PRESS NOTE HOUSEHOLD SOCIAL CONSUMPTION: HEALTH JANUARY – DECEMBER, 2025

• 80th Round of the National Sample Survey (NSS) on health, conducted Jan–Dec 2025; released by MoSPI on 20 April 2026.
• First full health-consumption survey since the 75th Round (Jul 2017 – Jun 2018); the benchmark dataset for OOPE, insurance coverage, hospitalisation and ailment burden used in NITI/Finance Commission/health-policy work.
• UPSC relevance: feeds directly into NHP, Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, NHM, SDG-3 discussions and the NFHS-vs-NSS comparison trap.