The report also claimed the NSO report was approved to be released on June 19, 2019, but was withheld by the government agency owing to its "adverse" findings
In rural areas, it declined by 8.8% in 2017-18; in cities, it rose by 2% over 6 years
In May, WhatsApp has said it became aware of NSO Group having used a coding glitch in the messaging app that let its customers spy on some people
The previous order had mentioned the secretary of the MoSPI as the head of the NSO and had not mentioned the chief statistician anywhere