Year End Review 2016:
Major
Achievements of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Central Statistics
Office(CSO)
Ø United Nations Fundamental
Principles of Official Statistics was approved for adoption by the Union
Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 04/05/2016 and was notified vide
Gazette Notification dated 15/06/2016.
The main
objective of the adoption of the United Nations Fundamental Principles of
Official Statistics is to bring professional independence, impartiality,
accountability and transparency about methods of collection, compilation and
dissemination of official statistics, besides fulfilling international
commitment. As the Indian statistical system is horizontally and vertically
decentralized, adoption and implementation of these basic principles by the
Central Ministries / Departments as well as State Governments would help build
and retain essential trust of the public in the integrity of official
statistical system and honour citizens / clients’ entitlement to official
statistics as ‘public good’.
Ø Central
Statistics Office released the following macroeconomic indices as per
pre-decided time schedule:
·
Monthly
Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is being used as a measure of inflation by
many users and RBI for formulating /regulating Monetary Policy.
·
Monthly
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) which is a unit free number based on data
of fixed items from a fixed panel of factories that reflects short term changes
in manufacturing sector. Graphical representation of Growth rates during this
year as per IIP is as below :
·
Press
Note on First Revised Estimate of National Income, Consumption Expenditure,
Saving and Capital Formation for 2014-15 was released on 29th
January 2016.
·
Advance
Estimates of National Income, 2015-16 and Quarterly Estimates of GDP for Q3,
2015-16 were released on 8th February, 2016.
·
Press
Note on Provisional Estimates of Annual National Income, 2015-16 and Quarterly
Estimates of Gross Domestic Product for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2015-16 with
base year 2011-12 were released on 31st May, 2016.
·
Press
Note on Estimates of Gross Domestic Product for the First Quarter (Q1) of
2016-17 with base year 2011-12 was released on 31st August 2016.
·
Press
Note on Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the Second Quarter (Q2)
of 2016-17 with
base year 2011-12 was
released on 30th November, 2016.
Ø
Two
regional workshops on ‘State
Income and Related Aggregates’ were organized at Guwahati and Nainital during
2016 for the benefit of officials of State/UT DESs.
Ø
MoSPI
revised the Advance Release Calendar of Annual and Quarterly Estimates of GDP
and policy of revision of Annual & Quarterly Estimates of GDP and related
Macro-economic Aggregates. The revised release calendar has been placed in
public domain. According to the revised calendar the following estimates are
scheduled to be released up to March, 2017.
(i).The
First Advance Estimates of GDP for the year 2016-17 on January 6, 2017.
(ii).
The First Revised Estimates of GDP and related macro-economic aggregates for
2015-16 on January 31, 2017.
(iii).Second
advance estimates for the year 2016-17 and Quarterly estimates for the third
quarter (October – December) of 2016-17 on February 28, 2017.
Ø
The
results of Sixth Economic Census (EC) were released in March, 2016. These are a
data source for the number of establishments and number of persons employed
therein, for both organised and unorganised sectors by geographical location,
type of ownership, source of finance, etc. A workshop for discussing the
results of 6th EC with participants from States/UTs and other
Central Ministries was organised in New Delhi during June, 2016. State/UT
Directories for establishments employing 10 or more workers, based on Sixth EC
data, were released in July, 2016.
Ø
On
29th June, 2016, the 10th Statistics Day was celebrated
all over India by the Ministry, State Governments, Offices of National Sample
Survey Office spread throughout the country, Indian Statistical Institute,
Universities/Departments, etc. by organizing Seminars, Conferences, etc. At
national level, the main function was held in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan under
the presence of many dignitaries like Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh, then Hon’ble Minister of Statistics
& PI (I/C) Gen. Dr. V.K. Singh, Chairman, National Statistical Commission
and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. The P.V
Sukhatme Award was conferred on Prof. T J Rao on this occasion for his lifetime
contribution to Statistics. The theme selected for the 10th Statistics Day was ‘Agriculture
and Farmers’ Welfare’ in view of the recent initiatives and measures taken
by Government of India, particularly by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare to focus on farmer centric programmes and promote the development of
relevant agricultural and rural statistics.
Ø
Besides
the regular training programmes for Indian Statistical Service and Subordinate
Statistical Service officers and other activities, the National Statistical
Systems Training Academy (NSSTA) of the Ministry has successfully organised one
International Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals
in collaboration with Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific during 05th
-09th September, 2016 at Greater Noida.
