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NSSO jobs data discredited as it challenges carefully cultivated narratives

In the first of a two-part series, the authors dispel misgivings about the methodology used by NSSO in its Periodic Labour Force Survey

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The two-part article authored by the CEO of NITI Aayog (Business Standard February 6 and 7) raising questions on the report of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) on employment-unemployment
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First Published: Feb 12 2019 | 8:37 PM IST

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