Statistical System Of India

Question 1

___ + ___=___
NSO head___ conducts ____ level large scale sample surveys.
Imp role in improving crop statistics through ___
Data on ___ and ___ prices
4 divisions-

Answer 1

CSO+ NSSO= NSO
Director general,  all India level
Supervision of the area enumeration and crop estimation surveys of the State agencies.
Rural and Urban
0 Survey Design and Research Division 
(SDRD)
o Field Operations Division (FOD)
o Data Processing Division (DPD)
o Survey Coordination Division (SCD)

Question 2

Draft bill on National Statistical Commission- aim- __

Currently NSC is__

Set up in __ by recommendation of __

Absence of legislative framework

Answer 2

Nodal agency for ALL Statistical matters
Apex advisory body on statistical matters, suggestions not binding
2005
Rangarajan Commission

Question 3

Core statistics include- ___

Composition-

Answer 3

National income statistics like GDP, jobs data, industry data and budgetary transactions data.

Part time Chairperson + 4 part time members+ CEO of Niti Ayog as ex officio member + Chief Statistician of India as Secretary

Question 4

__ Economic Census
___ used for the 1st time for data capture, validation, report generation and dissemination. Will ensure high accuracy and data security .
By ___+____
1st held in ___
Operational and structural info of ALL enterprises/establishments in country

Answer 4

7th
IT based digital platform
Mospi and common service centres
1978

Question 5

Primarily data are collected through nation-wide household surveys on various socio-economic subjects, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI). Also collects data on rural and urban prices, crop statistics.
Conducted by__
GDP, Index of Industrial Production, Energy Statistics, Infrastructure Statistics, National Income Accounting, Conduct of Annual Survey of Industries, Consumer Price Indices for Urban Non-Manual Employees, Human Development Statistics, Gender Statistics, Imparting training in Official Statistics
Conducted by__

Answer 5

NSSO

CSO

Question 6

Standing committee on Economic Statistics (SCES)
Head-
Subsumed __ other standing committees on ____
__ members
To improve the quality of data

Answer 6

Pranab Sen
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labour force statistics; industrial statistics; services sector; and unincorporated sector enterprises
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Question 7

Payroll data measured through 3 schemes- __

Payroll statistics measured by ___ since___

Doesn’t measure employment at a holistic level, only perspectives of employment under former sector.

Answer 7

Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme, Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme and National Pension Scheme (NPS).
April, 2018 National Statistical Organisation (NSO) has been bringing out the employment related statistics in formal sector across various age groups and gender

Question 8

Consumer Expenditure Survey 2017-18 by___
__ released due to ____
Generates estimates of _____ and distribution of households and persons over ___
Once every __ years.

Answer 8

NSO
NOT RELEASED due to data quality issues
Household per capita consumer expenditure, Monthly per capita expenditure
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