Updated: Nov 16 2022 8:24PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) The government hopes to complete the NSSO survey on household consumption expenditure by June next year which coupled with the new census will ensure meaningful implementation of the food security law by identifying targetted beneficiaries and weeding out the undeserving ones.

In a recent affidavit to the Supreme Court, the government said the new round of NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation) survey which started in July this year, will be completed by June next year and data would be published in December 2023.

Speaking with PTI, former chief statistician Pronab Sen said, “NSSO survey is essential to find out the quantum of food grain required under the food security law.”
However, he added that the Census is required to identify households that need food subsidy for sustenance and it will help in weeding out families which need not be covered under the scheme.

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