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NSO releases India's first National Household Travel Survey
खबर में क्यों?
Who counted how India travels? The first National Household Travel Survey and the MoSPI body behind it
India gets its first nationwide household travel survey.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
2 मिनट
The National Statistics Office has released India's first-ever National Household Travel Survey, conducted from July 2025 to June 2026.
It is the first all-India household survey of travel behaviour, covering rural and urban areas.
The NSO functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- First-ever all-India National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), released by the National Statistics Office (NSO)
- Survey period: July 2025 to June 2026
- Covers both rural and urban areas, studying household travel behaviour
- NSO functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
- Syllabus link: GS3 Economy (data) and Transport
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- The National Statistics Office, which released the National Household Travel Survey, functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- The National Household Travel Survey is the first all-India household survey of travel behaviour, covering rural as well as urban areas.
- The survey was conducted over a full year, from July 2025 to June 2026.
मेन्स
GS3 (Economy, Infrastructure): Reliable data on how households travel is needed to plan transport, urban mobility and public transit. The NHTS, run by the NSO under MoSPI, gives a first nationwide evidence base covering rural and urban India. Way forward: use the findings to design last-mile connectivity, integrate modes of transport, and repeat the survey regularly to track change.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
India's first-ever National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), conducted from July 2025 to June 2026, was released by which body?
- NITI Aayog
- Registrar General of India
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- National Statistics Office
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: D — Correct: National Statistics Office — The National Statistics Office, under MoSPI, released the first all-India household travel survey covering rural and urban areas. • NITI Aayog — wrong: NITI Aayog is the government's policy think tank and does not conduct this survey. • Registrar General of India — wrong: The Registrar General conducts the Census and registration of vital events, not household travel surveys. • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways — wrong: The Road Transport Ministry is a user of such data, but the survey was run by the statistical agency.
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