Ø MoSPI
organized 7th Technical meeting of representatives of BRICS countries (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa) in Delhi during 24th to 26th February,
2016 to discuss collaborative data dissemination system and preparation and
finalization of BRICS, Joint Statistical Publication 2016 i.e. BRICS, JSP 2016.
It was released by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India at BRICS Summit held at Goa
during 15 and 16 October, 2016. Further, the Ministry organised 8th Meeting of
Heads of National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of BRICS countries during 3rd and
4th November, 2016 at Jaipur (Rajasthan) to discuss Statistical measurement for
assessing performance of Industrial Sector.
Ø The
8th Meeting of Heads of SAARC Statistical Organizations (SAARCSTAT)
held during 29-31 August 2016 in New Delhi, was inaugurated by Shri D.V.
Sadananda Gowda, Hon’ble Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation.
The meeting was hosted by India and attended by delegates from all SAARC member
states except Afghanistan. Besides member States, representatives from SAARC
Secretariat Kathmandu and International Organizations viz., FAO, PARIS 21
(Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century) and
ADB also attended the meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting was “ Trade
Statistics-Merchandise & Services”. The objective of the SAARCSTAT is to
support regional cooperation and Initiatives in the field of official
statistics among SAARC member States.
Ø
Support
for Statistical Strengthening Project (SSSP) is being implemented in 33
States/UTs, including the 8 NE States. Now, the Scheme has been shifted from
being a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to a Central Sector Scheme.The Ministry is
in the process of finalizing the State Programmes in consultation with the
respective State DES officials.
Ø The
new website of the Ministry was launched by the Hon’ble Minister for Statistics
& PI on 25th October, 2016 which is designed and developed as
per the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) to facilitate the
users. First workshop on International Household Survey Network (IHSN)
toolkit to sensitize the all DESs of State/UTs was organized in October, 2016
at New Delhi. The second such workshop was organised in December, 2016. Documentation
of Sixth Economic Census Micro-data & Meta-data in an international
standard format using IHSN Toolkit for States/UTs completed.
Ø A
web-based Survey Data Catalogue/ Micro Data Archive of the unit-level data has
been created covering the data sets available with the Ministry. These include
the data of Annual Survey of Industries, Economic Census, and the National
Sample Surveys. The micro data archive is being accessed by various national
and international users to download metadata and various reports uploaded on
the website. Every month more than one lakh users are accessing the metadata
from one source having international standard.
Ø The
final results of ASI 2013-14 have been released in e-media in the month of
March, 2016. Vol-I containing summary statements, is available in the
Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in),
While Vol- II is available in CD on payment basis. The bi-annual journal - “The
Journal of Industrial Statistics” is being brought out regularly to provide a
platform for the experts, researchers and data-users to publish research and
analytical articles, and also to bring out important national and international
indicators on industrial statistics. Two issues i.e. March 2016 issue, and
Sept 2016 issue, have been brought out during the year. Seventh national
seminar on Industrial Statistics was organized on 26th September,
2016 in Kolkata
Ø Index
of Industrial Production (IIP) is an important short-term indicator of
industrial growth. The current series of IIP is being compiled with an old base
of 2004-05. MoSPI has already undertaken the base revision exercise of
all-India IIP with 2011-12 as the new base year and a proposal for the same has
been placed before the Committee of Secretaries after inter-ministerial
consultation.
Ø Technical
assistance in the form of training was provided to State DES officers for
compilation of State IIP with new base year 2011-12, in the Zonal review
workshops held in Kolkata during August 2016 to September 2016.Issues related
to compilation of State level IIP was deliberated with senior officers of State
Governments in the National Consultation Meeting chaired by Secretary, MoSPI on
20th December, 2016 in Delhi.
Ø MoSPI
organized a National Workshop on developing a monitoring framework for the SDGs
with the Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments in September 2016
Ø MoSPI
is the nodal agency for component 3 of Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2015-18
signed between Government of India and WFP on elimination of hunger, which
relates to food and nutrition security analysis etc. In furtherance of the
same, MoSPI signed the Annual Work Plan 2017 with WFP.
