Mospi Annual Report 2013-14 PDF

Annual Report
2013-14
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001
http://www.mospi.gov.in
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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No.
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
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XI
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Chapters
Introduction
Developments & Highlights
National Statistical Commission (NSC)
Central Statistics Office
National Sample Survey Office
Statistical Services
Indian Statistical Institute
Twenty Point Programme
Infrastructure and Projects Monitoring
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Progressive Use of Official Language Hindi
Other Activities
Page No.
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7-19
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21-80
81-94
95-98
99-136
137-156
157-177
178-187
188-194
195-201
Annexures
IA
IB
IC
ID
IE
IF
IG
IH
II
IIIA
IIIB
IVA
IVB
IVC
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VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
Organisation Chart of Ministry of Statistics & Programme

Implementation
Organisation Chart of Administration
Organisation Chart of National Statistical Commission
Organisation Chart of Central Statistics Office
Organisation Chart of National Sample Survey Office
Organisation Chart of Computer Centre
Organisation Chart of Programme Implementation Wing
Abbreviations used
Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme
Implementation
Project, Seminar/Conference/Workshop and Travel Grant
Assistance sanctioned during 2012-13
Project, Seminar/Conference/Workshop and Travel Grant
Assistance sanctioned during 2013-14
Statement of Budget Estimate (SBE) -2013-14
Total Plan Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for 2013-14 (BE and
RE) for North-Eastern Region
Total Plan Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for 2012-13 (BE and
RE) for North-Eastern Region
Performance of Monthly Monitored Items under TPP-2006 (April
2012 to March 2013)
Performance of Monthly Monitored Items under TPP-2006 (April
2013 to December 2013)
Infrastructure Sector Performance (April 2013 to March 2014)
Month wise List of Projects completed in 2013-2014
List of publications being brought out by various Divisions of
CSO/NSSO
Position of Action Taken Note (ATN) For the Year 2012-13
Results-Framework Document Performance Evaluation Report for
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation for 2012-13
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209
210-212
213-216
217-218
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220
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222-224
225-228
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230-231
232-233
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CHAPTER - I
INTRODUCTION
1.1
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 has two wings, one relating to Statistics and
the other relating to Programme Implementation. The Statistics Wing redesignated as National Statistics Office (NSO) consists of the Central
Statistics Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The
Programme Implementation Wing has three Divisions, namely, (i) Twenty
Point Programme (ii) Infrastructure and Project Monitoring and iii) Members
of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. Besides these two wings,
there is a National Statistical Commission (NSC) created through a
Resolution of Government of India (MoSPI) and one autonomous institute viz.
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) declared as an institute of national
importance by an Act of Parliament. The organization chart of the Ministry is
at Annexure IA to IG.
1.2
The Government of India through a Resolution dated 1st June 2005
decided to set up the National Statistical Commission (NSC). The setting up

of
the
NSC
followed
the
decision
of
the
Cabinet
to
accept
the
recommendation of the Rangarajan Commission, which reviewed the Indian

Statistical System in 2001. The Commission consists of a part time
Chairman, four part time Members and the Secretary, Planning Commission
as ex-officio Member. The Chief Statistician of India is the Secretary to the
Commission. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
attaches considerable importance to coverage and quality aspects of
statistics released in the country. The statistics released are based on
administrative sources, surveys and censuses conducted by the Centre and
State Governments and non-official sources and studies. The surveys
conducted by the Ministry are based on scientific sampling methods and are
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supervised by the National Statistical Commission.
Data is collected
through dedicated field staff who are regularly trained in the concepts and
definitions of the items and the scope of the survey. In line with the
emphasis on the quality of statistics released by the Ministry, the
methodological issues concerning the compilation of national accounts are
overseen by an Advisory Committee on National Accounts, industrial
statistics by a Standing Committee on Industrial Statistics and price and cost
of living indices by a Technical Advisory Committee on Price Indices. The
Ministry compiles datasets based on current data, after applying standard
statistical techniques and extensive scrutiny and supervision.
1.3
India is a subscriber to the International Monetary Funds (IMF) Special
Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) and is currently fulfilling the

Standards.
The Ministry maintains an Advance Release Calendar for its
data categories covered under the SDDS, which is disseminated on the

Ministrys website as well as on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
(DSBB) of the IMF.
The Ministry releases the datasets covered under the
Real Sector of SDDS through press notes and its web-site simultaneously.
The Ministry has been designated as the Nodal Ministry to facilitate the
implementation of the SAARC Social Charter in India. The Ministry is
entrusted with the Statistical tracking of Millennium Development Goals in
India.
The Ministry organizes technical meetings on a regular basis on
various topics to assess the data-gaps in the system and the quality of
statistics currently released.
The CSO staff participates in meetings and
seminars organized by international and regional organizations such as the

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, on
statistical compilations and international practices.
The Indian statistical
system is one of the best systems in the world. The Ministrys officials have
been associated with international agencies on the development of
methodologies, particularly in the areas of national accounts, informal sector
statistics, large-scale sample surveys, conduct of censuses, service sector
statistics, non-observed economy, social sector statistics, environmental
statistics and classifications.
The contribution of the Ministrys officials in
international meetings on these subjects is highly appreciated.

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1.4
Statistics Day: In recognition of the notable contributions made by
(Late) Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of economic

planning and statistical development, the Government of India has
designated 29th June every year, coinciding with his birth anniversary, as the
Statistics Day in the category of Special Days to be celebrated at the
national level. The objective of this Day is to create public awareness,
among the people specially the younger generation for drawing inspirations
from (Late) Prof. Mahalanobis about the role of statistics in socio-economic
planning and policy formulation.
1.5
The Seventh Statistics Day was celebrated all over India on 29th June,
2013 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, State

Governments, National Sample Survey Office and University Departments
by organizing Seminars, Conferences, Debates, Quiz Programmes, Lecture
Series, Essay Competitions, etc. At national level, main function was
presided over by Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, the Honble Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for Statistics & Programme Implementation, Govt. of
India. Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to Prime
Minister of India and Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, National Statistical
Commission were the Guests of Honour. On this occasion, National Award in
Statistics, constituted in the Honour of Prof. C.R. Rao was conferred on Dr.
Abhiman Das, Eminent Statistician from Reserve Bank of India.
Besides,
launching of the India Statistics Community in the Data Portal India, some
important Statistical Publications, viz. Children in India 2012- A statistical
appraisal, Women and Men in India 2012, SAARC Social Charter India
Country Report 2012 & India in Figures- 2013 were also released.
1.6
The theme of the seventh Statistics Day 2013 was Labour and
Employment Statistics and concerted efforts were made throughout the

year to bring improvements in the quality of data in this field, for objective
planning and policy making.
1.7
The Statistics Wing of the Ministry is mandated with the following
responsibilities:(i)
acts as the nodal agency for planned development of the

statistical system in the country, lays down and maintains
norms and standards in the field of statistics, involving concepts
and definitions, methodology of data collection, processing of
data and dissemination of results;
(ii)
coordinates
the
statistical
work
in
respect
of
the
Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and State

Statistical Bureaus (SSBs), advises the Ministries/Departments of
the Government of India on statistical methodology and on
statistical analysis of data;
(iii)
prepares
estimates
national
of
accounts
national
as
well
product,
as
publishes
government
and
annual
private
consumption expenditure, capital formation, savings, estimates

of capital stock and consumption of fixed capital, as also the
state level gross capital formation of supra-regional sectors and
prepares comparable estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP)
at current prices;
(iv)
maintains liaison with international statistical organizations, such

as, the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), the Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the
Statistical
Institute
for
Asia
and
the
Pacific
(SIAP),
the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian Development Bank

