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NSS moves to AI and ML checks

1 min readEconomic Surveys & Indices
Battle IAS current affairs title card: NSS moves to AI and ML checks (GS2 · Data, 30 July 2025)

What happened

  • NSS data collection is fully digital through CAPI or web apps with built-in validation, and MoSPI is adding AI/ML tools [PIB].

Background

  • The reply was given in Parliament [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Faster, cleaner survey data improve policy timing.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Data

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-30): NSS data collection is fully digital through CAPI or web apps with built-in validation, and MoSPI is adding AI/ML tools.
  2. Faster, cleaner survey data improve policy timing.
Quotable data point

NSS data collection is fully digital through CAPI or web apps with built-in validation, and MoSPI is adding AI/ML tools.

PIB: Survey using AI and ML, 30 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: CAPI.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

CAPI stands for Computer Assisted

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerEconomic Survey of India: Meaning, History, Who Prepares It, How It Differs from the Budget, Big Ideas from Past Surveys and How to Use It for UPSC (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Survey using AI and ML, 30 Jul 2025

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