The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation today celebrated the 8th Statistics Day 2014 all over India. The theme selected for the 8th Statistics Day is ‘Services Sector Statistics’ in view of contribution and importance of this sector to Indian economy.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that quality statistics play a very important role in formulation of development and investment policies. It is also crucial for improving transparency and accountability in policy planning and implementation process to ensure better governance and management for having greater control on delivery of public services. Hence, quality statistics is a very crucial for good governance. He said, this year’s theme is highly appropriate in the current economic scenario. The Service Sector has been the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy for the last ten years. It has been identified as the potential growth engine. Its share in GDP has also been growing steadily every year over the past decade. It also accounts for a higher share in employment and even in future, more employment opportunities are likely to get created in service sector. It has, therefore, become imperative to pay immediate attention towards bridging the data gaps in this sector.
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