NCAER - NATIONAL DATA INNOVATION CENTRE
The National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with the Indian School of Business (ISB), organized a Data Users Conference on 27th May 2025. Dr Pallavi Choudhuri (NCAER) served as a panellist, highlighting the growing female work participation in the unincorporated sector & the value of forward-looking private sector CAPEX data for policy & research.
The panel moderated by the Dr. Ashwini Chhatre (ISB), featuring Dr. Pallavi Choudhuri (NCAER), Shri Dharmakirti Joshi (CRISIL), Dr. M. Suresh Babu (MIDS), Prof. Rishi Kumar (BITS Pilani), and Prof. C. Veeramani (CDS). The discussions highlighted the growing value of CAPEX data for policy, research, and forecasting. The panelists also deliberated on the importance of micro-data for the unorganized sector in shaping policy reform.
The conference aimed to deepen the interaction between data producers and users through discussion on two newly released surveys—the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023–24 and the Forward-Looking Survey on Private Sector Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Investment Intentions.