Transcript Background - University of Rajshahi

Rajshahi University
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International Workshop
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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
scientist
2. 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….
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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;
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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…..
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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.
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.
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• 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.
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• NSC : To exercise a statistical audit over the statistical
activities to ensure quality and integrity of the statistical
products.
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Core Statistics….
• NSC : To keep in view the optimum use of national
resources, in the context of essentially decentralised
character of statistical system
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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
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• 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.
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Core Statistics…..
• NSC : Mandate
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• 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.
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• 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.
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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.
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• "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…..
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• 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…..
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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
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• Shri J. Dash, Additional Director General, CSO
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• 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…..
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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……
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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 Activities
The 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……
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(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……
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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….
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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 Socioeconomic 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 of
the 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 deregistered 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
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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,
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Uttaranchal, Chattisgarh, Delhi,
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Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar
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Islands, Nagaland, Mizoram,
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Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim,
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Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh.
• 4. Contribution of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar
•
Local Bodies
Haveli, Jharkhand, Nagaland,
•
Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal
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Pradesh
Annexure I….contd.
• 5. Annual Survey
•
of Industries
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Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal
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
• Industrial
• Production
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Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Bihar,
Himachal Pradesh, Orissa,
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
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Index
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Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir,
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
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Index
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Chandigarh, Orissa, Jammu &
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
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National
• Sample Survey
Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
• 11 Statistics for Local
•
Area Planning
Chandigarh, Delhi,
Manipur, Puducherry
Annexure II….Data Gaps
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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.
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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.
Fundamental Principles of
Official Statistics
•
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.
•
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