(ADB),
the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO),
the
International Labour Organisation (ILO), etc;

(v)
compiles and releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

every month in the form of quick estimates, conducts the
Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), and provides statistical
information to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth,
composition and structure of the organised manufacturing
sector;
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(vi)
organises and conducts periodic all-India Economic Censuses

and follow-up enterprise surveys, provides an in-house facility to
process the data collected through various socio-economic
surveys and follow-up enterprise surveys of Economic Censuses;
(vii)
conducts
large scale all-India sample surveys for creating the
database needed for studying the impact of specific problems for

the benefit of different population groups in diverse socioeconomic areas, such as employment, consumer expenditure,
housing conditions and environment, literacy levels, health,
nutrition, family welfare, etc;
(viii) examines the survey reports from the technical angle and
evaluates the sampling design including survey feasibility
studies in respect of surveys conducted by the National Sample
Survey Office and other Central Ministries and Departments;
(ix)
disseminates statistical information on various aspects through a

number
of
publications
distributed
to
Government,
Semi-
Government, or private data users/ agencies, and disseminates

data, on request, to the United Nations agencies like the UNSD,
the ESCAP, the ILO and other international agencies;
(x)
releases
grants-in-aid
to
registered
Non-Governmental
Organizations and research institutions of repute for undertaking

special studies or surveys, printing of statistical reports, and
financing seminars, workshops and conferences relating to
different subject areas of official statistics.
1.8
The Programme Implementation Wing of the Ministry has the following
responsibilities:(i)
monitoring of the Twenty Point Programme (TPP);
(ii)
monitoring the performance of the countrys eleven key

infrastructure
sectors,
viz.,
Power,
Coal,
Steel,
Railways,
Telecommunications, Ports, Fertilizers, Cement, Petroleum &

Natural Gas, Roads and Civil Aviation;
(iii)
monitoring of all Central Sector Projects costing `150 crore and

above; and
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(iv)
Implementation
of
Member
of
Parliament
Local
Area
Development Scheme (MPLADS).

1.9
The Administration Division of the Ministry inter alia:

(i)
functions as the Cadre Controlling Authority to manage the

Indian Statistical Service (ISS) and Subordinate Statistical
Service (SSS)
including
matters
like
training, career and
manpower planning; and

(ii)
acts as the nodal Ministry for the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
and ensures its functioning in accordance with the provisions of
the Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 (57 of 1959).
1.10 The Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation is placed at Annexure-II. A website (http://www.mospi.gov.in)
of the Ministry has been designed, created and is being maintained. A large
number of Reports of the Ministry are available on the Website for
access/use by various stakeholders. System of on-line registration has also
been introduced for downloading/viewing the reports.
1.11 The total budget allocation of the Ministry for the year 2013-14 was
`4951.68 crore (Plan and Non-Plan), out of which ` 3955 crore was for
MPLADS, ` 631 crore for Plan and ` 365.68 crore was for Non-Plan. The total
expenditure was ` 4844.16 crore, which was 97.82% of total budget. The
requirements and priorities of its attached and subordinate offices were kept
in view while making budgetary allocations to them by this Ministry.
CHAPTER II
DEVELOPMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Some of the important developments and performance highlights in
the Ministry, specifically in the National Statistical Commission, National
Accounts, Price Statistics, Economic and Social Statistics, Sample Survey,
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme, Project Monitoring
and Human Resource Development during 2013-14 are listed below:
2.1
National Statistical Commission
National Statistical Commission was reconstituted during 2013-14 as

follows
i.
Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairperson with effect from 25th February 2013
ii.
Prof. Bishwanath Goldar, Member with effect from 20th June 2013
iii.
Prof. S. Mahendera Dev, Member with effect from 5th July 2013
iv.
Prof.Rahul Mukerjee, Member with effect from 20th July 2013
v.
Shri Ramesh Kolli, Member with effect from 8th July 2013
2.2
National Accounts
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released a press note on First
Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure,
Savings and Capital Formation for 2012-13 on 31st January 2014 and
Advance Estimates of National Income for 2013-14 on 7th February
2014.
The GDP at factor cost at constant (2004-05) prices in 2013-14 has

registered 4.9 % growth against 4.5 % growth in 2012-13.
The GDP at current prices for the year 2013-14 is estimated to be `

105.4 lakh crore, while the estimate of the National Income is ` 92.4
lakh crore. The per capita income during 2013-14 at current prices is
estimated at ` 74,920.
At current prices, the Gross Saving Rate is estimated to be 30.1 % of

GDP at market prices in 2012-13 with household, private corporate
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and public sectors registering savings rates of 21.9 %, 7.1 % and 1.2 %
respectively.
The rate of Gross Capital Formation has reached a level of 34.8 % in

2012-13.
2.3
Price Statistics
CSO is releasing Consumer Price Index [CPI (Rural/Urban/Combined)]
on base 2010=100 at State/UT and all India level since January, 2011
to depict the price behavior of various goods and services consumed
by the rural and urban population across the country. Annual inflation
rates based on these CPI numbers are also being released from
January, 2012 regularly. The latest indices released pertain to April,
2014.
CSO has participated in the eighth round of the International

Comparison Programme (ICP) 2011 being implemented by the World
Bank. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was the regional coordinator
for the programme in Asia-Pacific Region.
Summary report on
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of the Asia-Pacific region has been

released by the ADB.
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Economic Statistics
The final results of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2011-12 were
released on March 21, 2014. The ASI webportal has been launched for
frame updation, sample selection and e-compilation of ASI schedules
from ASI 2012-13.
The monthly All-India Indices of Industrial Production (IIP) with base

2004-05 for the months from February 2013 to January 2014 have
been released.
Publication Energy Statistics, 2014 has been released and placed on

the website of the Ministry.
During the year, field work of the Sixth Economic Census (EC) was
completed in 34 States / UTs. The field work in the remaining part of
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State of Maharastra has since been completed. Quick results based on

the Sixth EC are due for release by July 2014.
The Index of Service Production (ISP) for Insurance Sector is under

finalization. Two more Sub-Committees on Health and Education
Sectors have been constituted to finalise the methodology and test
indices for the respective sectors.
2.5
Social Statistics
The publications Women and Men in India 2013, Statistics related to
Climate change in India (first issue), Compendium of Environment
Statistics 2013, Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals
India 2013 (a factsheet), Millennium Development Goals India Report
2014 and 'SAARC Development Goals India Country Report 2013'
were web released by the Social Statistics Division,CSO in 2013-14.
International Award in honour of Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis: The Ministry of

Statistics
and
Programme
Implementation,
representing
the
Government of India, is continuing its biennial initiative to confer the

Mahalanobis International Award in Statistics in memory of the
eminent Indian statistician Professor P.C. Mahalanobis. The award is
conferred on a selected statistician from a developing country, in
recognition of his/her lifetime achievement in Statistics and the
promotion of best practices. The award instituted by the Government
of India is administered through International Statistical Institute,
Netherlands. In the year 2013, the Mahalanobis Award was conferred
on Mr.Lamine Diop of Senegal at a function held in Hongkong during
the
World
Statistics
Congress
in
August
2013.
On
behalf
of
Government of India, Secretary(S&PI) conferred the Award. The award

carries a prize money of USD 7500, a citation and a memento.
National Award in honour of Prof. C.R. Rao: The MoSPI has instituted
two National Awards to be given in alternate years for Outstanding
and Meritorious Research Work in Statistics',
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one in memory of Prof.
P.V. Sukhatme for life time achievement in Statistics and other in

honour of Prof. C.R. Rao, to a young statistician of the country. In
2013, Prof. C.R. Rao award was conferred on Dr. Abhiman Das,
Director, Statistical Analysis Division, Department of Statistics and
Information Management (Research Department), Reserve Bank of
India on Statistics Day, celebrated on 29th June 2013. The award carries
a prize money of ` 2 lakhs, a citation and a memento.
2.6 Training
Thirty eight (38) Probationers belonging to 33rd batch of ISS who joined
the Service on 19th December 2011 completed their training on 18th
December 2013.
31 Probationers, belonging to 34th Batch of ISS are undergoing field

training at Sub Regional, Regional and Zonal Offices of FOD, NSSO.
21 Probationers of 35th batch have joined on 4th November 2013 and

they have just completed two modules of their probationary training
and are currently undergoing training on Advance IT Module at NSSTA,
Greater Noida.
Six induction training programmes for newly recruited officers of

Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) had been completed successfully
as per schedule during 2013-14 at NSSTA.
Eleven refresher training programme for ISS officers on various topics

have been conducted during 2013-14. During the period 2013-14,
about 219 participants were trained through these programmes.
Six programmes on various subjects have been organised for State

Statistical Personnel during the year 2013-14.
NSSTA also conducted 10 training programmes each of one week

duration for SSS officers. Out of 10 training programmes, 5 training
programmes have been conducted on Price statistics and Index
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number at NSSTA and 5 training programmes on Computer

Application at Computer Centre, MoSPI.
A six-week training programme was organized at NSSTA for promotee

JTS level officers during 2013-14.
During 2013-14, two training programmes have been organised for

United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP). A
one week training programme on SNA-2008 was organized during
22-26 April 2013. Another one week regional workshop was organised
during 02-06 December on Building Training Resources for improving
Agricultural and Rural Statistics
Two training programmes have been organised for officers of CSO,

Afghanistan. These programmes were sponsored by UNDP. First such
training programme on the subject Budget, Finance & Project
Management was organised during 12-23rd August 2013 while the
second two week training programme was organised during 23rd
September-04th October2013 on Data Analysis using STATA.
Training programme on Energy Statistics in India was organised in

collaboration with International Energy Agency (IEA) during 11th-15th
November 2013.
A six-week training programme in Official Statistics and Related

Methodology for the participants of International Statistical Education
Centre (ISEC), Kolkata has been organized by NSSTA during 2nd
December 2013 to 10th January 2014. A total of 24 participants from
thirteen countries from Asia-Pacific Region and African Countries
attended the training programme
One week training programme for the members of SAARC countries on

Index Numbers & Price Statistics was conducted during 03rd-07th
February 2014.
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One week training programme for officers of General Statistics Office

(GSO), Vietnam was conducted during 17th-21st February 2014.
Two 3-week courses on Official Statistics were conducted for M. Stat.

Students of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, one each at ISI, Kolkata
and ISI, Delhi Centre. 60 students took part in each of the training
programme.
A one week training programme was conducted for Heads of

Departments (HOD) of different universities during 29th July-2nd August
2013.
Two one-week training programmes on Official Statistics were

organised during 17th-21st June 2013 and during 30th Dec 2013 to 3rd
Jan 2014 for PG students.
For training need assessment programme, two one day regional

workshops have been conducted during 2013-14 at Chandigarh and
Guwahati.
Three one day workshops for awareness among PG students have

been conducted at Lucknow University, Rohtak University and Utkal
University (Cuttack) during 2013-14.
NSSTA has continued to implement the scheme for internship for postgraduate
students/research
scholars
of
recognized
universities/
institutes with the objective to create awareness amongst the students

about statistical system of India during 2013-14, this scheme has been
continued and about 210 interns have got the benefit from the
scheme.
2.7
Computer Centre
Substantial information dissemination is effected through the website
of the Ministry. The website of the Ministry is being accessed by
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various National/ International users to download metadata and

reports. All press releases of the Ministry are uploaded at designated
date and time for the public. The following figures provide the monthly
average website usage during 2013-14:
Number of visitors to the site
4.35 lakh
Viewing/ Downloading of metadata pages/reports =
1.3 lakh
Users registering for downloading publications
1060
Number of Publications downloaded
7790
Unit level data for Annual Survey of Industries, National Sample

Surveys
and
Economic
Censuses
are
disseminated
to
National/International users. During the year 2013, average monthly

revenue received from users amounted to ` 17.9 lakhs.
Processing of price data for compilation of CPI (Rural/Urban/Combined)

at State/UT and All India level continued on monthly basis.
Completed the development of the web-based survey cataloguing

system powered by the National Data Archive (NADA 4.0) software
developed by the International Household Survey Network (IHSN). This
system serves as a portal for researchers to browse, search, and
download relevant census or survey documents and metadata.
Currently the Micro Data Archive provides web access to the complete
metadata of over 122 surveys and censuses available with the
Ministry. The metadata now provided in the archive includes, survey
methodology,
sampling
procedures,
questionnaires,
instructions,
survey reports, classifications, code directories etc. Importantly the

archive provides all details of the data files that are disseminated to
user along with case summaries.
The Centre also provided training in survey data analysis using STATA
and SPSS software to ISS officers and also to officers from CSO
Afghanistan.
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2.8
National Sample Survey Office
I.
NSS Reports/ Documents
During the year NSSO brought out the following Reports/ Documents:
NSS Report No. 552 (66/10/7) - Employment and Unemployment

Situation among Major Religious Groups in India.

Situation in Cities and Towns in India.
NSS KI (68/10) - Key Indicators of Employment and Unemployment in

India, 2011-2012.
NSS KI (68/1.0) - Key Indicators of Household Consumer Expenditure in

India, 2011-2012.
NSS KI (69/1.2) - Key Indicators of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

and Housing Condition in India.
NSS KI (69/0.21) - Key Indicators of Urban Slums in India.

Situation in India.
NSS Report No. 555(68/1.0/1) - Level and Pattern of Consumer

Expenditure in India 2011-12.
Besides these, following Draft Reports, based on NSS 68th Round, have been
prepared during 2013-14:
Draft report on Informal Sector and Conditions of Employment in India

2011-12.
II.
Draft Report on Household Consumption of Various Goods and

Services in India.
Sarvekshana
1. 97th Issue of Sarvekshana has been published.
2. 98th Issue of Sarvekshana has been finalised for publication.
3. Manuscript of 99th Issue of Sarvekshana is under preparation.
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2.9
Acts and Rules

Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009)
India, being one of the fastest emerging economies in the world,

requires a wide range of reliable data for formulation of good policies,
making investments, monitoring and evaluating the impact of policies
etc. The increasing data demands in the era of liberalization and
globalization of economic policies as well as compulsions stimulating
social sector development has posed new challenges on the data
requirement and collection mechanism. The erstwhile Collection of
Statistics Act, 1953 provided the legal framework for collection of
statistics in the country. However, it was not adequate to meet the
ever growing requirements in the emerging socio-economic scenario.
Accordingly, a new legislation called The Collection of Statistics Act,
2008 (7 of 2009) has been enacted repealing the Collection of
Statistics Act, 1953. This Act was brought in to force with effect from
11th June 2010 in the entire country except Jammu & Kashmir. The
State of Jammu & Kashmir has enacted the Jammu & Kashmir
Collection of Statistics Act, 2010 on the lines of this Central Act.
Further, the Rules under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 viz. the
Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011 have also been notified on 16th May
2011. This Act being more comprehensive, overcomes the limitations
of the erstwhile Collection of Statistics Act 1953.
The Act, inter-alia, provides for appointment of Nodal Officers and

