ICSSR Data Service: Social Science Data Repository

The “ICSSR Data Service” is culmination of signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The MoU provides for setting-up of “ICSSR Data Service: Social Science Data Repository” and host NSS and ASI datasets generated by MoSPI. Under the initiative, social science research institutes, NGOs, individuals and others dealing with social science research are also being approached to deposit / provide their research datasets for hosting into the repository of ICSSR Data Service. The ICSSR Data Service includes social science and statistical datasets of various national-level surveys on debt & investment, domestic tourism, enterprise survey, employment and unemployment, housing condition, household consumer expenditure, health care, etc., into its repository. ICSSR Data Service aims to facilitate data sharing, preservation, accessibility and reuse of social science research data collected from entire social science community in India & abroad. The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Gandhinagar has been assigned the task of setting-up the data repository.

‘ICSSR 数据服务’系印度社会科学研究委员会（ICSSR）与统计与计划实施部（MoSPI）签署谅解备忘录（MoU）的成果。该备忘录旨在建立‘ICSSR 数据服务：社会科学数据仓库’，并托管由 MoSPI 生成的国民抽样调查（NSS）和亚洲社会指标（ASI）数据集。在此项计划下，社会科学研究机构、非政府组织、个人及其他从事社会科学研究的机构亦被邀请存档或提供其研究数据集，以供 ICSSR 数据服务仓库托管。ICSSR 数据服务收纳了包括债务与投资、国内旅游、企业调查、就业与失业、住房条件、家庭消费支出、医疗保健等在内的各类国家级调查的社会科学和统计数据集。ICSSR 数据服务旨在促进来自印度及海外的整个社会科学界收集的社会科学数据的共享、保存、获取与再利用。信息与图书馆网络（INFLIBNET）中心，位于甘地纳格尔，已被指定负责建立数据仓库的任务。