The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), responsible for undertaking detailed employment- and education-based surveys, was established by

The National Sample Survey Organisation grew out of the Indian Statistical Institute, founded by P. C. Mahalanobis.

The Indian Institute of Science is a science research institution and did not establish the survey body.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development dealt with education administration, not the founding of the survey organisation.

The Directorate of Education is a state-level administrative office unrelated to this national survey work.

The National Sample Survey began in 1950 to collect nationwide socio-economic data.

Its large-scale surveys on employment and education remain a key source for policy planning.