Rajshahi University

• International Workshop • on • Large Scale National Surveys • October 18 – 19, 2012

• National Statistical Commission, GoI : • Origin & Activuities• Bikas K Sinha

Genesis of National Statistical Commission [NSC]

• The rapidly changing economic scenario, particularly with the liberalization and opening of the Indian economy and other related factors, has put increasing demands on the statistical system to be more effective. The Government of India constituted a National Statistical Commission (NSC) under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan in January 2000, to examine critically the deficiencies of the present statistical system with a view to recommending measures for a systematic revamping of the system aimed at generating timely and reliable statistics for the purpose of policy and planning in the Government at different levels of administrative structures.

Rangarajan Report …..2001

• The Commission reviewed the Statistical System and the entire gamut of Official Statistics in the country. The Rangarajan Commission submitted its report to the Government in August 2001. It was a Volumenous Report prepared by Statisticians and Economists working together.

Rangarajan Report…..• The Commission made a number of recommendations in its

report (August 2001) to bring about operational efficiency of the institutions involved and improvements in quality of

• data collected. The Commission inter-alia recommended the need for strengthening the statistical system within the states; enabling Directorates of Economics and Statistics to play a more proactive roles in technical coordination with all state Departments in respect of the content, methodology and dissemination of statistics and organizing effective statistical cadres in the states.

• Government acted on the recommendations• It took unusually long time……eventually….

NSC2006…By an Act of Parliament….• By an Act of Parliament, Government of India appointed

Permanent NSC on 12th July 2006 with the Composition :• 1. Chairperson who will be an eminent statistician or social

scientist2. Four Members covering the following fields of specialization and experience in:

• (i) economic statistics in such areas as agriculture, industry, infrastructure, trade or finance,(ii) social and environment statistics in such areas as population, health, education, labour and employment or environment,(iii) statistical operations in such areas as censuses, surveys, statistical information system or information technology, and (iv) national accounts, statistical modeling or State Statistical Systems.

NSC2006…By an Act of Parliament….

• First-Term : July 2006 – July 2009• Chairman…..Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar • Members ….Prof. Surjit Bhalla, Prof. Bikas Sinha, Prof.

Amitabh Kundu and Dr. Padam Singh• The Chairman enjoyed the Status of Minister of State

while the Members enjoyed the Status of Secretary of State.

• Second-Term : July 2009 – July 2012• Chairman : Prof. R. Radhakrishna

Members : Shri Suman K. Bery, Prof. Anil P. Gore, Prof. Shibdas Bandyopadhyay , Dr. Sudipto Mundle

Functions of the NSC• The NSC is mandated to perform the following functions, namely: -

• to identify the core statistics, which are of national importance and are critical to the development of the economy;

• to constitute professional committees or working groups to assist the Commission on various technical issues;

• to evolve national policies and priorities relating to the statistical system;

Functions of the NSC….contd.

• to evolve standard statistical concepts, definitions, classifications and methodologies in different areas in statistics and lay down national quality standards on core statistics;

• to evolve national strategies for the collection, tabulation and dissemination of core statistics, including the release calendar for various data sets;

• to evolve national strategies for human resource development on official statistics including information technology and communication needs of the statistical system;

Functions of the NSC….contd

• to evolve measures for improving public trust in official statistics;

• to evolve measures for effective co-ordination with State Governments and Union Territory Administrations on statistical activities including strengthening of existing institutional mechanisms;

• to exercise statistical co-ordination between Ministries, Departments and other agencies of the Central Govt.;

• to exercise statistical audit over the statistical activities to ensure quality and integrity of the statistical products;

Functions of the NSC….contd.• to recommend to the Central Government, or any State

Government, as the case may be, measures to effectively implement the standards, strategies and other measures evolved …….;

• to advise the Government on the requirement of legislative measures on statistical matters including the statute for the National Statistical Commission; and

• to monitor and review the functioning of the statistical system in the light of the laid down policies, standards and methodologies and recommend measures for enhanced performance.

NSC…..

• SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NSC……

• FIRST & SECOND TERMS……..

