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Topics for which research proposals are invited |
Concerned Division of MoSPI and details of Nodal Officers |
Status (as on 12.03.25) |
| Purpose: Improvement in IIP |
| 1 |
Assessing the Feasibility of use of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Data in Index of
Industrial Production (IIP) compilation, factory selection, item basket selection for
IIP and to enhance the data coverage of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), which in turn
will help augment the data frame for IIP.
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Economic Statistics Division
Name:
Ms. Ankita Singh
Email ID:
ankits.3782@gov.in
Contact No: 9958382036
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 2 |
Finding concordance between Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System) (ITCHS) and
National Product Classification for Manufacturing Sector (NPCMS) codes
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Available for invitation of proposal
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Purpose: Expanding the coverage of the existing Environment Accounts being compiled by MoSPI
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| 3 |
To estimate the soil erosion prevention service provided by the Forest Ecosystem for two
States of India. NSO, MoSPI in
NSO, MoSPI in collaboration with Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI) under
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) Division of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers'
Welfare has estimated the soil erosion prevention services by forests on a pilot basis
for 2 districts of India using the RUSLE model.
TOR
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Social Statistics Division
Name:
Ms. Sandhya Singh
Email ID:
ddg1.ssdiv@mospi.go v.in
Contact No:7838115499
(for proposal-3, 4, 5 &6)
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| 4 |
Compilation of Ocean Ecosystem Accounts for a specified region.
Recognizing the significant contribution of ocean and coastal
resources to NSO, MoSPI initiated the process of development of
Ocean Accounts Frameworks in alignment to the SEEA. An Expert
Group has also been constituted for the same. For compilation of
the accounts on the Ocean, it is important to have relevant data
in appropriate formats.
TOR:
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 5 |
Carbon Storage in Oceans- To estimate the carbon stored in
different subecosystem of the oceans.
One of the condition parameters for the oceans is
storage in the ocean,
which involves determining how much carbon is sequestered or
stored within various components of marine ecosystems. Oceans
play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle by absorbing
significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere.
This is accomplished through biological, chemical, and physical
processes.
TOR:
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 6 |
Urban ecosystem accounts- Exploring the compilation of some of
the indicators of urban accounts using satellite data/geo
spatial data.
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Urban ecosystems are cities and the surrounding,
socio-ecological systems where most people live. Urbanisation
has significant pressure on natural ecosystems which has
triggered the need for innovative actions, research and
policies to face existing and emergent societal challenges
such as climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental
pollution.
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Urban ecosystem accounting has been identified as one of the
priority areas in the "Strategy for Environmental Economic
Accounts in India 2022-2026”. Urban ecosystem accounts are
frameworks used to quantify and track the flow of resources
and the state of urban ecosystems, In line with strategy
document SSD is initiating the work of development of urban
ecosystem accounts.
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For compilation of accounts related to urban, Satellite
data/geo spatial data plays a crucial role in urban ecosystem
accounts by providing a comprehensive, accurate, and scalable
way to monitor and assess various environmental and
socio-economic aspects of urban area.
TOR:
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 7 |
Use of Mobile data for Tourism statistics
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 8 |
Use of Remote Sensing for estimation of cattle population
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 9 |
Use of night light data for estimating economic development/
infrastructure development/ impact on job creation.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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Purpose: Improvement in National Accounts
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| 10 |
The measurement of depletion of natural sources and hence
adjustment of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to arrive at Net
domestic Product (NDP). As per the recommendation of United
Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), emphasis will be given on
usage of NDP to measure the economic growth alongside the GDP.
The gross domestic product will be adjusted for both consumption
of fixed capital and depletion of natural sources.
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National Accounts Division
Name:
Mr. Rajeev Kumar
Email ID:
rajeevkumar.rgi@nic.in
Contact No:8826840400
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 11 |
Preparation of distribution accounts in terms of distribution of
households over income and wealth using the existing survey
results of NSSO and National Accounts Statistics.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 12 |
Exploring feasibility of use of data base created by researchers
for evidencebased decision making in government.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 13 |
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Available for invitation of proposal
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Purpose: Improvements in compilation of Price Index
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| 14 |
Land Inflation - A methodology for compilation of land index, collection of data, design of
survey and its possibility in Indian context may be developed.
The CPI is meant to reflect the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living for
consumers. Since land price increases significantly affect housing affordability and, by
extension, the overall cost of living, including land inflation in the CPI could provide a
more accurate measure of how rising costs impact households.
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Price Statistics Division
Name:
Ms. Deepti Srivastava
Email ID:
ddg2-psd.nso@mospi.gov.in
Contact No:
011-2345506
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| Purpose: Surveys |
| 15 |
Exploring alternative criteria for stratification used in sampling designs of the
surveys of NSSO
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Household Survey Division (HSD)
Name:
Dr. Amitava Saha
Email ID:
a.saha.dgcis@nic.in
Contact No:
9831077504
Enterprise Survey Division(EnSD)
Name:
Sunil Kumar Bhanawat
Email ID:
sk.bhanawat@nic.in
Contact No:
9408481311
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 16 |
Study on the divergence in population estimates arising from the Census and NSS Survey.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 17 |
Simplification of extraction of unit level data of different surveys of MoSPI.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 18 |
Conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the existing mechanisms of collecting and organising
public data so that spending on statistical activities without significant public
benefits is redirected to the ones with higher payoffs.
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Coordination and Quality Control Division
Name:
M S Subramanya Rao
Email ID:
mss.rao@gov.in
Contact No: 9811774692
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Available for invitation of proposal
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Alternative Data Sources
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| 19 |
Identification of Avenues for Harnessing Administrative Data.
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Administrative Statistics and Policy Division
Name:
Dr. Pankaj K. P. Shreyaskar
Email ID:
pkp.shreyaskar@nic.in
Contact No: 9810530944
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 20 |
Triangulation of Various New Data Sources viz. GST, E-commerce Sales Data, etc., with
Conventional Data Sources.
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 21 |
Study on Developing a Forecasting Model for Government Expenditure Using GeM Data.
(Brief note)
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Available for invitation of proposal
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| 22 |
Bifurcation of B2C transactions in
- Transaction with Consumer households; and
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Transactions with non-registered suppliers from GST data
and further devising a method to further bifurcate this
transaction item-wise (as required for PFCE compilation)
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National Accounts Division
Name:
Mr. Rajeev Kumar
Email ID:
rajeevkumar.rgi@nic.in
Contact No: 8826840400
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Available for invitation of proposal
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