Parliament Question: Data on Key Development Indicators

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025 DATA ON KEY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

1766. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government maintains district-level data on key development indicators such as poverty, employment, education, health and infrastructure for Vikarabad district in Telangana; and

(b) if so, the details of the latest available data on these indicators for Vikarabad district? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a) to (b): The National Sample Survey (NSS) under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is responsible for conducting large scale sample surveys on various socio-economic subjects across the country including Telangana. The reports of these surveys alongwith their findings are available publicly on the website of MoSPI and give estimates of important indicators such as health, education, labour force, and economic planning, etc based on the Central sample data, both at the national level and the State/UT level. However, due to sample size limitations, generating reliable estimates at the district level is not feasible from the NSS central sample data.

Further, with an aim to enable data-driven planning at more granular levels, States/UTs are being encouraged to participate in NSS surveys.

In almost all surveys, sampling design has been modified from the month of January 2025 with a provision for generating district level estimates with district as a basic stratum. *****