Collection of Statistics…..

• 1953 : Collection of Statistics Bill• Features• Limitations• 2010 : Collection of Statistics Act

Core Statistics …..• The NSC in its mandate has inter alia the

following functions :• To identify the core statistics, which are of national

importance and are critical to the development of the economy

• To evolve standard statistical concepts, definitions, classifications and methodologies in different areas in statistics and lay down national quality standards on core statistics

• To evolve national strategies for the collection, tabulation and dissemination of core statistics, including the release calendar for various data sets.

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Core Statistics….NSC will determine the areas of official statistics that are to be considered as core or critical to the functioning of the economy and accordingly prioritize the statistical activities of national statistical system.

Core Statistics will have the following characteristics :• Be of National Importance.• Mandatory for the Governments at all levels to collect

and disseminate • Conform to prescribed definitions, concepts and

standards laid down by the Commission.

Core Statistics• Be updated periodically, with suitable periodicity to be

determined.• Be available at both aggregate and disaggregate levels,

wherever appropriate.• • NSC : To ensure that the production of core statistics and their

release are free from Government influence, by designating appropriate institutions or functionaries to be solely and independently responsible for these functions.

• • NSC : To exercise a statistical audit over the statistical activities

to ensure quality and integrity of the statistical products.•

Core Statistics….• NSC : To keep in view the optimum use of national resources, in

the context of essentially decentralised character of statistical system

• NSC : To evolve and arrange to monitor the nation-wide strategies

on Core Statistics - updating the list of Core Statistics; framing and monitoring the advance release calendar & dissemination of data

• • NSC : To recommend formation of a permanent and statutory apex

body – the National Commission on Statistics – independent of the Government and responsible to the Parliament in respect of policy making, coordination and certification of quality of Core Statistics.

•

Core Statistics…..

• NSC : Mandate • • Define the scope of Core Statistics• Determine Periodicity and procedure for collection of Core

Statistics• Delegate powers to Central and State Ministries and other

Statistical offices for collection of Core Statistics.• • Note : Necessary legal provisions should be made, either by

expanding the scope of the present Collection of Statistics Act (1953) or by passing new Act or Acts to cover any topic under “Core Statistics”, as defined by the Commission.

•

Collection of Statistics Act, 2008• The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 enacted by the

Parliament that came into effect on 11th June 2010 contains the following enabling provision on core statistics.

• • "27. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in this

Act, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare from time to time any subject for the collection of statistics of national importance as ‘core statistics’ and make such arrangement, as it may consider necessary, for regulating the collection and dissemination of statistics on the subject so declared."

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Core Statistics…..• Key Sources…..• • Censuses / Sample Surveys • Indices compiled at national level or in a majority of

States• Administrative statistics (Examples are statistics that

could be generated under Companies Act, Limited Liability Partnership Act, Indian Partnership Act, Societies Act, Factories Act, Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, Registration of Births and Deaths Act, and Land Use Statistics compiled under State regulations, etc.)

Core Statistics……• National Accounts Statistics• Statistics of Foreign Trade of India and Inter-State trade• Statistics in respect of resources including human

resources of the country• Statistics on the performance of different sectors

including infrastructure sectors, financial and external sectors of the economy at all India level

• Minimum set of statistical products to be compiled by States/ UTs for use by the Centre

• Statistics required to be generated due to international commitments from time to time

Core Statistics…..• 120 Items : Divided into 8 Categories • (I) National Income [20]• (II) Production & Services Sectors [35]• (III) Budgetary Transactions [9]• (IV) Money & Banking [8]• (V) Capital Market [5]• (VI) Indices & Other Short-Term Indicators [8]• (VII) External Sectors [8]• (VIII) Demography, Social & Environmental Sectors [27]

Listing……

• LIST OF CORE STATISTICS……

INTERMISSION……

• INTERMISSION………….5 minutes

Excellent Documentation

• Strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus, Core Statistics AND Role of Statistical Advisers

• by• Shri J. Dash, Additional Director General, CSO • and • Shri M.M. Hasija, Director, Field Operations

Division, National Sample Survey Organisation

State Statistical Systems….• Statistical System in the States / Union Territories (UTs)• The Statistical system in the States is generally

decentralized laterally over the Departments of State Governments, with major Departments, such as Agriculture and Health, having large statistical divisions.

