Network, Employment, dEbt, Mobility, and Skills in India Survey (NEEMSIS) – Wave 3 (2026)
Time period: 2026
Sample size: Ongoing
Funding: ANR “Communautés et territoires en Inde” (ANR-23-CE55-0004); IRD
Comment:
Network, Employment, dEbt, Mobility, and Skills in India Survey (NEEMSIS) – Wave 2 (2020-2021)
Time period: From December 2020 to October 2021
Sample size: 3,600 individuals from 625 households
Funding: ANR “Challenging Inequalities” (ANR-18-EQUI-0003)
Comment: The specificity of NEEMSIS-2 is its timing: the data collection took place during the COVID-19 crisis. NEEMSIS took advantage of this context to try to address its effects on rural households.
Network, Employment, dEbt, Mobility, and Skills in India Survey (NEEMSIS) – Wave 1 (2016-2017)
Time period: From March 2017 to November 2017
Sample size: 2,696 individuals from 492 households
Funding: NOPOOR (2012-2017); IRD; IMTFI.
Comment: The specificity of NEEMSIS-1 is its timing: an external shock, a nation-wide demonetisation policy, announced by Modi government in November 2016, directly affected livelihoods in the course of the survey. NEEMSIS took advantage of this context to try to address its effects on rural households.
RUral Microfinance and Employment survey (RUME) – (2010)
Time period: March 2010
Sample size: 1,928 individuals from 405 households
Funding: ANR Les Suds Aujourd’hui
Comment: Combined with NEEMSIS surveys, RUME provide a baseline survey.

