🏛️ Description
The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is the Government of India’s apex body for official statistics and for monitoring major infrastructure/programme outcomes. It develops statistical standards, designs and conducts national surveys, compiles key economic/price/industry indicators, and disseminates reliable data for evidence-based policymaking. On the programme side, it tracks performance of core projects and promotes results-based management across the Union Government.
Through the National Statistical Office (NSO), MoSPI produces headline indicators such as National Accounts (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Household Consumption, Social Sector surveys, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), and the Economic Census.
🎯 Mandate
- Formulate statistical policies, concepts, classifications, and quality standards for the national statistical system.
- Design and implement national household/enterprise surveys and censuses; compile national accounts and price/industry indices.
- Maintain statistical registers, metadata, and data dissemination systems for open, timely, and user-friendly access.
- Build capacity in statistics across Union/State governments; coordinate with international statistical bodies.
- Monitor and evaluate selected infrastructure and flagship programmes; strengthen outcome/output monitoring frameworks.
- Support SDG tracking through India’s National Indicator Framework and thematic dashboards.
🌐 Official Website
🏢 Offices & Contacts
Headquarters:
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi – 110001, India
Directory: Refer to the Contact/Directory section on the official website for up-to-date phone numbers and emails.
Website: mospi.gov.in
🏗️ Departments & Key Organisations
- National Statistical Office (NSO): Field Operations, Surveys, National Accounts, Prices, IIP, data dissemination — gateway via mospi.gov.in
- National Statistical Commission (NSC): Apex advisory body for statistical standards and oversight — nsc.gov.in
- Computer Centre / Data Division: Data portals, microdata access, metadata & standards.
- Programme Implementation Wing: Monitoring of key projects/programmes and results-frameworks.
📊 Major Releases & Survey Systems
- National Accounts Statistics (NAS): GDP, savings, investment, sectoral accounts.
- Consumer Price Index (CPI): Headline inflation (Rural/Urban/Combined).
- Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Monthly industrial output.
- Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): Employment, unemployment, LFPR, WPR.
- Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES): Consumption patterns & poverty analytics.
- Annual Survey of Industries (ASI): Structure and growth of registered manufacturing.
- Economic Census: Enterprise count and distribution.
- Social sector surveys: Health, education, housing, sanitation and other thematic rounds.
🗂️ Data & Dashboards
- MoSPI Data Dissemination Portal: Publications, microdata, metadata & releases — via mospi.gov.in
- National Indicator Framework (SDGs): India’s SDG indicators & progress dashboards (linked from MoSPI site).
- Microdata Access: User registrations for anonymised unit-level datasets (as notified on MoSPI portal).