• At the apex level, the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) (earlier known as State Statistical Bureaus), is responsible for the coordination of statistical activities in the State. The DES have large organizations at the headquarters, with statistical offices in the districts and, in some cases, in the regions of the State. The statistical activities of the DESs are more or less uniform.

India Statistical Strengthening Project • To strengthen the information base for meeting

the increasing needs of data for policy formulation and to improve the reliability, quality and timeliness, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOS&PI) with the World Bank assistance, has undertaken “India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP). One of the components of the Project is the “Study for Identifying the Specific Requirements for Strengthening of the State Statistical Bureaus”.

ISSP……

• The study is aimed at documenting the existing statistical activities of DES, assessing the efficacy of the resource allocations for various activities and developing a comprehensive proposal for strengthening the State Statistical System to raise them to a minimum level of standard. The study has been planned to be conducted in two phases.

ISSP…..• The first phase comprises• assessing the existing statistical activities of DES and

Line Departments of States/UTs along with their standards and quality, assessment of existing infrastructure (physical, information technology and human resources) and identification of data gaps, prioritization of activities and assessing the requirements of additional resources for improvements of various outputs / activities and identification of such improvements likely to be achieved.

ISSP……

• In the second phase • The study would consolidate the specific

requirements of each State for achieving a minimum standard for a common set of statistical output and evolve an action plan for implementation along with costing and other details.

Phase I of the Study• Project : “Identifying the Specific Requirements for Strengthening of

State Statistical Bureaus” has been assigned to M/S JPS Associates (P) Ltd., New Delhi by the MOS&PI. For the purpose of the study, the States / UTs were put in the following seven groups:-

• Group 1: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh (5)

• Group 2: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu (6)

• Group 3: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry (6)

• Group 4: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh (5)

• Group 5: Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (5)

• Group 6: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, and Sikkim (4)• Group 7: Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura (4)

Phase I……Strengthening DESs• To carry out the study, a group of consultants comprising a Project

Director, an Expert in official statistics and an Information Technology expert have been employed by M/s JPS Associates (P) Ltd. for each group of States/UTs.

• A Task Force under the Chairmanship of Additional Director General, Field Operations Division (FOD), National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) looks into the operational aspects of the study, provides guidance to the consultants where required, monitors the activities of the consultants and approves the reports.

• The Task Force has representatives from CSO, Planning Commission, important Ministries of the Central Government, six States and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

Phase I….Strengthening of DESs…

Core Statistical ActivitiesThe Task force has suggested the following activities as Core Statistical activities to be studied in relation to various parameters such as concepts, definitions, methodology, base year, periodicity, timeliness, sample size, data volume, flow of information, receipt of statistical returns on statutory and non-statutory basis, data gaps, deficiencies and associated problems.

Core Statistical Activities……• (i) Estimation of State Domestic Product• (ii) Estimation of Capital formation and Savings• (iii) Estimation of District Domestic Product• (iv) Estimation of the contribution of local bodies• (v) Compilation of data on major Fiscal variables• (vi) Participation in the conduct of Annual Survey of

Industries• (vii) Compilation of Index of Industrial Production• (viii) Estimation of Crop Area and Production• (ix) Compilation of Wholesale Price Index numbers• (x) Compilation of Consumer Price Index numbers

Core Statistical Activities….• (xi) Collection and compilation of Health, Morbidity

and Mortality and Family welfare statistics• (xii) Collection and compilation of Education and

Literacy statistics• (xiii) Collection and compilation of Labour and

Employment statistics• (xiv) Collection and compilation of Housing statistics• (xv) Birth and Death registration and Population• (xvi) Compilation of Electricity production and

distribution statistics

Core Statistical Activities….