Statistics Officers by the Central Government as well as State / UT
Governments for coordination with the respective line Ministries /
Departments to implement various provisions of this Act and the Rules
made
thereunder.
The
Ministry
of
Statistics
&
Programme
Implementation has been designated as the Nodal Ministry with

Additional Director General (CAP) as the Nodal Officer. The Director,
Economics & Statistics has been appointed as Nodal Officer in most of
the States.
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2.10 Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 (57 of 1959)
The Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata was established on 17th

December 1931 and was registered as a non-profit learning society
under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) on 28th April 1932
and subsequently came under the purview of the West Bengal
Societies Registration Act (XXVI of 1961) which was amended in 1964.
For its substantial contribution to the quality of theoretical and applied
statistical work, the Institute was recognised as an Institute of
national importance by The Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959,
No.57 of 1959 of the Parliament on 24th December 1959. By virtue of
this Act, the Institute was empowered to award degrees and diplomas
in statistics. As a result, Bachelor of Statistics {B.Stat. (Hons.)}, Master
of Statistics (M.Stat.) and Ph.D. programmes were started in July 1960.
Scope was further enlarged by the Indian Statistical Institute
(Amendment) Act, No.38 of 1995 of the Parliament, when Institute
was empowered to award degrees / diplomas not only in Statistics but
also in Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Science and
such other subjects related to statistics.
Programme Implementation Wing

2.11
Infrastructure Performance (April 2013 March 2014)
The overall performance in the infrastructure sectors during 20132014 (April 2013 March 2014) has shown mixed growth.
Power generation, production of coal, finished steel, cement, fertilizers,

refinery, goods traffic carried by railways, cargo handled at major
ports, export cargo handled at the airports and passengers handled at
both terminals (international & domestic terminals) of the airports
have recorded positive growth while the production of crude oil &
natural gas, upgradation of Highways by NHAI and State PWD & Border
Road Organization (BRO) and import cargo handled at the airports
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recorded negative growth over the production / performance during

the corresponding period of last year (April 2012 March 2013).
Power generation, fertilizers production, goods traffic carried by

railways, cargo handled at major ports, export cargo handled at the
airports and passengers handled at both terminals (international &
domestic terminals) of the airports recorded higher growth compared
to growth achieved during the previous year.
As compared to the targets set for the period, all sectors lagged
behind except upgradation of Highways by State PWD and Border
Road Organisation (BRO), export cargo handled at the airports and
passengers handled at both terminals (international & domestic
terminals).
2.12
Project Implementation
During the year 2013-14, 360 projects were due for commissioning,
with an original cost of ` 4,20,418.53 crore and anticipated cost of
` 5,03,159.35 crore. As on 31st March 2014, sixty nine (69) projects
with an original cost of ` 42,466.83 crore, have reported completion.
2.13
New Initiatives
With a view to minimize time and cost overruns in central sector
projects, the Ministry has advised all State / UTs to constitute Central
Sector
Projects
Coordination
Committees
(CSPCCs)
to
facilitate
resolving State-level issues of land acquisition, encroachment, shifting

of utilities etc. The IPMD takes up issues of time and cost overruns in
projects in various forums like Quarterly Progress Review meetings,
MOU Taskforce meetings, Expanded Board for Railways etc.
17
2.14 Twenty Point Programme
During the year 2012-13 the performance in respect of 13 parameters

of the total 19 monthly monitored parameters of Twenty Point
Programme
(TPP-2006)
has
been
very
Good
(i.e.
over
90%
achievement). The parameter of Urban Poor Families assisted under

Seven Point Charter under the Point Basti Sudhar and Individual
Swarozgaries
assisted
under
SGSY
have
achieved
the
highest
performance rate of 339% followed by the parameters ICDS blocks

(Cum) 162%. Among the States, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Bengal have performed very well in
implementing
schemes/programmes
covered
under
monthly
monitored items of TPP-2006.
During the year 2013-14 (for the period April 2013 March 2014), the
performance on 17 parameters of Twenty Point Programme (TPP-2006)
has been very Good (over 90%
achievement) with the highest
performance achievement recorded for the parameter Individual

Swarozgaries assisted - SGSY under the Point Poverty Eradication
with the performance achievement of 287%.The scheme of SGSY has
now been subsumed in the new scheme of National Rural Livelihood
Mission and Ministry of Rural Development has been requested to
formulate the new parameters to be monitored under TPP . Among
the States Gujarat, Uttrakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
and Karnataka have performed very well so far in implementing
schemes/programmes covered under monthly monitored items of TPP2006.
2.15 Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Scheme.
` 32657.25 crore has been released since the inception of the scheme
up to 31st March 2014.
18
As reported from the Districts, an expenditure of ` 29738.18 crore has

been incurred under the scheme up to 31st March 2014.
The
percentage of expenditure over release is 91.06%.
` 3937.00 crore has been released in the current financial year up to

31st March 2014 and an expenditure of ` 4471.26 crore has been
made.
Remarkable improvement in scheme performance has been made,

since April, 2004, as shown below.
(i)
Improved utilization of funds:
Percentage of utilization over
release has increased from 82.18% as on 31st March 2013 to

91.06% as on 31st March 2014.
(ii)
Faster completion of works: Percentage of works completed to

sanction has increased from 80.14% as on 31st March 2013 to
88.03% as on 31st March 2014.
Meetings with the Secretaries of State Nodal Departments, to clarify

policy initiatives, monitoring of release of funds and taking stock of the
implementation of the scheme in the States/UTs, have been held 17
times (twice each in 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10,
2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and once in 2013-14 in November 2013).
Financial and technical assistance is being provided to States/UTs to

conduct training programmes for District Officials to facilitate better
implementation of the scheme. The state-level trainings on Guidelines
for District Authorities were undertaken in the States/UTs of Punjab,
Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Kerala during this year.
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CHAPTER III
NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION (NSC)
The Government of India through a resolution dated 1st June 2005
3.1
decided to set up the National Statistical Commission (NSC). The setting up

of
the
NSC
followed
the
decision
of
the
Cabinet
to
accept
the
recommendation of the Rangarajan Commission, which reviewed the Indian

Statistical System in 2001. The National Statistical Commission (NSC)
was
th
initially constituted w.e.f. 12 July 2006 to serve as a nodal and empowered

body for all core statistical activities of the country, to evolve, monitor and
enforce statistical priorities and standards and to ensure statistical
coordination. The NSC has one part-time Chairperson and four part-time
Members, each having specialization and experience in specified statistical
fields. Besides, Secretary, Planning Commission is an ex-officio Member of
the Commission. The Chief Statistician of India is the Secretary to the
Commission.
3.2
The names of part-time Chairperson and part-time Members of the
Commission during the period under report are as follows:

(i)
Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairperson with effect from 25th February 2013
(ii)
Prof. Bishwanath Goldar, Member with effect from 20th June 2013
(iii)
Prof. S. Mahendera Dev, Member with effect from 5th July 2013
(iv)
Prof.Rahul Mukerjee, Member with effect from 20th July 2013
(v)
Shri Ramesh Kolli, Member with effect from 8th July 2013
3.3
The functions of the NSC are laid down in the Government of India
Resolution No.85 dated 1st June 2005 published in the Gazette of India (Extra
Ordinary) Part-III Section 4. The Resolution provides for submission of Annual
Report on its activities by the Commission for each financial year and its
laying before the Parliament or concerned State Legislatures, as the case
may be, along with memorandum of action taken on the recommendations
therein. Hence, the reports of the Committee would be laid before both the
Houses of the Parliament, separately.
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CHAPTER IV
CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE
4.1
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), an attached office of the Ministry,
coordinates the statistical activities in the country and evolves statistical

standards. Its activities, inter-alia, include compilation of National Accounts,
Index of Industrial Production, Consumer Price Indices for Urban / Rural /
Combined,
Human
Development
Statistics
including
Gender
Statistics,
conduct of Annual Survey of Industries and Economic Census and imparting

training in Official Statistics.
The CSO also assists in the development of
Statistics in the States and Union Territories and disseminates Energy

