Reports and Indices
World Air Quality Report 2024
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- India ranks as the fifth most polluted country in the World Air Quality Report 2024, improving from third place in 2023.
- Thirteen of the top twenty polluted cities globally are located in India. Byrnihat, Assam, is identified as the most polluted city.
- PM2.5 levels in India have decreased by 7% but remain dangerously high (50.6 µg/m³ on average).
- Health Impacts: Air pollution reduces life expectancy by 5.2 years and causes 1.5 million deaths annually due to diseases linked to PM2.5 exposure.
- Major pollution sources: Vehicle emissions, industrial discharges, biomass and crop burning contribute significantly.
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24
- Conducted by National Statistics Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
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- It highlighting trends in household spending on 405 food and non-food items across rural and urban India.
- Survey Coverage: All of India (except some remote areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
About National Statistics Office (NSO)
- Formed in 2019, after merging the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
- NSO is India’s premier statistical body under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
- Publishes GDP data, Consumer Price Index (CPI), and Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
- Conducts large-scale surveys, including National Sample Surveys (NSS), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), and Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES).
