Which of the following surveys are being conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India? 1. Survey on Social Consumption – Health 2. Comprehensive Modular Survey – Telecom and ICT skills 3. Periodic Labour Force Survey 4. Annual Survey on Unincorporated Enterprises Select the answer using the code given below:

Correct — A, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Every one of the four is a Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation survey, conducted through the National Statistical Office, and the item is really testing whether a candidate knows how wide MoSPI's survey programme is. The Survey on Social Consumption covering health is a classic National Sample Survey subject round, the source of India's household health-expenditure and morbidity estimates. The Comprehensive Modular Survey on Telecom and ICT skills is the newest of the four, the opening survey of a modular series designed to produce quicker, narrower results than a full NSS round. The Periodic Labour Force Survey is the best known, replacing the old quinquennial employment-unemployment rounds with annual estimates for rural and urban India and quarterly urban estimates. The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises measures the vast unincorporated non-agricultural sector — the proprietary and partnership firms that fall outside the corporate statistics. Since all four qualify, the only option that includes every one is (a).

• (b)1, 2 and 3 only — Drops the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises, presumably on the assumption that enterprise statistics belong to a ministry of industry or MSME. They do not — the unincorporated-sector survey is MoSPI's.
• (c)3 and 4 only — Keeps only the two economic surveys and drops the social-consumption and telecom modules, as though MoSPI covered employment and enterprises alone. Health, education, consumption and ICT skills are all NSS subjects.
• (d)1 and 2 only — The mirror error, keeping only the social surveys. PLFS is MoSPI's single most cited output, so an option excluding it is the easiest to eliminate.

MoSPI has two wings — the National Statistical Office, which collects and compiles, and the Programme Implementation wing, which monitors MPLADS and infrastructure projects. The NSO absorbed the old Central Statistics Office and National Sample Survey Office, and runs the country's household and enterprise survey programme alongside the national accounts and the index of industrial production.

The programme has changed shape recently and that is what makes the question current. The quinquennial employment-unemployment rounds gave way to the annual PLFS from 2017-18, which itself moved to a monthly-release design in 2025. The unincorporated-sector survey became annual as ASUSE from 2021-22. And the Comprehensive Modular Surveys were introduced from January 2025 precisely to shorten the gap between a policy question and a statistic, beginning with telecom and ICT skills. Read together, the four options trace MoSPI's shift from occasional large rounds to a continuous survey system.

• MoSPI's statistical work is done by the National Statistical Office, formed by merging the CSO and the NSSO.
• The Periodic Labour Force Survey replaced the quinquennial employment-unemployment rounds from 2017-18, giving annual all-India and quarterly urban estimates.
• The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) covers non-agricultural proprietary and partnership enterprises outside the corporate sector.
• Comprehensive Modular Surveys were launched in January 2025, the first covering telecom and ICT skills.
• Survey on Social Consumption rounds cover health and education and are the source of household out-of-pocket health expenditure estimates.

• Assuming enterprise surveys belong to the MSME or Industry ministry. ASUSE is MoSPI's.
• Assuming an all-inclusive option is a trap by construction. Here every statement is genuinely true.
• Confusing MoSPI's CPI with the Wholesale Price Index, which is compiled by the Office of the Economic Adviser in the Commerce and Industry Ministry.

As a which-of-these-belongs-to-body item, where the discriminator is the breadth of the organisation's remit rather than any single hard fact.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Periodic Labour Force Survey is conducted by which one of the following?

  • (a)Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • (b)National Statistical Office, MoSPI
  • (c)NITI Aayog
  • (d)Reserve Bank of India

  Answer(b) National Statistical Office, MoSPI — the Labour Ministry runs its own separate establishment surveys.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Wholesale Price Index in India is compiled by:

  • (a)The National Statistical Office
  • (b)The Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • (c)The Reserve Bank of India
  • (d)The Ministry of Finance

  Answer(b) The Office of the Economic Adviser — the CPI is MoSPI's, the WPI is not.