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Govt. sets up new panel to review all NSO data: The Hindu – Page 1
Why is it in news?
The Union government has constituted a new internal oversight mechanism for official data, revamping a Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES) set up in late 2019, soon after the findings from the last round of household surveys on consumption expenditure and employment were junked over “data quality issues”.
UPSC SYLLABUS RELEVANCE for prelims and Mains
Prelims: Current events of national and international importance Government Policies.
Mains: General Studies II – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Important concepts
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
National Statistical Office (NSO)
National Statistical Commission (NSC)
Today’s prelims practice question:
Consider the following statements:
- Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES) will now be replaced by a Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS).
- K.C. Venugopal has been named the chair of the new panel.
which among the statements mentioned above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Correct answer: A
Explanation:
Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES), which was tasked with examining economic indicators only, will now be replaced by a Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS) which has a broader mandate to review the framework and results of all surveys conducted under the aegis of the National Statistical Office (NSO). Pronab Sen, former Chairman of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), has been named the chair of the new panel
DETAILED EXPLANATION OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
About the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation:
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an independent Ministry on 15th October 1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation attaches considerable importance to coverage and quality aspects of statistics released in the country.
Wings of MoSPI:
- The Ministry has two wings, one relating to Statistics and the other relating to Programme Implementation.
- The Statistics Wing re-designated as National Statistics Office (NSO) consists of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
- CSO is an attached Office and NSSO is subordinate Office under the control of Ministry of S&PI.
National Statistical Organisation (NSO):
- In pursuance to the decisions of the Union Cabinet on 19.05.2005, the Government, through its resolution dated 01.06.2005, decided to set up the National Statistical Commission.
- It also decided to merge the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) into a single entity called the National Statistical Organisation (NSO).
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The Government followed the due process of inter-ministerial consultation as an integral part of the decision-making process.
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