• (xvii) Compilation of Environment and Forest statistics

• (xviii) Participation in the Surveys of National Sample Survey Organisation

• (xix) Compilation of Transport statistics• (xx) Collection and compilation of Statistics for

local area planning

Study Report……• Expected to provide information on:• (i) Organisational and Functional Structure• (ii) Availability and Use of IT Tools• (iii) Mapping of resource & output in respect of Data

processing staff for each major data series• (iv) Prioritisation of outputs and inputs assessment• (v) What improvement can be achieved in high priority

outputs / activities if some low priority of activities are dropped or pursued with less frequency.

• (vi) Requirement of additional resources for improvement of various activities / outputs and extent of improvements likely to be achieved.

Methodology adopted in the Conduct of the Study

• Keeping in view the terms of reference of the study, a structured questionnaire for collection of data from States/UTs was finalized by the Task Force - taking inputs from the consultants, representatives of the various Ministries and World Bank experts.

• The questionnaire was circulated to all States. Information for the statistical activities on various parameters in respect of DES and other line Departments was obtained.

Methodology…..• Thereafter the consultant had discussions with the

officials of the DES and line Departments to elicit qualitative information.

• Based on the information gathered through the questionnaire and the discussions held with officials, a Draft report for each of the States/UTs was prepared. These reports were discussed in the debriefing workshop with the States/UTs. Draft Final Reports have been prepared incorporating the suggestions, observations, comments received from the State Governments and members of the Task Force.

Salient Features of the Study….

(i) The consultants studied in detail, the functions and activities of state Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES) - organizational structure, manpower and their recruitment rules & qualification, infrastructure availability and publications brought out.

(ii) The consultant also visited two District Statistical Offices (DSOs) - one in advanced district and one in backward district, in each State/UT to study their statistical activities, manpower availability, infrastructure facilities, operational methods, constraints, etc.

Salient Features…..

• (iii) For each of the 20 core statistical activities identified for states, the consultants studied the statistical returned used for data collection, methodology, frequency of release of data, publications where data are published, manpower engaged, IT Tools used and quality of output. A table indicating the core statistical activities not being carried out by the various States/UTs is given at Annexure I. In addition to the above, some of the other important statistical activities of the line Departments have also been studied.

Salient Features…..• (iv) The consultants have identified data gaps in respect of the

20 core statistical activities. The data gaps identified are based on the discussions with the concerned state officials and the knowledge of the consultants. Some of the common data gaps identified for various activities are given in Annexure II.

• (v) One of the important concerns in any statistical activity is the Quality of the output generated over a long period of time. The quality of statistical information is multidimensional. Quality embraces the attributes of relevance, and characteristics of accuracy, timeliness, accessibility, interpretability and coherence. It incorporates the characteristics of consistency, compatibility and completeness across statistical programmes and products.

Assessment of Quality…..• Assessment of quality requires a framework. • International Monetary Fund (IMF) has developed

standards for assessing data quality. The assessment of quality of statistical outputs of the identified statistical activities of the states has been made on the “Accuracy and Reliability” characteristics of IMF Data Quality Assessment Frame Work (DQAF). Although, IMF standards do not apply for state statistical activities, these have , however, been used for assessing the reliability

and accuracy of the statistical activities by the consultant.

Data Quality…..• The reliability and accuracy indicators prescribed by IMF

and used for the study are:• (a) The source/field data to compile statistics in terms of

adequacy, comprehensiveness, approximation to definition, and timeliness.

• (b) Regular assessment of source data for coverage, sample error, response error, and non sampling error.

• (c) Use of sound statistical techniques in data compilation and statistical analysis.

• (d) Assessment and validation of intermediate data and statistical outputs and

• (e) Tracking of revisions.

Data Quality…..• While assessing the quality, components of (a) (b)

& (d) above were considered as threshold indicators. The quality of statistical output has been classified in 3 categories - high, medium and low. The categorization criteria being Quality

• High – if all the components of the threshold indicators plus one of (c) and (e) are met,

• Medium – if the three threshold indicators are met• Low - if one of the three threshold indicators is not

met.

