(Allocation of Business) Rules,1961
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (SANKHYIKI AUR KARYAKRAM KARYANVAYAN VIBHAG)
I. STATISTICS WING
•
Act as the nodal agency for planning integrated
development of the statistical
system
in the country.
•
Coordination
of statistical work with a view
to identifying gaps
in data
availability
or duplication of statistical work in respect of Departments of the
Government
of India and the State Statistical Bureaux (SSBs) and to suggest
necessary
remedial measures.
•
Laying down and maintenance of norms and standards in the
field of statistics,
evolving
concepts, definitions and methodology of data collection, processing of
data and
dissemination of results.
•
Advising the Departments of the Government of India on
statistical methodology
and on
statistical analysis of data.
• Preparation of National Accounts as well as publication of annual estimates of national income, gross/net domestic product, Government and private final consumption expenditure, capital formation, savings, capital stock and consumption fixed capital, quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product, preparation of National Input-Output Transactions Table, State level estimates of domestic product and fixed capital formation of supra-regional sectors, preparation of comparable estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP) at current prices.
• Compilation and release of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) every month in the form of Quick Estimates, conducting Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and providing statistical information, to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of the organised manufacturing (factories) sector.
•
Development of Environment Statistics, development of
methodology, concepts
and preparation
of National Resource Accounts for India.
•
Organisation and conduct of
periodic all India economic census and follow-up
sample
surveys.
• Conducting nation-wide sample surveys on various socio-economic aspects, such as, employment, consumer expenditure, housing conditions, debt and investment, land and livestock holdings, literacy, education, health, family welfare, unorganised manufacturing and services etc, to provide the database needed for development, research, policy formulation and economic planning.
•
Conducting quality checks and auditing of statistical
surveys and data sets
through
technical scrutiny and sample checks and generate correction factors and
alternative estimates, if required.
•
Undertaking the processing of survey data collected through
various socio-economic
surveys and follow up surveys of Economic Census and Annual Survey
of
Industries by the National Sample Survey Organisation
and the Central
Statistical
Organisation.
•
Dissemination of statistical information through a number
of regular or adhoc
publications
to Government, semi-Government or private data users/agencies, and
dissemination of data, on request, to United Nations Agencies like United
Nations
Statistics Division, Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
International Labour
Organisation and other relevant international
agencies.
•
Giving
grants-in-aid to registered non-governmental organisations
and research
institutions of repute for undertaking
special studies or surveys, printing of
statistical reports and finance
seminars, workshops or conferences relating to
different subject areas of official
statistics.
• Functioning as the Cadre Controlling Authority and dealing with all aspects of managing the Indian Statistical Service including all matters pertainin to training, career planning and manpower planning.
•
The Indian Statistical Institute and ensuring its
functioning in accordance with the
provisions of the Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 (57 of 1959).
•
Compilation and release of monthly Consumer Price Index
Numbers for Urban
Non-Manual
Employees.
•
Undertaking methodological studies
and pilot surveys
for evolving better
sampling techniques and estimation
procedures including small area estimates,
II. PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION WING
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Monitoring of 20-point programme.
•
Monitoring of projects of Rs.
20 crores and above.
•
Monitoring of the performance of Infrastructure Sectors.
•
Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
(MPLADS)