NSO to launch two socio-economic surveys in Karnataka
While DTES aims to collect info on household expenditure on domestic overnight and same-day trips, NHTS is being conducted with help of Ministry of Railways to collect data on origin-destination, modes of transport used, trip purposes, and travel frequency.
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