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The latest notifications, official exam updates, base year changes, and economic current affairs relevant to statistics aspirants.
The UPSC ISS Result 2026 for the written examination was declared on 4 August 2026. Across the entire country, 94 candidates have qualified for the Interview, also called the Personality Test, of the Indian Statistical Service Examination 2026. The written examination was held from 19 to 21 June 2026, so the result has arrived about … Read more
For years, Statistics PG students looking at UGC NET had only one route – squeeze themselves into Mathematical Sciences, Economics, or Population Studies papers and hope their core subject made an appearance. That era is over. UGC has officially added Statistics as a separate UGC NET Statistics subject (Code 107), starting from the June 2026 … Read more
UPSC ISS 2026 Notification: UPSC has released the official notification for the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Examination 2026. This is a major opportunity for Statistics students to secure a Group ‘A’ gazetted post in the Government of India. In this blog, we will discuss the important dates, new changes, and steps to apply for the … Read more
In the previous parts of our Decoding Base Year series, we tackled the Overview and the New CPI. Today, we are opening the “Black Box” of Indian GDP: The Unorganized (Informal) Sector. For the UPSC ISS Aspirant, this is the most critical update. Why? Because nearly 90% of India’s workforce is informal, yet for the last decade, we have been measuring their … Read more
In our last blog, we discussed the “Big Picture” of MoSPI’s base year revisions. Today, we are zooming in on the indicator that affects every Indian’s pocket and every UPSC ISS aspirant’s marks: The Consumer Price Index (CPI). The government is shifting the CPI Base Year from 2012 to 2024. Why is this huge? Because the current inflation … Read more
If you are preparing for the UPSC Indian Statistical Service (ISS) exam, you know that “Official Statistics” (Paper II) and “General Economics” are the rank-deciders. But here is the challenge: the textbooks are old, but the economy is changing fast. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is currently undertaking one of the most massive exercises … Read more