Salient Features…contd.

• It has been observed that in almost all States/UTs • The Quality of fiscal data, electricity production and

distribution data, vehicle registration data is High. • However for other statistical activities, there is a

need for improvement.• (vi) The requirement of IT resources for DES and line

Department has been separately worked out for the State/UT.

• (vii) Category-wise optimum manpower requirement for each of activities has been worked out.

Salient Features….contd.

• (viii) The consultants have separately given the prioritization of statistical activities from the states’ perspective, inferred priority (i.e. percentage difference between optimum required manpower and current manpower deployed for the activity), demand based prioritization and quality driven prioritization in the report for each State/UT.

Key Findings of the Study….

Some of the major findings that have emerged from the study are:

• (i) In most of the States/Uts, work relating to the following activities have been assigned to the State Directorate of Economics and Statistics:

• a) Compilation of State Domestic Product, Capital formation, District Domestic Product and Contribution of Local Bodies.

• b) Annual Survey of Industries and Index of Industrial Production.

• c) Wholesale Price Index.• d) Consumer Price Index• e) Participation in Survey Programmes of NSSO.

Key Findings…..• The work of Registration of Births and Deaths, Housing

Statistic, Crop area and Agriculture Production in some States/UTs are assigned to the DES and in some to separate line Departments.

• (ii) Important Statistical activities where shortage of manpower is acute in almost all the States/UTs are:

• a) Crop Area and Production Statistics• b) Health & Family Welfare Statistics• c) Registration of Birth and Death Statistics• d) Labour and Employment Statistics• e) Local Area Planning.

Key Findings…..• (iii) Most of the States/UTs are not compiling

Wholesale Price Index and Consumer Price Index. However, they are collecting price data regularly.

• (iv) The statistical outputs generated by the States are disseminated through the traditional mode of publications resulting in inordinate delays in release and availability of data to the public.

• (v) DES, though is the nodal agency for all statistical activities in the State/UT in most of the states it is ‘Dejure’ rather than ‘De-facto’. There is virtual absence of coordination mechanism in most of the states.

Key Findings….• (vi) The states are collecting socio-economic data by

participating on matching basis in the Annual Socio-economic Surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation.

• However the data is being processed by very few States only.

• (vii) There is a need for collection of detailed village level data for local area planning.

• (viii) The staff in most of the states is not adequately trained. They are deficient in statistical skills both at operational level – data collection & processing, tabulation - and in statistical methods – application of theoretical techniques and analysis of data.

Recommendations…..• Recommendations for Improving the Statistical System

in States / UTs• (i) Priority attention needs to be given to improving

data quality by taking steps to close data gaps, improve the accuracy of source/field data, extensive use of computers for data compilation, processing and report generation, reducing time lag, strengthening supervision of data collection at field level, instituting mechanisms for data scrutiny and validation.

• (ii) Management of quality must be built into the management and technical practices of DSOs and Line Departments of the States/UTs. Quality management should be built and mainstreamed with the design of

Recommendations…..• (ii)….individual statistical activities and

programmes - appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines to promote, facilitate and fortify activities and behaviours consistent with the concern for quality.

• (iii) To meet the needs of policy makers for local planning and local governance, a well articulated framework for generating village, block and district level statistics together with a time bound action plan for generating the required data should be developed.

Recommendations….

• (iv) The data collected for state and central samples should be pooled.

• (v) Electronic mode of data dissemination be introduced by the States.

• (vi) Providing adequate human resources for statistical work.

• (vii) Recruitment rules, wherever required, may be amended to provide for recruiting graduate with statistics as one of the subject, for statistical work.

Recommendations….• (viii) Detailed training programme for the

statistical officials at entry level and in service need to be designed to improve their skills.

• (ix) IT infrastructure hardware and software needs to be strengthened in most of the states.

• (x) The states where common cadre does not exist should set up a common cadre for all statistical officials.

Phase II of the Study….• Phase II of the Study envisages critical review of Phase I study

reports of all the States/UTs and to propose national benchmark for norms and performance standards for DES / Line Department of States/UTs .

