<h1>Health survey data collection to inform policy, emphasizing out of pocket costs and government insurance access nationwide.</h1> The NSS 80th Round implements a year long household health survey, jointly conducted by the National Statistics Office and State Directorates of Economics & Statistics, and a separate CMS T windowled by the National Statistics Office. The programme stresses rigorous data collection standards, trainer cascades to field officials, and coordination with State authorities. The health survey targets indicators such as morbidity, hospitalization, health care utilization, institutional childbirth and specifically measures out of pocket expense and access to government health insurance; CMS T will provide telecom and ICT skills metrics for global reporting.