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๐Ÿ“ข NEEMSIS-3 survey is underway!

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new wave of the Network, Employment, dEbt, Mobility, and Skills in South India Survey (NEEMSIS)!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐— ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ (๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ) ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚, and is being conducted by a dedicated team of 9 trained investigators. Together with RUME, this new wave will contribute to a unique panel dataset with four points in time between 2010 and 2026, making it possible to study long-term dynamics, structural change, and the impact of repeated economic and social shocks.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ?
โœ… ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„-๐˜‚๐—ฝ of the same households and individuals, which is essential to understand trajectories rather than snapshots
โœ… Much ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ (employment, debt, skills, migration, social ties) that are often simplified or missing in large-scale surveys
โœ… ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, enabling new modules to be introduced as social and economic realities evolve
โœ… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, supported by close field supervision, contextual knowledge, and sustained relationships with surveyed communities

At a time when access to high-quality, transparent, and independent microdata is increasingly important, NEEMSIS aims to provide a rich empirical foundation for research on labour markets, inequality, and social change in South India.

Credit: A. Raj, Tamil Nadu, 2026.

OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Arnaud Natal (January 15, 2026). ๐Ÿ“ข NEEMSIS-3 survey is underway! NEEMSIS. Retrieved April 15, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/15i52


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