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MoSPI to hold data users' conference
The Business Guardian
|April 20, 2025
The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising a Data Users Conference in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) to promote dialogue between data producers and data users, fostering knowledge exchange and discussions on the latest developments in the field.
According to a statement by the MoSPI, the conference will address several important topics, including the sampling methodologies used in surveys, the latest findings from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2023-24, and recent updates in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
Additionally, it will focus on the revision of GDP compilation and base figures, as well as key initiatives related to the updating of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) base.
The Data Users Conference will be chaired by Dr Saurabh Garg, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
This story is from the April 20, 2025 edition of The Business Guardian.
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