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Engage NSC more actively for robust surveys: NSC chairman to govt

Tussle between the commission and govt agencies has been going on since its inception in 2006,' says former NSC head

Centre to use tech to reduce time-lapse between survey, policy-making

The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation will continue to focus on technology to reduce the time lag between surveys to enable evidence-based policy making and increase the frequency of such periodic studies, said a senior official. Addressing a 'Data user conference on Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23' Statistics Secretary Saurabh Garg said, "Use of technology is something which we will continue to focus on as we move ahead. The purpose of that is to ensure that the time period between surveys can be reduced." Citing examples of HCES, PLFS (periodic labour force survey), he said many of these surveys are annual and the ministry is trying to find out which of these surveys can be made quarterly or even monthly. Later talking to reporters on the sidelines, Garg said the ministry is looking at making PLFS a monthly study. Presently, PLFS is brought out quarterly and annually. Considering the importance of availability of labour force data at more .

In FY23, investments in mining, construction and manufacturing fell

Low capacity utilisation meant firms had less incentive to invest: Economists

Statistics Min ties up with Isro to conduct digital Urban Frame Survey

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has inked an initial pact with National Remote Sensing Centre under ISRO to digitalise Urban Frame Survey using the Bhuvan Platform. This collaboration is aimed at transforming Urban Frame Survey (UFS) from analogue to digital mode and help MoSPI to achieve the targets of updating urban frame regularly in a timely manner, an official statement said. NSSO (FOD) under MoSPI has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NRSC under the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to facilitate UFS in a digital mode using the Geo ICT tools and techniques of Bhuvan Platform. The agreement covers development/ improvement of mobile application for geo-tagging of NSSO UFS data, web portal for visualisation, system generated scrutiny, editing, etc. of data submitted through mobile application, and others. The MoU was signed by Subash Chandra Malik, Additional Director General at NSSO, and Srinivasa Rao S, Deputy Direct

431 infra projects hit by cost overrun of Rs 4.80 trn in Jan, says Mospi

As many as 431 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or above, were hit by cost overrun of more than Rs 4.80 lakh crore in January 2024, an official report stated. According to Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), which monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above, out of 1,821 projects, 431 reported cost overrun and 780 projects were delayed. " Total original cost of implementation of the 1,821 projects was Rs 26,09,679.38 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 30,90,135.99 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs 4,80,456.61 crore (18.41 per cent of original cost)," the ministry's latest report for January 2024 said. According to the report, the expenditure incurred on these projects till January 2024 is Rs 16,43,821.69 crore, which is 53.20 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects. However, it stated that the number of delayed projects decreases to 583 if delay is ..

Uttarakhand saw sharpest dip in workforce during Covid, says survey

This was followed by the decline in workforce in the states such as Jharkhand (-8.9 per cent), West Bengal (-8.3 per cent), Kerala (- 8 per cent) and Karnataka (-7.8 per cent)

UK statistics watchdog looking into Rishi Sunak's asylum backlog claim

The UK's statistics watchdog on Thursday said that it is "looking into" the government's recent announcement that it had met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's target to clear the country's asylum backlog by the end of 2023, a claim strongly contested by the Opposition. Earlier this week, the UK Home Office said that 112,000 asylum cases were processed in the past year, which exceeded Sunak's initial target of 92,000 applications pending at the end of 2022. However, the Opposition Labour Party had contested this and accused the government of misleading the public. It has now emerged that a formal complaint is likely to have been raised with the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), which independently monitors the use of official statistics. "The Office for Statistics Regulation confirmed it is looking into the government announcement about the asylum backlog, said a spokesperson for OSR. While the OSR can ask for additional information from the Home Office, it does not have the power

Delayed Central infrastructure projects down for second month in a row

Cost overrun maximum for transport sector

NPS added 19% fewer fresh corporate subscribers in first half of FY24

Experts blame the fall on higher exemption limit for Rs 7-5 lakh IT bracket

Recurring criticism of GDP methodology: Here's what experts have to say

Business Standard interviewed former Chief Statisticians Pronab Sen and T C A Anant and former Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission P C Mohanan, to seek their views

Statistics ministry to begin work on 80th round of national sample survey

During the 79th round of the survey, questions were also included on Ayush to get insights on the expenditure incurred

Erstwhile SCES held 2 meetings since its formation: Rao Inderjit Singh

The committee also advised re-examining the data of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2017-18 for specific cases before finalising the results

Standing Committee on Economic Statistics renamed: MoS tells Parliament

The government on Wednesday said Standing Committee on Economic Statistics has been renamed as Standing Committee on Statistics. The committee will advise Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on all surveys. "The government has formed various committees after the year 1947...including Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES)," Minister of State for Statistics Rao Inderjit Singh said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. He further said SCES was renamed as Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS), which was constituted vide a MoSPI order dated July 13, 2023. SCoS will review the extant framework and address the issues raised from time to time on the subject/results/methodology, etc related to all surveys as brought before SCoS by MoSPI. It will advise on survey methodology including sampling frame, sampling design, survey instruments, etc and to finalize tabulation plan of surveys. It will also aid finalization of survey results. The panel will provide gui

No plan to give autonomy to the National Statistical Commission: Centre

In line with the Rangarajan Commission's recommendations on June 1, 2005, the Centre set up a NSC to serve as a nodal and empowered body for all core statistical activities of the country

Reconstituted committee on official statistics to settle data controversies

In a notification issued last week, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) said that the reconstituted SCoS will now have a broader mandate

MoSPI kicks off work for CPI base revision after over a decade: Report

This is the first time the ministry is revising the base in over a decade. Currently, the base year for calculations of CPI is 2011-12

Gap between perceptions, expectations narrowing to pre-Covid level: Patra

The combined impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine led to significant disruptions, causing gaps in available data and resulting in substantial errors, the deputy governor said.

Statistics play important role in informed policy-making: Inderjit Singh

Statistics play an important role in informed policy-making, according to Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh. The Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation made the remarks at the 17th Statistics Day in the national capital on Thursday. "This day provides us an opportunity to recognise the importance of statistics as evidence for informed policy-making and the role played by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in strengthening the statistical capability of India," he said. The significance of quality and timely data for facilitating evidence-based decision-making needs to be emphasised. This is also valid for the availability of data in the context of monitoring the progress of sustainable development goals, he said. Further, Singh expressed hope that MoSPI in collaboration with all the stakeholders will continue to work towards facilitating data-driven policy-making and also taking the lead in statistical research and development activities in

Statistics Day: What it is and why is it celebrated in India on June 29?

The day is celebrated in honour of Padma Vibhushan awardee Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, who is best known for devising the 'Mahalanobis Distance' and establishing the Indian Statistical Institute

China's crackdown on data access adds to list of missing statistics

The tighter control over information comes after China issued its most sweeping blueprint yet on data ownership in Dec, in a clear sign that data will play a key role in powering Xi's vision for China