The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India is organizing an All-India Workshop of Trainers (AIWOT) for the Rapid Survey of Functional Cooperatives (RSFC) at Scope, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on March 25, 2026. This survey will be conducted for a period of six months starting from April 2026. The AIWOT is a preparatory training programme prior to the launch of the field work of the survey on all India basis.

The workshop will be attended by senior officers from the various divisions of NSO, MoSPI and Ministry of Cooperation (MoC). Field functionaries from all Zonal, Regional and Sub-Regional offices of the Field Operations Division (FOD) will also be participating in the workshop who will serve as the Master Trainers for subsequent Regional Trainings.

The Rapid Survey on Functional Cooperatives aims to understand the contribution of functional cooperatives in terms of employment generation and economic contribution. The survey will cover both rural and urban areas nationwide and include around 30 sectors such as credit, dairy, fishery, and housing cooperatives. It aims to estimate key economic indicators including Gross Value Added (GVA), Gross Value of Output (GVO), and employment generated by cooperatives, thereby helping quantify their contribution to GDP and supporting evidence-based policy formulation. The survey will use a list frame derived from the National Cooperative Database (NCD) and data will be captured through web portal by experienced and trained officials of NSO(FOD).

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