Mains Paper II · 1 Indian Economy · 1.2 National income

1.2.5 National accounts in India: early estimates, NSO, release calendar and base-year revisions

India's national income has been estimated since the 1860s by individuals, since 1949 by an official committee, and today by the NSO under MoSPI in a fixed yearly cycle of advance, provisional and revised estimates on a periodically updated base year.

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Key terms

  • national income estimates
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • V.K.R.V. Rao
  • National Income Committee
  • Mahalanobis
  • CSO
  • NSO
  • advance estimates
  • base year
  • 2022-23 series

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