The norms will be based on the following reviews & analysis:• (a) Analysis of the capabilities of States and UTs statistical offices

in term of producing current output with either better quality (e.g. timeliness, standard classifications and definitions, smaller sampling error) or by reducing the use of resources.

• (b) Identification of principal data gaps in terms of minimum desirable level as per national standards.

• (c) Possibility of improving effectiveness of data compilation, processing and transmission within the State and between States and Central Government.

Phase II : Reviews…..• (d) Evaluation of the quality of data disseminated to

various stakeholders, including the general public.• (e) Examination of the possibilities of improving the

capital stock used for collection, transmission, computing (hardware and software), Improvement of the skills of human resources and infrastructural facilities wherever necessary.

• (f) Presentation of the findings in terms of grouping of States and UTs with roughly the same level of capabilities.

Benchmark Proposals….• These benchmark proposal are expected to be discussed

in a National Workshop and based on the comments and suggestions of the participants, the national minimum set of statistical standards would be defined. The study will identify the gaps in each states current output and the national minimum set of statistics and also propose a strategy designed to bridge the gaps and an investment and policy improvement plan for each state and UT.

• The study is proposed to be conducted through an International Consultant who would be assisted by two consultants having knowledge of the State Statistical System.

Role of State Statistical Advisers

With the restructuring of Indian Statistical Service Cadre,post of Senior Administrative Grade level officers have been created in the field offices of NSSO(FOD) in most ofthe important States. The experience of these officers can be used by the States/UTs for technical advice on Statistical matters. These officers can inter-alia coordinate with states in respect of• a. Conduct of surveys on ‘core statistics’ in the State.• b. Sharing and flow of information between Centre and

State on statistical matters.• c. Follow-up action on the recommendations of NSC

relating to the States.

Role of Statistical Advisers d. Follow- up action on the decisions taken in the Conference of

Central and State Statistical Organisations [COCSSO]. e. Needs of Statistical Personnel -Officers and Staff of the State. Some of the training needs are:• (i) Most of the States/UTs do not have manpower and infrastructure

for training statistical officials recruited by the States/UTs. The training needs of state statistical officials in all the States are more or less the same. There is a need to develop separate training modules for new recruits – Officers and staff for each State/UT. CSO already has separate training modules for Indian Statistical Service Officers and Subordinate Statistical Service Officers. Statistical Advisers may coordinate with CSO and help the states in preparing training modules as per their requirement.

• NASA…..Highest Standard Training Facility created by MOSPI a few years back

Training Needs…..• (ii) The advantages of using of Information Technology in

data processing needs no emphasis. Statistical official of some of the States, particularly, North Eastern States lack in computer skills. As a result, they are still processing the data manually. Computer Centre, MOS&PI organises computer training programmes for State statistical officials. It is difficult for state officials of North Eastern States to attend computer training programmes at Delhi. The Statistical Adviser may coordinate with CSO to organize Basic Computer Skills training programme

for statistical officials of North-Eastern States at Guwahati, utilizing the Infrastructure at Zonal Training Centre of FOD, NSSO.

Training Needs….• (iii) Many states are collecting wholesale and

consumer price data but are not compiling Index Numbers due to non-availability of trained manpower. For such states, CSO may organize special training programmes for compilation of wholesale price index numbers and consumer price index numbers. If possible, software for compilation of Index numbers may be made available to such States to easily compile the Indices. Statistical Advisers may coordinate with CSO to organize the training.

Role of Statistical Advisers..contd• (f) In many States, non-availability of the key persons

involved in a statistical activity due to any reason has adverse effect on the quality & timeliness of the activity. It is necessary that the processes, procedures, methodology, source of data, work performed by each level of officials involved including sample working sheets for the States for each of the statistical activity being carried out needs to be documented in detail, so that the system is not affected with the change of officials at any level. Statistical advisers may help the states in preparing the manuals.

