Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
| सांख्यिकी और कार्यक्रम कार्यान्वयन मंत्रालय | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Annual budget | ₹4,795.74 crore (US$740 million) (2017-18 est.) |
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| Website | mospi.nic.in |
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is an Indian government ministry concerned with coverage and quality aspects of statistics released.The surveys conducted by the Ministry are based on scientific sampling methods. The current head of the ministry is DV Sadananda Gowda
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an Independent Ministry on 15.10.1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation. The Ministry has two wings, one relating to Statistics and the other Programme Implementation. The Statistics Wing called the National Statistical Office(NSO) consists of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the Computer Centre and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The Programme Implementation Wing has three Divisions, namely, (i) Twenty Point Programme (ii) Infrastructure Monitoring and Project Monitoring and (iii) Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. Besides these two wings, there is National Statistical Commission created through a Resolution of Government of India (MOSPI) and one autonomous Institute, viz., Indian Statistical Institute declared as an institute of National importance by an Act of Parliament
It is also known as National Statistical Office (NSO).It has two wings namely Central Statistics Office (CSO), National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
It is responsible for coordination of statistical activities in the country and for evolving and maintaining statistical standards. Its activities include compilation of National Accounts; conduct of Annual Survey of Industries and Economic Censuses, compilation of Index of Industrial Production, as well as Consumer Price Indices. It also deals with various social statistics, training, international cooperation, Industrial Classification etc. The CSO is headed by a Director-General who is assisted by 5 Additional Director-Generals looking after the National Accounts Division, Social Statistics Division, Economic Statistics Division, Training Division and the Coordination and Publication Division. CSO is located in the Sardar Patel Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi. The Industrial Statistics Wing of CSO is located in Kolkata. The Computer Centre also under the CSO is located in R K Puram, New Delhi.
It is responsible for conducting socio-economic surveys. It has four divisions
The surveys on Consumer Expenditure,Employment – Unemployment,Social Consumption (Health, Education etc.),Manufacturing Enterprises,Service Sector Enterprises are carried out once in 5years. And survey of Land and Livestock Holding and Debt and Investment are carried out once in 10 years.field operation division collecting primary data for all portion of economy. annual survey of industry (asi) for industrial sector, agriculture statistics for agriculture sector and service sector data. FOD has all India presence with 49 regional and 167 sub regional offices.
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