Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Datasets for Services Sector
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*42 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## DATASETS FOR SERVICES SECTOR

- *42.  SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  reasons  for  non-availability  of  datasets  for the Services Sector unlike industry sectors;
- (b) whether the Government  intends to introduce any such measures for the availability of datasets and if so, the details of the initiatives taken thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the proposal put forth under the report from the 74th round of the survey conducted by the Government in 2016 -17  for  an  Annual  Survey  of  Services  Sector  Enterprises (ASSSE) along with regular data on the Services Sector;
- (d) whether  the  survey  has  been  conducted  by  the  Government and if so, the details of the availability of Services Sector data thereof and if not, the reasons for not conducting the survey therefor; and
- (e) the proposed timeline for conducting the survey and whether the findings are to be made accessible to the public?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER  OF  STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF  PLANNING  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF CULTURE [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*42  FOR  REPLY  ON  03.12.2025 REGARDING  DATASETS  FOR  SERVICES  SECTOR  ASKED  BY  SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD.

(a) to (e): The National Accounts provide detailed estimates of the service sector through its contribution to Gross Value Added (GVA) and  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  at  both  current  and  constant prices. The data is further disaggregated into key sub-sectors such as trade, transport, finance, real estate, public administration, and social services etc.

Survey-based dataset pertaining to unincorporated service sector is already  available  through  Annual  Survey  of  Unincorporated  Sector Enterprises  (ASUSE)  surveys.  MoSPI  has  been  conducting  ASUSE annually  since  2021-22,  which,  among  other  sectors,  covers  the service sector of the country belonging to unincorporated sector.

MoSPI also conducted a pilot study on incorporated services sector in  two  phases  (Phase  -I  from  May  2024 -August  2024  and  Phase-II from  November  2024  to  January  2025)  under  the  name  of  Annual Survey of Services Sector Enterprises (ASSSE), using GSTN database as sampling frame. The Technical Report of Pilot Study on Annual Survey of Services Sector Enterprises (ASSSE) is available in public domain.

The  survey  questionnaire  for  conducting  a  full-fledged  survey  for incorporated services sector has been prepared under the guidance of  Technical  Advisory  Group  (TAG)  for  Enterprise  Surveys  and  the Steering Committee of National Sample Survey (NSS).

The  experience  from  the  74th  round  was  intended  to  inform  the development  of  a  more  consistent  frame  for  Annual  Survey  of Services Sector (ASSS). However, it was observed that there were issues  in  the  survey  methodology  which  would  not  have  led  to meaningful results and thus only a technical report was brought out.

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