statistics ministry: PMO holds meet on statistical reform
"There is practically a consensus among academics and policymakers on the robustness and representativeness of the NSS survey methodology, which is replicated across other surveys such as the NFHS and the PLFS," a paper noted. The statistics ministry, in a reply in Lok Sabha, instead pointed out that they stood by the robustness of surveys and that the claims around survey problems were rooted in faulty approaches.