Statistics, Social and Environment Statistics and prepares the National
Industrial Classification.
National Accounts
4.2
The National Accounts Division (NAD) of the CSO is responsible for the
preparation of national accounts, which include the consolidated accounts of

the nation and detailed accounts of public sector transactions, estimates of
national income, government/private final consumption expenditure, capital
formation and savings. The Division brings out an annual publication,
entitled National Accounts Statistics, containing these statistics. Other
important activities of the Division are: (i) preparation of quarterly estimates
of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current and constant prices, (ii)
estimation of Capital Stock and Consumption of Fixed Capital, (iii) estimation
of State-wise Gross Value Added and Gross Fixed Capital Formation of supraregional sectors of Railways, Communication, Banking
& Insurance and
Central Government Administration and (iv) preparation of comparable

estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP) at current prices.
4.3
The Division compiles the comparable estimates of Gross and Net
State Domestic Product (GSDP/NSDP) by economic activity and Per Capita

Income estimates, in consultation with the representatives of State/UT
21
Directorates of Economics and Statistics (DESs). These estimates are sent to

the Finance Commission and Planning Commission for their use.
4.4
The
Central
Statistics
Office
(CSO),
Ministry
of
Statistics
and
Programme Implementation releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for allIndia and States/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined (rural plus
urban) for the purpose of temporal price comparison with effect from January
2011 with 2010 as the base year. The annual inflation rates based on this
CPI series are available since January 2012.
4.5
During 2013-14, this Division has released the publication, National
Accounts Statistics, 2013, giving out estimates of the National / Domestic

Product, Private Final Consumption Expenditure, Savings, Capital Formation,
Capital Stock, Public Sector Transactions and Consolidated Accounts of the
Nation for the period 2004-05 to 2011-12. This publication also includes the
estimates of factor incomes for the years 2004-05 to 2011-12, Advance
Estimates of National Income for the year 2012-13, statements giving out
domestic product from livestock sector, Quarterly Estimates of GDP and an
analytical write-up. The Division also released a publication Statewise
Estimates of Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied Activities 2013
with base year 2004-05 based on the information received from the Ministry
of Agriculture, Government of India and the Directorate of Economics and
Statistics of all the States/UTs.
4.6
According to the Advance Estimates of National Income, 2013-14,
released on 7th February 2014, the GDP at factor cost at constant (2004-05)
prices in the year 2013-14 is likely to attain a level of ` 57.5 lakh crore, as
against the First Revised Estimates of GDP for the year 2012-13 of ` 54.8
lakh crore, released on 31st January 2014. The growth in GDP during 2013-14
is estimated at 4.9 per cent as compared to the growth rate of 4.5 per cent
in 2012-13.
22
Graph-4.1
GDP at constant prices (
` in lakh crore)
60.0
55.0
50.0
45.0
GDP (`in lakh crore)
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 201305
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
4.7
The per capita real income, i.e. per capita net national income at factor
cost at constant (2004-05) prices, as per the advance estimates for 2013-14
turns out to be ` 39,961 as against the first revised estimate of ` 38,856 for
2012-13. This indicates a growth in per capita real income of about 2.8 per
cent during 2013-14. The per capita income at current prices during 2013-14
is estimated at ` 74,920 as compared to ` 67,839 in 2012-13 showing a rise of
10.4 per cent.
23
Graph-4.2
Per Capita NNI at factor cost at constant (2004-05) prices
(` in thousand)
45.0
40.0
35.0
Per Capita NNI (` in
thousand)
30.0
25.0
20.0
2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 201305
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
4.8
The National Income of the country (which is the net national income
at factor cost) during 2013-14 at current prices is estimated at ` 92.4 lakh

crore, and at constant (2004-05) prices, at ` 49.3 lakh crore. At constant
(2004-05) prices, the National Income has shown a growth of 4.2 %. At
current prices, the growth rate of National Income is 11.9 %.
24
Graph-4.3
NNI at constant prices (` in lakh crore)
55.0
50.0
45.0
NNI at constant
prices (` in lakh
crore)
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
2004- 2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 201305
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
4.9
The share of Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE) in GDP at
current market prices is estimated at 57.1 per cent in 2013-14 which is same
as that for 2012-13.
4.10 The changes in the structure of the economy during the recent years
can be observed by changes in the composition of GDP in 2004-05 and 201314. Sectoral representation in the form of pie-charts for years 2004-05 and
2013-14 is shown below, wherein agriculture and allied activities and mining
constitute the primary sector, manufacturing, electricity, gas and water supply
and construction constitute the secondary sector and services constitute
tertiary sector.
25
Chart-4.1
Sector wise percentage share of GDP at current prices for the
year 2004-05
19.0
Primary
Secondary
Services
53.0
27.9
Chart-4.2
Sector wise percentage share of GDP at current prices for the
year 2013-14
20.5
Primary
Secondary
Services
57.0
22.6
26
4.11 During the first two quarters of the financial year 2013-14, namely Q1
(April-June) and Q2 (July-September), the real GDP registered growth of 4.4%
and 4.8% respectively over the corresponding quarters of the previous year.
4.12 The rates of Gross Domestic Saving (GDS) and Gross Capital Formation
in 2012-13 are estimated at 30.1 per cent and 34.8 per cent, respectively as
compared to 31.3 per cent and 35.5 per cent in 2011-12.
The sectoral
growth in the total Gross Domestic Saving in 2012-13 over 2004-05 can be
observed in the following graph.
Graph-4.4
Gross domestic saving by type of institution (`

( in lakh crore)
25.00
20.00
15.00
2004-05
2012-13
10.00
5.00
0.00
Household Sector
Private Corporate Sector
Public Sector
4.13 Gross Capital Formation at current prices has increased from ` 32 lakh
crore in 2011-12 to ` 35.2 lakh crore in 2012-13 and at constant (2004-05)
prices, it increased from ` 21.8 lakh crore in 2011-12 to ` 23 lakh crore in
2012-13. The rate of Gross Capital Formation at current prices is 34.8 per
cent in 2012-13 as against 35.5 per cent in 2011-12. The rate of Gross
Capital Formation at constant (2004-05) prices increased from 38.8 per cent
27
in 2011-12 to 38.9 per cent in 2012-13. The rate of Net Capital Formation at
current prices in 2012-13 was 27.5 per cent as against 28.5 per cent in 201112.
4.14 In the year 2012-13, the public sector, comprising administrative
departments, departmental enterprises and non-departmental enterprises,
contributed 20.4 per cent to the GDP and 25.3 per cent to Gross Capital
Formation. In Domestic Saving, on the other hand, the public sector had a
contribution of 3.9 per cent.
4.15 During the year, the comparable estimates of State Domestic Product
for the year 2010-11, with base year 2004-05, were prepared after in-depth
discussions with the State Directorates of Economics & Statistics. The
estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation of the supra-regional sectors
were prepared for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13 for use of State / UT
Governments.
4.16 A meeting of the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics
which deliberates and advises on the methodological aspect of compilation
of National Accounts Statistics was held on 24th July 2013.
4.17 Regional workshops for training of the State personnel in compilation
of State Domestic Product and other related aggregates have been
organized in conjunction with the State Directorates of Economics and
Statistics
at
Visakhapatnam,
Bhubaneswar,
Shillong,
Jamnagar
and
Dharamshala during the period August to December 2013.

