National Data Archive: An Online Microdata Library
The National Data Archive has been disseminating microdata from surveys and censuses primarily under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. The archive is powered by the National Data Archive (NADA, ver. 4.3) software with DDI Metadata standard. It serves as a portal for researchers to browse, search, and download relevant datasets freely; even with related documentation (viz. survey methodology, sampling procedures, questionnaires, instructions, survey reports, classifications, code directories, etc). A few data files require the user to apply for approval to access with no charge. Currently, the archive holds more than 144 datasets of the Nat…
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About this database
| Website | https://microdata.gov.in/nada43/index.php/home |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Social Sciences · Economics · Empirical Social Research |
| Last updated | 2026-09-11 |