Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

October 15, 2026 4:44 PM

Urban Workforce Participation Improves in September, Female LFPR Reaches Highest Level Since October 2025

Urban labour force and workforce participation improved in September 2026, with the urban Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) reaching its highest level since October 2025, according to the latest monthly bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The bulletin shows that the overall Labour Force Participation Rate for persons aged 15 years and above stood at 55.5 per cent in September 2026, comp...

October 12, 2026 5:11 PM

Retail inflation rises to 5.54% in September

India’s retail inflation rose to 5.54% in September from 4.83% in August, while food inflation increased to 7.74% from 5.97%, according to provisional Consumer Price Index data released on Monday. The CPI series, with 2024 as its base year, showed rural inflation at 6.08%, compared with 5.24% in August. Urban inflation rose to 4.88% from 4.31%. Food inflation, measured by the Consumer Food Price Index, stood at 8.06% in rural areas and 7.18% in urban areas, up from 6.17% and 5.64%, respectiv...

October 6, 2026 2:02 AM

66.4% Students Travel Over 1 Km Daily for Education, 42.6% Workers Rely on Two-Wheelers: First NHTS

The first-ever National Household Travel Survey has found that 66.4 per cent of students aged six years and above travel more than 1 km daily to attend their educational institutions, while two-wheelers are the predominant mode of transport for 42.6 per cent of workers commuting to fixed workplaces. The first-ever all-India survey on household travel covered 14,274 villages and 10,377 urban blocks, collecting information from 4,92,023 households covering 20,34,371 persons. The National Statist...

September 29, 2026 3:46 PM

MSME Ministry, MoSPI Sign MoU to Strengthen Statistical Business Register

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the Statistical Business Register (SBR), the MSME Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The MoU establishes a framework for sharing unit-level data from the Udyam Registration ecosystem of the Ministry of MSME with MoSPI through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). According to the ministry, the two...

September 28, 2026 5:18 PM

India’s industrial production grows 8% in August, manufacturing and electricity lead expansion

India's industrial production recorded a strong year-on-year growth of 8.0 per cent in August 2026, driven by robust expansion in the manufacturing and electricity sectors, according to the Quick Estimates of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday. The IIP growth accelerated from 6.7 per cent in July 2026. The overall IIP index rose to 123.3 in August 2026 from 114.2 in the same month last year. The manufac...

September 21, 2026 10:51 PM

Core sector output grows 4.8% in August 2026

The Index of Core Industries (ICI) grew by 4.8 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, according to provisional estimates released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The growth was slightly lower than the 5.0 per cent recorded in July 2026, after the final July index was revised from 121.2 to 120.8. Among the eight core industries, cement, electricity, iron ore, steel and refinery products recorded positive growth in August. Cement output grew by 12.5 per cent, electrici...

September 10, 2026 6:44 PM

NSO releases first-ever district-level estimates of unincorporated non-agricultural sector

The National Statistical Office (NSO) has released district-level estimates of India’s unincorporated non-agricultural sector for the first time, providing granular insights into the distribution, employment, female participation and productivity of enterprises across districts. The estimates, based on data from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025, cover 757 of 770 districts available in the sampling frame at the time of sample selection. The initiative marks t...

September 2, 2026 3:44 PM

MoSPI explains GDP methodology, negative manufacturing deflator and revisions in Q1 estimates

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Wednesday issued additional information to explain various aspects of the GDP estimates for the first quarter of 2026-27, including the use of double deflation, differences between GDP and other inflation measures, revisions to the previous year’s estimates and the gap between nominal and real Gross Value Added (GVA). The explanation comes after the Ministry released the updated annual and quarterly GDP series. The revised ser...

August 28, 2026 5:15 PM

India’s industrial output remains firm in July as manufacturing, electricity sectors post gains

India’s industrial activity remained resilient in July 2026, with the overall Index of Industrial Production (IIP) standing at 124.8, unchanged from the revised level recorded in June, according to the latest official data. The data, based on the 2022-23 base year and the NIC 2025 classification, showed that the manufacturing sector, which carries the largest weight in the index, recorded an index of 127.4 in July, up from 125.3 in June. The mining sector, however, witnessed a decline, with ...

August 2, 2026 4:50 PM

India to host BRICS meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices in Lucknow

India will host the Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of BRICS countries in Lucknow from August 3 to 4, bringing together senior statistical officials from member nations to strengthen cooperation in official statistics, innovation and data dissemination. The meeting will be held under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, which is guided by the overarching theme, "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS)." Under the BRICS Statistics Track, India...