Price Statistics
4.18
Consumer Price Index (Rural/Urban):
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
numbers on the base 2010=100 separately for rural and urban population
for all States / UTs and also at all India level are released every month with
effect from January 2011. The weighting diagram for this CPI series is based
28
on the consumption pattern derived from the results of the NSS 61st round
Consumer Expenditure Survey (2004-05).
4.19 Collection of monthly retail price data for CPI (rural) from selected
1181 villages spread over all the 35 States / UTs is done by the Department
of Posts whereas collection of retail price data for CPI (urban) from selected
1114 markets of 310 towns spread over all the 35 States/UTs is done by the
Field Operations Division of the National Sample Survey Office [NSSO (FOD)]
and specified State Directorates of Economics and Statistics.
4.20 All India General Indices up to the month of March 2014 are as under:
Table-4.1
Statement of All India General (All Group) CPI
Month
CPI(Rural)
CPI(Urban)
Jan-13
127.3
124.9
126.3
Feb-13
128.1
125.8
127.1
Mar-13
128.3
126.5
127.5
Apr-13
128.7
127.4
128.1
May-13
129.8
128.4
129.2
Jun-13
132.1
130.5
131.4
Jul-13
133.8
132.1
133.1
Aug-13
135.4
133.6
134.6
Sep-13
137.8
134.0
136.2
Oct-13
139.5
135.1
137.6
Nov-13
141.7
136.4
139.4
Dec-13
140.1
135.3
138.0
Jan-14
139.2
135.0
137.4
Feb-14
138.9
135.3
137.3
Mar-14
139.7
136.0
138.1
29
CPI(Combined)
Table-4.2
Statement of All India Annual Inflation Rates Based on CPI
Month
CPI(Rural)
CPI(Urban)
CPI(Combined)
Jan-13
10.79
10.73
10.79
Feb-13
11.01
10.84
10.91
Mar-13
10.41
10.38
10.39
Apr-13
9.16
9.73
9.39
May-13
8.98
9.65
9.31
Jun-13
9.63
10.13
9.87
Jul-13
9.14
10.18
9.64
Aug-13
8.93
10.32
9.52
Sep-13
9.71
9.93
9.84
Oct-13
10.19
10.2
10.17
Nov-13
11.66
10.53
11.16
Dec-13
10.49
9.11
9.87
Jan-14
9.35
8.09
8.79
Feb-14
8.43
7.55
8.03
Mar-14
8.89
7.51
8.31
Chart-4.3
All India General Indices based on CPI
145.0
140.0
135.0
Rural
130.0
Urban
125.0
Combined
120.0
30
Mar-14
Jan-14
Feb-14
Dec-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Sep-13
Aug-13
Jul-13
Jun-13
Apr-13
May-13
Mar-13
Jan-13
Feb-13
115.0
Chart-4.4
All India Annual Inflation Rates based on CPI
14
12
10
8
Rural
Urban
Combined
2
Mar-14
Jan-14
Feb-14
Dec-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Sep-13
Jul-13
Aug-13
Jun-13
Apr-13
May-13
Mar-13
Jan-13
Feb-13
International Comparison Programme-2011

4.21 The International Comparison Programme (ICP) facilitates comparison
of macroeconomic aggregates like GDP, GNP etc. conducted globally by the
World Bank, among different countries in a more meaningful way by using
purchasing power parity (PPP) numbers than the comparison based on
official exchange rates of national currencies. Based on the data of national
prices for household consumption items, machinery and equipment and
construction as well as other related data provided by the Central Statistics
Office, under ICP-2011, summary results of PPP numbers have been released
by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the coordinating agency for Asia and
the Pacific Region. As per the results of ICP 2011, India is the second largest
economy, after China, in Asia and the Pacific region.
Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)
4.22 The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is the principal source of
industrial statistics in India. It provides statistical information to assess and
evaluate, objectively and realistically, the change in the growth, composition
31
and structure of the organized manufacturing sector comprising activities

related
to
manufacturing
processes,
repair
services,
generation,
transmission etc. of electricity, gas and water supply and cold storage. The
survey is statutory under the Collection of Statistics Act, 1953/ 2008.
4.23 The ASI extends to the entire country. The survey covers all factories
registered under Sections 2m (i) and 2m (ii) of the Factories Act, 1948. The
survey also covers bidi and cigar manufacturing establishments registered
under the Bidi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966. All
the electricity undertakings engaged in the generation, transmission and
distribution of electricity registered with the Central Electricity Authority
(CEA) were covered under ASI up to 1997-98 irrespective of their
employment size. Certain services and activities like cold storage, water
supply, repair of motor vehicles and of other consumer durables like
watches, etc. are covered under the survey. Defence establishments, oil
storage and distribution depots, restaurants, hotels, caf and computer
services and the technical training institutes are excluded from the purview
of the survey. The electricity undertakings registered with the CEA are not
being covered under ASI with effect from 1998-99. However, captive units
not registered with CEA are continued to be covered under ASI.
4.24 The data collected through ASI relates to capital, employment and
emoluments, consumption of fuel and lubricants, raw materials and other
input / output, value added, labour turnover and other characteristics of
factories / industrial establishments. Field work is carried out by the Field
Operations Division of NSSO. The CSO (IS Wing) processes the data and
publishes the results.
4.25 The major objectives in respect of ASI are as follows:
1. To improve the quality of ASI data processing.

2. Upgradation of computer hardware and software of CSO (IS Wing),
32
Kolkata for ASI data processing and implementation of e-governance in

phased manner as an extension of complete on line data processing.
3. Assistance to state DESs for participating in ASI survey.
4. Assistance to state DESs for construction of state IIP with changed
base year 2004-05.
4.26 In the recent past, many changes have been made for improvements
in the collection, processing and dissemination of ASI data.
4.27 Over the last few decades, there has been a spurt in the number of
registered factories and consequently in the number of units from which
data are collected and analyzed annually. Considering operational constraint
of NSSO (FOD), the sample sizes in ASI were 60794, 58300, 61080, 61573
and 61866 units during ASI 2007-08, ASI 2008-09, ASI 2009-10, ASI 2010-11
and ASI 2011-12, respectively.
In ASI 2012-13, 65972 units have been
selected for the survey. All the schedules in ASI 2011-12 have been
canvassed through e-schedule.
4.28 An action plan has been drawn up to reduce the time lag in releasing
ASI results. Final results of ASI 2011-12 have been released in two volumes;
Vol-I through e-media and Vol-II through CD. Since ASI 2009-10, Vol-I results
are freely available to users and can be downloaded from Ministrys website
(www.mospi.gov.in) and Vol- II CDs for data are available on payment basis.
Glimpses of the ASI Results
4.29 Following the release of Provisional Results for factory sector of ASI
2011-12 in e-media in December 2013 through Ministrys website, the final
results of ASI 2011-12 have been released in March 2014. Some of the
highlights of ASI 2011-12, as per final results, are given below:
33
i.
During 2011-12, an estimated 2,17,554 factories were found to be in

operation.
ii.
Nearly 134.3 lakh persons were engaged by these factories.
iii.
All the factories together had an invested capital worth