Role of Statistical Advisers…contd.• (g) The data on labour statistics in organized

sector is obtained from factories registered with Chief Inspector of Factories(CIF). The data quality of Labour Statistics suffers due to errors in the list frame of factories used, which includes a number of closed factories that cannot be deleted till they get deregistered and excludes new factories as the list frame is not regularly updated.

• The FOD, NSSO every year updates the frame for Annual Survey of Industries.

Role of Statistical Advisers…contd.• At the end of every financial year, the field staff of FOD

collects from CIF the list of units registered under 2m(i) and 2m(ii) of the Factories Act and also the list of units de-registered during the previous year. Only units which are found working or closed during the reference year but in existence along with new registered units are included in the operating frame for the next survey. Units which are found to be closed for last 3 years or more but are in existence are considered as non-operating. Units which are found to be non-existent for more than 3 years are deleted due to deregistration from the frame. The Statistical Adviser may coordinate with CIF, Labour Departments and IS Wing of CSO for keeping the ASI frame uptodate.

Role of Statistical Advisers…contd.• (h) The problems in compiling State Income

estimates including data gaps and methodical issues should be addressed by the Statistical Advisers who may act as a link between DES and National Accounts Division, CSO.

• (i) Coordination between state government and CSO in implementing the ISSP.

Annexure I

List of Core Statistical activities not undertaken Activity Name of States/UTs not carrying out the

Statistical Activity• 1. State Domestic Product Daman & Diu, Dadra &

• Nagar Haveli• 2. Capital Formation Goa, Daman & Diu, Dadra & • Nagar Haveli, Uttaranchal, • Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar • Islands, Nagaland, Mizoram, • Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, • Chattisgarh

Annexure I ….contd.• 3. Dist. Domestic Chandigarh, Gujarat, Goa, Daman• Product & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, • Uttaranchal, Chattisgarh, Delhi, • Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar • Islands, Nagaland, Mizoram, • Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, • Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh.• 4. Contribution of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar • Local Bodies Haveli, Jharkhand, Nagaland, • Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal • Pradesh

Annexure I….contd.• 5. Annual Survey Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal

• of Industries Pradesh., Punjab, Haryana, • Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, • Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh., • Chattisgarh, Delhi, Mizoram, • Jharkhand, Sikkim, Goa, • Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, • Puducherry, Bihar.

Annexure I…contd.

• 6. Index of Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Bihar, • Industrial Himachal Pradesh, Orissa,• Production Chandigarh, Gujarat, Sikkim,• Daman& Diu, Dadra & • Nagar Haveli, Uttaranchal, • Madhya Pradesh., Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

Annexure I….contd.• 7. Wholesale Price Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir,• Index Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Assam, • Daman & Diu, Chattisgarh, • Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, • Puducherry, Karnataka, Andhra • Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Madhya• Pradesh, , Delhi, Jharkhand, • Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,• Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, • Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, • Meghalaya, Maharashtra,

Annexure I….contd• 8. Consumer Price Chandigarh, Orissa, Jammu & • Index Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, • Rajasthan, Goa, Daman & Diu,• Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat,• Puducherry, Uttaranchal, Delhi, • Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh,• Jharkhand, Manipur, Mizoram,• Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.

Annexure I….contd.• 9 Housing Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, • Statistics Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, • Meghalaya• Most of the states are collecting information on

new construction in urban local bodies and state housing project Development Authorities costing more than Rs. 50,000/- and sending the data to National Building Organisation(NBO)

Annexure I….contd.• 10 Participation in Andaman & Nicobar • National Islands, Dadra and • Sample Survey Nagar Haveli

• 11 Statistics for Local Chandigarh, Delhi,

• Area Planning Manipur, Puducherry

Annexure II….Data Gaps• Core Statistical Activities• Statistical Parameters : Data Gaps• GSDP Estimates : • Statistics on bye-products of agricultural and

livestock products; index of agricultural production; expenditure data on new constructions and repairs of residential buildings; transportation of goods by road

• Wholesale Price Index are not available.

