12) Sample Registration system

Question 1

What is Sample registration system ?

Answer 1

It is a sort of bulletin that provides reliable estimates of birth and death rates for States and at All India level

Question 2

Is it a consolidated data ?

Answer 2

NOOO , it provides data seperately for Rural and Urban areas

Question 3

When was this system started ?

Answer 3

In 1965

Question 4

How often do they change the sampling unit ?

Answer 4

Once in 10yrs

Question 5

Who releases this bulletin ?

Answer 5

Registrar General of India

Question 6

Key points like National Birth rate and Death rate ?

Answer 6

1) National Birth rate – 20/1000 (Bihar highest – 26.2)
2) National Death rate – 6.2/1000 (Chhattisgarh highest – 8)
3) Infant Mortality – 32/1000 (MP – 48, Nagaland –4)

Question 7

Under which ministry does Registrar Gen of India come ?

Answer 7

Min of Home Affairs formed in 1961 . Position of Registrar is usually held by a Civil servant held by the rank of Joint secretary.

Question 8

Main work of Registrar Gen of India ?

Answer 8

It arranges , conducts and analyses the results of demographic surveys of India including Census of India and Linguistic Survey of India