Pariksha SaathiASUSE to align with the financial year: ASUSE 2027-28 proposed to run from April 2027 to March 2028
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), whose National Statistics Office (NSO) conducts the survey, said on 26 October 2026 that the survey period of the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) is being shifted from the calendar year (January-December) to the financial year (April-March), as in other enterprise surveys such as the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI); ASUSE 2027-28 is proposed to be conducted from April 2027 to March 2028. To avoid a break in the quarterly estimates, January-March 2027 will be surveyed with the existing ASUSE 2026 schedule. Under the draft schedule, for the first time, the survey will capture gender-specific constraints faced by female entrepreneurs; it will also ask about sources of electricity and investment in fixed assets over a longer reference period, and, at the request of the Ministry of Textiles, include two questions to identify handloom, power-loom and handicraft establishments. Comments on the draft schedule may be sent by 15 November 2026. MoSPI has conducted ASUSE since 2021-22.
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Learning context
ASUSE measures the economic and operational characteristics of unincorporated non-agricultural establishments in manufacturing, trade and other services (excluding construction). In the ASUSE 2023-24 results released on 24 December 2024 (reference period October 2023 to September 2024), the number of establishments rose from 6.50 crore in 2022-23 to 7.34 crore, a growth of 12.84%; the sector employed more than 12 crore workers; and the share of female-owned proprietary establishments rose from 22.9% to 26.2%. ASUSE 2021-22 covered April 2021 to March 2022, while ASUSE 2022-23 and ASUSE 2023-24 each ran from October to September; the survey later moved to the calendar year, the cycle now being shifted to the financial year.
Check yourself: in ASUSE 2023-24, what share of proprietary establishments was female-owned, and what was the survey's reference period?
26.2% (up from 22.9% in 2022-23); October 2023 to September 2024.
Revision task: from this release, note the new survey period, how the January-March 2027 quarter will be covered, the new questions and which ministry asked for the handloom questions; from the note, what ASUSE covers and the 2023-24 figures for establishments, workers and female-owned establishments.
Test yourself
According to MoSPI's announcement of 26 October 2026, ASUSE 2027-28 is proposed to be conducted over which period?
Show the answer
Answer: April 2027 to March 2028
The ASUSE survey period is being shifted from the calendar year (January-December) to the financial year (April-March), so ASUSE 2027-28 is proposed to run from April 2027 to March 2028; January-March 2027 will be covered with the existing ASUSE 2026 schedule.
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