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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

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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.