Which organization collects data on poverty in India?
Answers
NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation)
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ANSWER:
National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
EXPLANATION:
The Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), Indian Govt. is the "nodal agency" for organising and assisting the combined development of the "statistical system" in the nation, and to lay down the standards and norms in the arena of official statistics, definitions,evolving concepts, methods of data collection, classification, processing and releasing of the results.The Ministry has 2 wings, one associated with statistics and another is program execution.
The Statistics Wing is called National Statistical Organisation (NSO) comprising the CSO and the NSSO that undertakes countrywide sample surveys on different socioeconomic problems ins equential rounds, each round encompassing topics of present interest in a particular survey period.The official data on poverty is presented to the general public by the Planning Commission, and is estimated based on the consumption expenditure data gathered by the NSSO.