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NSSO’s socio-economic survey from July

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: The 64th round of the National Sample Survey Organisation’s (NSSO) socio-economic survey, conducted jointly by the State and Union governments, this year will focus on employment/unemployment and migration; participation and expenditure in education; and household consumer expenditure. Some of these areas will be surveyed after a gap of several years. The survey will be carried out between July 2007 and June 2008.

The last education survey by NSSO was conducted in 1995-96, and the survey on migration in 1999-2000. In Karnataka, 528 villages and urban blocks will be surveyed by NSSO, and equal number by the State Directorate of Economics and Statistics. NSSO will survey 12,688 sample villages/urban blocks in total, in India.

Inaugurating the Regional Training Camp for the survey here on Wednesday, Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Karnataka, H.E. Rajashekarappa said that since the surveys were extensively used by policy makers and academics, there was “immense responsibility on the part of NSSO functionaries, not only for maintaining the quality and authenticity of primary data collection, but also in meeting the challenges posed by resistance from the respondents.”

On the education component of the survey, Mr. Rajashekarappa said that new criteria had been added in order to gather information on aspects such as school dropouts, frequency of migration from one institution to another, the number of courses simultaneously pursued and grade stagnation. “The dropout from the educational system continues to be a major area of concern,” he added. Information on migration will also be gathered along with the details on employment and unemployment, he said.

K.P. Unnikrishnan, Deputy Director-General, NSSO (Bangalore zonal office), told The Hindu that there was a dire shortage of investigators for the survey.

“There are 80 to 100 investigators from NSSO, and even fewer from the State level. Bangalore city, with its large population will pose a particular challenge for the survey.” While 22 households were to be interviewed in each of the 528 villages/urban blocks, he said that the shortfall of surveyors might mean that this target may not be reached.

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