` 28,40,09,510 lakh.
iv.
Total net value added by the factories was ` 8,36,70,291 lakh.
Principal Characteristics
Table-4.3
Characteristics
Factories
Fixed Capital
Productive Capital
Invested Capital
Workers
Employees
Wages to Workers
Emoluments
Total input
Output
Depreciation
Net value added
NFCF
Net Income
Rent paid
Interest paid
Profit
Unit
Number
` Lakh
`Lakh
` Lakh
Number
Number
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
` Lakh
2007-2008
146385
84513209
116208515
128012553
8198110
10452535
5103023
10544284
222295282
277570904
7116354
48159268
10662743
42260031
750549
5148688
29757600
2008-09
155321
105596614
136719912
153517773
8776745
11327485
5977184
12944123
266148638
327279786
8354590
52776558
14240111
44932732
975778
6868048
30166927
2009-10
158877
135218367
173992820
193305395
9157802
11792055
6894071
14700696
303585334
373303593
10506872
59211387
16323196
50679104
1200490
7331793
33293065
2010-11
211660
160700652
222736937
239358002
9901970
12694853
8564552
21290005
385108361
467621696
12055754
70457581
16309792
60306166
1349336
8802079
39016161
2011-12
217554
194955088
253834534
284009510
10438365
13429956
9985579
21473349
479866558
577602354
14065505
83670291
20316875
69985130
1619529
12065632
45162950
ASI Web-Portal
4.30 Annual Survey of Industries Web-Portal has been developed by Central
Statistics Office (IS Wing), Kolkata, with support of NIC for collection and
compilation of ASI schedules. The main objective of the portal is to collect
ASI data at the source with built-in validation which leads to improved data
accuracy and time saving. The 247 availability in a secured environment is
an added advantage. The vision is to deliver ASI data in a timely,
transparent and reliable manner in a secured environment without any
physical movement of the schedules. The ASI web-portal has been
successfully
launched
for
frame
updation,
sample
selection
and
e-
compilation of ASI schedules from ASI 2012-13. The extended model for
34
State DESs will be developed after successful implementation of the central

module.
Pilot Survey on Annual Survey of Services Sector
4.31 To meet the data gap on non-agricultural and non-manufacturing

sector (i.e. service sector), an innovative pilot survey on Annual Survey of
Services Sector (ASSS) has been conducted in six states viz., Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Punjab, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh and four
metropolitan cities of Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. In this Pilot
Survey, the list of establishments as per the 5th Economic Census 2005 has
been used as frame. To capture relatively big service sector establishments,
those with 10 or more workers based on the frame were considered. The
findings of the pilot survey on ASSS have been discussed in the meeting of
the concerned Working Group. Based on the results of the pilot survey
conducted by CSO, a full-fledged All India Survey of Services Sector is
proposed to be launched in the XII plan. The main survey plan and actual
coverage will be designed after availability of Directory of Establishment as
per the 6th Economic Census data.
The Journal of Industrial Statistics
4.32 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. The
Journal has been published by CSO (IS Wing), Kolkata since 2012. The latest
issues have been brought out in September 2013 and March 2014 and the
soft copies of the Journal are also available in Ministrys website. The journal
is registered with the Controller of Publications, RNI and ISSN.
35
IGC-ISI-CSO Workshop on Official Economic Statistics of India

4.33 A one-day workshop on Official Indian Economic Statistics was
organised jointly by the Sampling and Official Statistics Unit (SOSU), Indian
Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata and the Central Statistics Office (Industrial
Statistics Wing) at ISI Kolkata on 11th July 2013 where Dr. Pronab Sen,
Chairman, NSC and Dr. T. C. A. Anant, CSI & Secretary MoSPI were present.
Its purpose was to initiate a dialogue between researchers using these
statistics, and officials in the Indian Government responsible for generating
them. In the short-run, such dialogue can help researchers confronting
problems while using the data, to learn more about how it was generated
and resolve specific questions about how to correctly interpret it. The long
term goal is to help Indian Government officials to design future surveys so
that they are more useful for researchers, besides consolidating existing
systems
and
planning
design
of
future
statistical
systems
in
comprehensive manner. The day-long workshop was co-sponsored by the

International Growth Centre (IGC) India Central Programme, which also
helped by inviting leading economists to participate. There were around 50
participants from government bodies such as the Central Statistics Office
(CSO), National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR);
international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and World Bank; academic researchers from Boston University, Yale
University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and University of California,
Berkeley and corporate users of Indian data. A summary of the proceedings
of the above workshop has been published in The Journal of Industrial
Statistics Vol. 2, No. 2, September 2013.
National Seminar on Industrial Statistics
4.34 Fourth national seminar on Industrial Statistics was organized on 26th
September 2013 in Kolkata where Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, NSC and Dr. T.
C. A. Anant, CSI & Secretary, MoSPI were present. In the seminar many
eminent Economists, Statisticians, Researchers and Official Statisticians
participated and presented papers.
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Photo-1
Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, NSC, Dr. T.C.A. Anant, Secretary (S &PI) and CSI and
Shri B.K.Giri, DDG, CSO (IS Wing) in the Seminar on Industrial Statistics held on
26th Sept 2013 at Kolkata.
Photo-2
Dr. T.C.A. Anant, Secretary (S &PI) and CSI, addressing in the Seminar on
Industrial Statistics held on 26th Sep 2013 at Kolkata.
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Photo-3
Round table discussion in the International Workshop on Official Data held on

11th July 2013 at Kolkata.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

4.35 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is released every month in the
form of Quick Estimates with a time-lag of about 6 weeks as per the SDDS
norms of IMF. The estimates are also simultaneously being released as per
use-based classification viz. Basic Goods, Capital Goods, Intermediate
Goods, Consumer Durables and Non-durables. These estimates are revised
subsequently on receipt of updated production data from 16 different source
agencies in various Ministries / Departments /Attached / Subordinate Offices.
The major source of data for IIP is, however, the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry that supplies data for 268 item groups with a weight of 45.6% in
overall IIP.
4.36 Till March 2014, IIP has been released for the month of January 2014
as per release calendar. The sector-wise annual indices of industrial
production from 2005-06 to 2013-14, monthly indices from February 2013 to
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January 2014 and the annual growth rates from 2005-06 to 2012-13 are
given in Table 4.4. The figures are also depicted in the subsequent charts.
Table-4.4
Sector-wise Index of Industrial Production & Growth Rates
(Base: 2004-05)
Period
Mining
Manufacturing
Annual Indices (April - March)
2005-06
102.3
110.3
2006-07
107.5
126.8
2007-08
112.5
150.1
2008-09
115.4
153.8
2009-10
124.5
161.3
2010-11
131.0
175.7
2011-12
128.5
181.0
2012-13
125.5
183.3
Monthly Indices
Feb'13
124.6
190.8
Mar'13
146.4
207.3
Apr'13
120.5
176.1
May'13
122.3
173.3
Jun'13
116.5
175.0
Jul'13
116.1
182.7
Aug'13
113.6
175.4
Sep'13
115.2
177.1
Oct'13
118.8
180.1
Nov'13
123.8
171.7
Dec'13
133.4
188.8
Jan'14
136.5
192.3
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Electricity
General
105.2
112.8
120.0
123.3
130.8
138.0
149.3
155.2
108.6
122.6
141.7
145.2
152.9
165.5
170.3
172.2
140.5
164.2
159.1
172.4
157.0
164.5
163.1
169.0
162.6
158.5
169.4
171.1
176.2
194.2
166.5
166.0
164.9
171.4
165.4
167.5
169.6
163.6
179.0
182.2
Annual Growth (April - March)

