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NSO to launch household income survey from Feb 2026: Statistics minister
The survey aims to estimate average household income across India and may help provide a clearer picture of poverty, inequality and income disparity across rural and urban areas
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In an ambitious move, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is set to launch the Household Income Survey (HIS) starting February next year. The survey will be used to calculate the average income of rural and urban households, Statistics Minister Rao Inderjit Singh told Business Standard.
'Household Income Survey has also been planned for launching by the ministry from February 2026 for the purpose of estimating average income of rural and urban households,' said Singh.
The upcoming survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO) marks renewed efforts at collecting data on household income in India.
It is expected
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