I   Statistics Wing

Advising the Ministries and Departments of the Government of India on statistical methodology and on statistical analysis of data.

Preparing national accounts as well as publication of annual estimates of national product, government and private final consumption expenditure, capital formation, saving, estimates of capital stock and consumption of fixed capital, as also state level gross capital formation of supra-regional sectors and preparing comparable estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP),

Compiling and releasing the index of Industrial Production (IIP) every month in the form of 'quick estimates', conducting the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI); and providing statistical information to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of the organized manufacturing sector.

Conducting the large scale all-India sample surveys for creating the database needed for studying the impact of specific problems for the benefit of different population groups in diverse socio-economic areas, such as employment, consumer expenditure, housing conditions and environment, literacy levels, health, nutrition, family welfare, etc.

Disseminating statistical information on various aspects through the Ministry website and a number of regular, or ad hoc publications distributed to Government, semi-Government, or private data users and agencies; and dissemination of data, on request, to the United Nations agencies like the UNSD, the ESCAP, the ILO and other international agencies.