Annexure II….contd.• Estimate of Capital Formation & Savings :• Private Sector is excluded from estimation of GFCF. Data

on actual addition to fixed assets is not available; it is available only for gross assets, which do not satisfy the definition. The data provided by organizations engaged in mining, construction and cooperatives are not comprehensive. Further, data base required for physical and financial indicators in many subsectors is inadequate, which makes it difficult to use benchmark figures.

• In a number of cases, data on type of assets is not • Available; so estimates by types of assets cannot be

attempted for the supra-regional and private sectors.

Annexure II….contd.

• Estimation of District Domestic Product :• District level data is not available for

secondary and tertiary sectors.• Contribution of Local Bodies :• Expenditure of local bodies on outsourced

services and activities is not provided by the Local Bodies.

Annexure II….contd.

• Health, Morbidity and Family Welfare Activities

• There is no mechanism of data collection on morbidity, mortality pre-natal and post-natal health statistics from private medical practitioners, voluntary and non-voluntary

organizations. The data is also not available on

percentage of children fully immunized.

Annexure II….contd.• Education and Literacy Statistics • (Adult literacy rate and enrollment ratio in

primary education by sex)• For literacy rates and adult literacy rates, the

source is decadal population census. For intermittent years, the rates are available for the States through NSS Surveys. Data is not available for children out of school classified by gender and caste.

Annexure II….contd. Labour and Employment Statistics• The data on employment of child and migrant labour is not

available. Also, employment data is not available in respect of agriculture and allied occupations in the private sector, and household establishments.

• Housing • (Housing additions and investment in stock)• A number of State/UT Government Departments and agencies

collect housing data in respect of the scheme/projects … transmitting the raw data to NBO.

• However, there is no comprehensive attempt for collection and process of Housing Statistics activities. Data on new houses constructed, investments, rentals, collection of user charges for services provided by local urban bodies is not available.

Annexure II….contd.• Birth and Death Registration • The recording efficiency for both births and deaths is

between 40-60% in large number of States/UTs. Minimal number of deaths are reported in terms of Medical Certification of Cause of Death.

• Forest Statistics • Information on the quantity and quality of forest

resources, supply of forest produce, commercial and non-commercial demand for timber and non-timber forest products are not available.

• Information on the number of households without drinking water facility is not available.

Annexure II….contd.• Transport Statistics • Data is not generated on several transport related

parameters like transport of passengers by private sector transporters, rental of commercial vehicles with the operator, maintenance and repair of road transport equipment, supporting services for road transportation services, cargo-handling services, storage and warehouse services, among others.

• Statistics of Local Area Planning• Limited Local level data is collected by the States from• secondary sources as on ad-hoc basis for preparation of

district plans.

Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

• Principle 1. Official statistics provide an indispensable element in the information system of a democratic society, serving the Government, the economy and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. To this end, official statistics that meet the test of practical utility are to be compiled and made available on an impartial basis by official statistical agencies to honor citizens' entitlement to public information.

• Principle 2. To retain trust in official statistics, the statistical agencies need to decide according to strictly professional considerations, including scientific principles and professional ethics, on the methods and procedures for the collection, processing, storage and presentation of statistical data.

Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

• Principle 3. To facilitate a correct interpretation of the data, the statistical agencies are to present information according to scientific standards on the sources, methods and procedures of the statistics.

•Principle 4. The statistical agencies are entitled to comment on erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics.

• Principle 5. Data for statistical purposes may be drawn from all types of sources, be they statistical surveys or administrative records. Statistical agencies are to choose the source with regard to quality, timeliness, costs and the burden on Informants.

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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

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Principle 6. Individual data collected by statistical agencies for statistical compilation, whether they refer to natural or legal persons, are to be strictly confidential and used exclusively for statistical purposes.

•Principle 7. The laws, regulations and measures under which the statistical systems operate are to be made public.

•Principle 8. Coordination among statistical agencies within countries is essential to achieve consistency and efficiency in the statistical system.

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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

• Principle 9. The use by statistical agencies in each country of international concepts, classifications and methods promotes the consistency and efficiency of statistical systems at all official levels.

•Principle 10. Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contributes to the improvement of systems of official statistics in all countries.

The End……

• Here I Stop…….

• BKSinha