock products, Livestock enterprises, Prices, Survey on railway travel.

29

Jul. 74 June 75

Employment, unemployment and indebtedness of rural labour households, Small scale manufacture and handicrafts, Mining and quarrying, trade, hotels and restaurants, transport, service, construction, Consumer expenditure, Income, Availability and extent of utilisation of electricity in rural areas, Prices.

28

Oct. 73 June 74

Population, births and deaths, Morbidity, fertility, maternal and child care, family planning, Housing condition, normal health facilities in rural areas, Disability, number of physically and mentally affected persons,

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Number of new buildings, Consumer expenditure, Prices.

27

Oct. 72 June 73

Seasonal migration, Number of pucca, semi-pucca and kutcha houses, Employment and unemployment, Current building activity in rural areas, Consumer expenditure, Prices.

Surveys undertaken prior to reorganization of NSS in 1972

26

Jul. 71 Sept. 72

Village statistics, number of pucca houses, land holdings, statistical check on land utilisation, debt and investments, consumer expenditure, prices.

25

Jul. 70 June 71

Statistical check on land utilisation, indebtedness of non-manual employee households in urban areas, economic conditions of weaker section of rural population, integrated household schedule (revised), prices. Number of pucca houses, number of physically handicapped persons, land utilisation, yield survey, non-registered distributive trade, integrated household schedules, prices, opinion on production of cereal-crops. Population, births and deaths, housing condition, number of pucca

24

Jul. 69 June 70

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Jul. 68 June 69

16 houses, land utilisation, yield survey, small scale manufacturing (household and non-household), integrated household schedule, prices, opinion on production of cereal crops. 22 Jul. 67 June 68 Village and block statistics, population, births and deaths, housing condition, number of pucca houses, urban labour force, land utilisation, integrated household surveys, prices, farming practices, opinion on production of cereal crops. Village and block statistics, population, births and deaths, housing condition, urban labour force, integrated households, schedule detailed and abridged with emphasis on land utilisation, prices, opinion on production of cereal crops. Village and block statistics, population, births and deaths, housing condition, urban labour force, employment and unemployment and indebtedness of rural labour households, land utilisation, yield survey, integrated households schedule with emphasis on trade and land utilisation, prices. Village statistics, population, births and deaths, housing condition, urban labour force, employment, unemployment and indebtedness of rural labour households, land utilisation, yield survey, integrated households schedule- detailed and abridged, prices. Village statistics, population, births and deaths, migration, housing condition, urban labour force, land utilisation, yield survey, earnings from professions and liberal arts, construction, indebtedness of scheduled tribe households in Manipur and Tripura, income of rural labour households, consumer expenditure, prices. Population, births and deaths, family planning, morbidity, employment, urban labour force, ownership of land and operational holdings, land utilisation, yield surveys, capital formation, consumer expenditure, prices. Population, births and deaths, family planning, housing condition, employment and unemployment, urban labour force, number of physically handicapped persons, ownership of land and operational holdings (in rural only), land utilization and yield surveys,

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Jul. 66 June 67

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Jul. 65 June 66

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Jul. 64 June 65

18

Feb. 63 - Jan. 64

17

Sept. 61 -Aug.62

16

Jul. 60 - Aug. 61

17 households indebtedness, consumer expenditure, prices. 15 Jul. 59 June 60 Population, births and deaths, housing condition, employment and unemployment, land utilisation and yield surveys, non-mechanised transport and utilisation of working animals, livestock products, non-registered expenditure, prices, disposal of cereals by producer households. Village statistics, population, births and deaths, employment, land utilisation and yield surveys, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, income and expenditure, prices. Village statistics, vital statistics, housing condition, employment and unemployment, land utilisation and yield surveys, income and expenditure, prices, and readers preference. Village statistics, vital statistics, housing condition, employment and unemployment and indebtedness of agricultural labour households, employment and unemployment of households, other than agricultural labour households, land utilisation and yield survey, production of milk and production and utilisation of cattle dung, housing, income and expenditure, prices, weights and measures in urban areas. Village statistics, housing condition, employment and unemployment and indebtedness of agricultural labour households, employment and unemployment of households other than agricultural labour households, land utilisation and yield survey, agriculture and animal husbandry, income and expenditure, prices, weights and measures in urban areas. Village statistics, housing condition, employment and unemployment, land utilisation and yield survey, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, income and expenditure, prices. Village statistics, employment and unemployment, land utilisation, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, consumer expenditure, income and expenditure, prices. Housing condition, land holdings, trend of self management of

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Jul. 58 June 59

13

Sept. 57 May 58

12

Mar. 57 -Aug.57

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Aug. 56 - Jan. 57

10

Dec. 55 May 56

May. 55 - Sep.55

Jul. 54 - Mar. 55

18 agricultural holdings, land utilisation, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, household indebtedness, consumer expenditure, prices, farming prices 7 Nov. 53 -Mar. 54 Village statistics, land utilisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, non-household manufacturing establishments, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, consumer expenditure, prices, opinion on out-turn of rice in village. Village statistics, land utilisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, non-household manufacturing establishments, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, consumer expenditure, prices, opinion of newspaper readers about newspaper reading. Land utilisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, non-household manufacturing establishments, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, consumer expenditure, prices. Village statistics, land utilisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, transport, trade, profession service and financial operations, consumer expenditure, prices. Village statistics, agriculture and animal husbandry, small scale manufacture and handicrafts, trade, profession, services and financial operations, consumer expenditure, prices. Village statistics, agriculture, consumer expenditure. Wages, land utilization, household enterprises, household assets and liabilities and monthly working account for Pune Schedules, consumer expenditure, prices.

May 53 - Sep. 53

Dec. 52 - Mar.53

Apr. 52 - Sep. 52

Aug. 51 -Nov.51

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Apr. 51 - June 51 Oct. 50 - Mar.51

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