Statistical reporting and programme monitoring strengthened through comprehensive national surveys, revised CPI/national accounts and project oversight measures.
MOSPI conducted major socio economic surveys (NSS rounds on expenditure, employment, drinking water and housing), agricultural sample checks, price collections for CPI/WPI compilation and annual industry surveys; piloted the All India Periodic Labour Force Survey and handheld data capture; published multiple NSS and Social Statistics reports, introduced a new CPI series with 2010 base and released revised/provisional national accounts; administered MPLADS with revised guidelines and third party monitoring; monitored Central Sector projects including cost/time overrun reporting; and produced Monthly Progress and Annual Review Reports and impact assessments under the Twenty Point Programme.

Index of Eight Core Industries shows slowdown as key sectors record negative or decelerating growth, reducing industrial momentum.
The Index of Eight Core Industries (weight 37.90% in IIP) records a slowdown in November 2012 with combined index growth of 1.8%, driven by negative monthly production in Coal, Natural Gas and Cement and deceleration in Electricity, Steel and Petroleum Refinery Products; sectoral monthly and cumulative (April-November) indices and growth rates are presented on a 2004-05=100 base, with data provisional and subject to revision.