| Survey Year | NSS Round Number | NSS Schedule Code | Survey Title | No. of Records | |||
| 1983 | 38 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 6532081 | |||
| 1983 | 38 | 10 | Employment & Unemployment | 2352926 | |||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 25.1 | Maternity, Childcare, Family Planning & Utilization of Distribution System | 1686663 | |||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 25.2 | Participation in Education | 979109 | |||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 25.7 | Utilization of Medical Services | 438673 | |||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 27 | Survey on persons aged 60 years & above | 494920 | |||
| 1987-88 | 43 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 7295326 | |||
| 1987-88 | 43 | 10 | Employment & Unemployment | 2508820 | |||
| 1988-89 | 44 | 29.1 | Living conditions of tribal | 943436 | |||
| 1988-89 | 44 | 29.2 | Economic Activities of tribal | 568935 | |||
| 1988-89 | 44 | 29.3 | Migration & ownership of land by non-tribal in tribal areas | 286360 | |||
| 1989-90 | 45 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 2215469 | |||
| 1989-90 | 45 | 2.2.2 | Unorganized Manufacture | 3465788 | |||
| 1990-91 | 46 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 2192533 | |||
| 1990-91 | 46 | 2.41.2 | Trade: NDTE & OATE | 2955663 | |||
| 1991 | 47 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 1029559 | |||
| 1991 | 47 | 30 | Literacy & Culture | 1219660 | |||
| 1991 | 47 | 26 | Disabled Persons | 473308 | |||
| 1991 | 47 | 26.1 | Developmental Milestone of Children | 254372 | |||
| 1991 | 47 | 3.1 | Village facilities | 13192 | |||
| 1992 | 48 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 1006592 | |||
| 1992 | 48 | 18.1 | Land & Livestock holdings | 2472009 | |||
| 1992 | 48 | 18.2 | Debt & Investment | 2738399 | |||
| 1993 | 49 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 2236166 | |||
| 1993 | 49 | 0.21 | Particulars of Slums | 4225 | |||
| 1993 | 49 | 1.2 | Housing Condition & Migration | 1845082 | |||
| 1993-94 | 50 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 12176962 | |||
| 1993-94 | 50 | 10 | Employment & Unemployment | 1597903 | |||
| 1994-95 | 51 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 4404709 | |||
| 1994-95 | 51 | 2.2 | Unorganized Manufacture | 6350766 | |||
| 1995-96 | 52 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 4137845 | |||
| 1995-96 | 52 | 25 | Health Care | 3748792 | |||
| 1995-96 | 52 | 25.2 | Participation in Education | 1896134 | |||
| 1997 | 53 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 4531859 | |||
| 1997 | 53 | 2.41.2 | Non-directory Trade Establishment & Own Account Trading | 5842842 | |||
| 1998 | 54 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 2266129 | |||
| 1998 | 54 | 31 | Common property resources, sanitation & hygiene services | 1510931 | |||
| 1998 | 54 | 3.3 | Common property resources & villages facilities | 29604 | |||
| 1999-00 | 55 | 10&10.1 | Employment & Unemployment | 6435478 | |||
| 1999-00 | 55 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 16330856 | |||
| 1999-00 | 55 | 2 | Informal Non-Agricultural Enterprises | 592938 | |||
| 2000-01 | 56 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 8204705 | |||
| 2000-01 | 56 | 2.2 | Unorganized Manufacture | 1742378 | |||
| 2001-02 | 57 | 1 | Consumer Expenditure | 9337238 | |||
| 2001-02 | 57 | 2.345 | Unorganized Services excluding Trade & Finance | 723552 | |||