Ø
Central
Statistics Office also published/released the following publications during
2016:
·
SAARC
Social Charter India Country Report – 2016
·
Fourth
edition of the adhoc publication ‘Elderly in India 2016’
·
Compendium
of Environment Statistics – India
·
Energy
Statistics 2016
·
Statistical
Year Book 2016
·
National
accounts Statistics 2016
National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
Ø National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO) will be launching nation-wide Periodic Labour Force
Survey (PLFS) with the primary objective to measure quarterly changes of various
statistical indicators of the labour market in urban area as well as to
generate the annual estimates of different labour force indicators both in
rural and urban areas. The survey is expected to start in last quarter of
2016-2017 and will continue thereafter on quarterly basis. For this, the
required number of posts has already been created. The process of engaging
required contractual manpower and procuring tablets is at advance stage of
completion. For the launch of PLFS, NSSO with the technical assistance of World
Bank has developed software, viz., Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing
(CAPI) solution which will replace the paper schedule of NSSO surveys with the
tablet based schedule data collection and validation. This will help in faster
data processing and will further reduce the time gap between completion of
survey and release of results.
Ø The
Swachhta Status Report 2016, based on the findings of a nation-wide rapid
survey to assess the sanitary conditions in rural and urban areas conducted by
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) during May-June, 2015, was released and
uploaded on the Ministry’s website in April, 2016. The survey aimed at giving a
snapshot of the situation on the availability/accessibility of toilets, solid
waste and liquid waste at sample village/ward and household levels aggregated
at State and country levels. This report made available at one place the
relevant information from different programmes undertaken under Swachh Bharat
Mission by different agencies of the Government and other data/findings from
Census and National sample Surveys.
Ø NSSO
successfully completed its 73rd round survey (July, 2015 – June, 2016) on the
subject ‘Unincorporated Non-agricultural enterprises in Manufacturing, Trade
and other services (excluding Construction)’ in June 2016. Thereafter, NSSO
launched its 74th round survey (July, 2016 – June, 2017) on ‘Survey on Services
Sector’ during July, 2016
Ø NSSO,
based on its 68th, 70th, 71st and 72nd rounds, released following reports
during 2016:
i.
Based on NSS 68th round on (i)
Employment-Unemployment and (ii) Consumer Expenditure:
1) NSS
Report No. 568 - Employment and Unemployment Situation Among Major Religious
Groups in India
ii.
Based on NSS 70th round on (i) Debt and
Investment (ii) Land & Livestock Holdings and (iii) Situation Assessment
Survey of Agricultural Households:
1) NSS
Report No. 570 - Household Assets and Liabilities in India
2) NSS
Report No. 572 - Livestock Ownership in India
3) NSS
Report No. 573 - Some Aspects of Farming in India
4) NSS
Report No. 576-Income, Expenditure, Productive Assets and Indebtedness of
Agricultural Households in India
5) NSS
Report No. 577 - Household Indebtedness in India
6) NSS
Report No. 578 - Household Assets and Indebtedness among Social Groups in India
iii.
Based on NSS 71st round on Social
Consumption: Health and Education: NSS
1) NSS
Report No. 574-Health in India
2) NSS
Report No. 575 - Education in India
iv.
Based on NSS 72nd round on Domestic
Tourism Expenditure, Household Expenditure on Services and Durable Goods and
Household Consumer Expenditure:
1) Key
indicators of Household expenditure on Services and Durable Goods.
2) Key
indicators of Domestic Tourism in India
Ø NSSO,
apart from its regular reports, also brings out its technical journal called
‘Sarvekshana’. Two issues of Sarvekshana have been released in the calendar
year 2016.
Ø NSSO
also organized two-day National Seminar on NSS data on the subjects covered
during its 68th & 69th rounds during 26-27 May 2016
at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai.
Programme
Implementation (PI) Wing
Ø
Under
MPLADS, an amount of Rs. 2295.00 crore was released and an expenditure of Rs.
2585.91 has been incurred up to 30.11.2016 in the current financial year
2016-17. A new integrated MPLADS website developed on state-of-the-art
Microsoft platform with built in security features in under implementation.
This new website will provide single point of reference for all stake holders
including Members of Parliament and District Authorities. All MPLADS fund
releases are being made only through this website. This Ministry is regularly
organizing training programme for the district officials on the new website.
For Central Sector Projects, the monitoring is done through the mechanism of
Online Computerized Monitoring System (OCMS).
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