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First Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises launched

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: First Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises launched (GS3 · Statistics, 6 April 2026)

What happened

  • MoSPI launched the first Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) with a user guide [PIB].

Background

  • Services are over half of GVA but lack an ASI-like annual survey.

Why it matters

  • Services are most of the economy, yet the data on them has been thin.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Indian economy: growth, development and employment

  1. As per PIB (2026-04-06): moSPI launched the first Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) with a user guide.
  2. Services are most of the economy, yet the data on them has been thin.
Quotable data point

MoSPI launched the first Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) with a user guide.

PIB: MoSPI: ASISSE, 6 Apr 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: ASI, ASUSE, ASISSE.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

ASISSE covers

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Edition

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Manufacturing counterpart

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerGDP for UPSC: Meaning, Methods, GDP vs GVA vs GNP, Nominal vs Real, Base Year and Criticisms (Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: MoSPI: ASISSE, 6 Apr 2026

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