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India will launch its first-ever nationwide Household Income Survey in February 2026, offering policymakers comprehensive and direct data on household earnings from salaries, agriculture, business, investments, and informal sector jobs. The initiative aims to fill a long-standing void in income, inequality, and taxation statistics in the country. The survey will be conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) through the National Sample Survey (NSS). Previous att
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India's first nationwide Household Income Survey is scheduled to launch in February 2026.
The survey aims to fill a long-standing void in income, inequality, and taxation statistics in India, providing policymakers with comprehensive data on household earnings.
An eight-member Technical Expert Group (TEG) chaired by economist Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla is responsible for overseeing the survey's design and implementation.
The survey will capture income from salaries, agriculture, business, investments, and informal sector jobs, aiming to cover the entire income spectrum.
The results could transform tax and welfare policy, enable more accurate targeting of government benefits, help recalibrate tax slabs and subsidies, and spark public debate on income inequality.
Potential challenges include underreporting by wealthy households, volatile incomes in the informal sector, privacy concerns, and the complexity of India's fragmented income landscape.
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