2005-06
2.3
2006-07
5.2
2007-08
4.6
2008-09
2.6
2009-10
7.9
2010-11
5.2
2011-12
-2.0
2012-13
-2.3
Cumulative Indices (April - January)
2005-2006
100.4
2006-2007
105.1
2007-2008
109.6
2008-2009
112.9
2009-2010
121.3
2010-2011
128.9
2011-2012
125.7
2012-2013
123.5
2013-2014
121.7
Cumulative Growth (April-January)
2005-2006
0.4
2006-2007
4.7
2007-2008
4.3
2008-2009
3.0
2009-2010
7.4
2010-2011
6.3
2011-2012
-2.5
2012-2013
-1.8
2013-2014
-1.5
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10.3
15.0
18.4
2.5
4.8
9.0
3.0
1.3
5.2
7.3
6.3
2.7
6.1
5.5
8.2
4.0
8.6
12.9
15.5
2.5
5.3
8.2
2.9
1.1
107.8
123.6
147.0
154.1
158.2
172.3
178.6
180.1
179.3
104.7
112.7
119.8
122.9
129.9
136.8
148.8
155.8
164.7
106.4
119.9
138.9
145.1
150.1
162.5
168.0
169.6
169.6
7.8
14.7
18.9
4.8
2.7
8.9
3.7
0.8
-0.4
4.7
7.6
6.3
2.6
5.7
5.3
8.8
4.7
5.7
6.4
12.7
15.8
4.5
3.4
8.3
3.4
1.0
0.0
Chart 4.5
Fig 1: Index of Industrial Production (Annual Averages): 2005-06 to 2012-13 Sectorwise
Index of Industrial Production
(Base: 2004-05)
Annual Averages
190.0
180.0
170.0
160.0
150.0
140.0
130.0
120.0
110.0
100.0
2005-06
2006-07
General
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Manufacturing
2010-11
Electricity
2011-12
2012-13
Mining
Chart 4.6
Fig 2: Index of Industrial Production (Monthly): February 2013 to January 2014
Comparison of Manufacturing Index to General Index
Monthly Index of Industrial Production
(Base: 2004-05)
(February 2013 to January 2014)
220.0
210.0
200.0
190.0
180.0
170.0
160.0
150.0
Feb'13 Mar'13 Apr'13 May'13 Jun'13
Jul'13 Aug'13 Sep'13 Oct'13 Nov'13 Dec'13 Jan'14
Manufacturing
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General
Formatted: Font: Rupee Foradian
Monthly Index of Industrial Production

(Base: 2004-05)
(February 2013 to January 2014)
220.0
210.0
200.0
190.0
180.0
170.0
160.0
150.0
Feb'13 Mar'13 Apr'13 May'13 Jun'13
Jul'13 Aug'13 Sep'13 Oct'13 Nov'13 Dec'13 Jan'14
Manufacturing
General
Chart 4.7
Fig 3: Comparison of Sectorwise Growth Rates as depicted by IIP over 2005-06
to 2012-13
Industrial Growth Rate

20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
-5.0
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Mining
2008-09
Manufacturing
Index of Service Production

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2009-10
2010-11
Electricity
2011-12
General
2012-13
4.37 The contribution of the services sector to the economy, both in terms
of value addition and employment generation is growing over the years.
However, there is no short term indicator to measure the dynamics of this
vast and heterogeneous sector. To fill this gap, the Government of India has
decided to compile the Index of Service Production (ISP) and the task of
compilation has been given to the CSO. To provide the requisite technical
guidance in the compilation of ISP, a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
under the Chairmanship of Prof. C. P. Chandrasekhar was set up with
members/experts from various organizations. Under the guidance of TAC
and based on the discussions in its various meetings, Economic Statistics
Division of CSO has undertaken the task of compiling ISP.
4.38 The indices compiled for the sectors of Railways, Air transport and
Postal activities as per the methodology suggested by the TAC have already
been uploaded on the website of MoSPI. Test Indices for the Banking Sector
have also been uploaded. Base year for the purpose of compilation of the
indices has been taken as 2004-05. The Laspeyeres fixed base method has
been adopted in compiling these indices.
4.39 Further, ISP for Insurance Sector is under finalization and two more
sub-committees on Health and Education Sectors have been constituted to
finalise the methodology and test indices for the respective sectors.
Energy Statistics
4.40 The publication titled Energy Statistics is brought out every year by
CSO and the Energy Statistics-2014 (21st edition) is last in the series
released in March 2014. The publication contains the latest data available in
respect of different energy sources with different agencies/organizations and
a brief analysis of the data on reserves, installed capacity, potential for
generation, production, consumption, import, export and wholesale price of
different energy commodities as available from the concerned line Ministries
of the Government of India. Energy Commodity Balance and Energy Balance
are also included in the publication. This caters to the needs of the planners,
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policy makers and researchers by making available the entire energy data at
a single place.
4.41 Analytical indicators viz. Growth Rates, Compound Annual Growth
Rates (CAGR), and Percentage Distributions have been provided in relevant
tables to increase the utility of the publication.
4.42 Time series data relating to production, availability, consumption and
price indices of major sources of energy in India from 2005-06 to 2012-13
are presented in the above publication.
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Sixth Economic Census
4.43 The Sixth Economic Census (EC) has been conducted on All India basis
covering all the States and UTs in the country. The field work commenced
during January 2013. It is a Central Sector Scheme, with 100% central
assistance and to be conducted in all the States and Union Territories of the
country, in collaboration with State/UT Governments. The Scheme proposes
to provide up to date information on number of establishments and number
of persons employed therein, activity wise, of all the sectors (excluding crop
production, plantation, public administration, defence and compulsory social
security services) of the country. During the Census, all establishments
existing on the day of visit, in the entire country, irrespective of their
location, size, and employment or turnover, whether registered or not would
be covered. Data in respect of all such establishments relating to their
industrial activity, nature of operation, type of ownership, major source of
finance, number of persons employed, etc. would be collected, which will be
used for micro level/ decentralized planning and also for undertaking
detailed follow up sample surveys to assess contribution of various sectors
of the economy in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Committees and Working Groups
4.44 A Standing Committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship
of
Secretary
(Statistics
and
Programme
Implementation)
and
Chief
Statistician of India, to look into various aspects relating to the conduct of

Sixth Economic Census. The Committee is assisted by a Working Group
headed by Prof. S.P.Mukherjee, Retired Professor and Head, Department of
Statistics, Calcutta University for development of concepts & definitions,
strategy for conduct of field work, tabulation of data, & dissemination of
results. All the technical and secretarial assistance is being provided by the
Economic Statistics Division of CSO.
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Co-ordination Committees at State HQ / District HQ Level

4.45 State Level Co-ordination Committees (SLCCs) under the chairmanship
of Chief Secretaries and District Level Coordination Committees (DLCCs)
under the chairmanship of District Collectors are constituted to review the
progress of work and take appropriate measures for smooth conduct of the
Census within the prescribed time frame for different activities. Overall
coordination at all India level and guidance are being provided by the CSO.
All-India Conference
4.46 An All-India Conference of State Secretaries in-charge of Planning and
Statistics and Directors of Economics & Statistics to discuss various issues
relating to implementation of the scheme was organized.
Schedules being Canvassed
4.47 Three schedules namely (i) House and Establishment Listing Schedule,
(ii) Establishment Abstract and (iii) Directory of Establishment Schedule are
being canvassed in Sixth Economic Census. All the schedules have been
designed by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
4.48 Salient Features of Sixth EC
The total cost of Census as approved by EFC is ` 763.49 crore.
The scheme envisages to cover all the Enumeration Blocks of

Population Census, 2011.
All the establishments of the country (other than those engaged in

crop
production,
plantation,
public
administration,
defence
and
compulsory social security services) are to be covered.
Nearly 5.48 cr. Schedules (Covering 14 Regional Languages) of EC and

12.61 lakh kits have been supplied to all States / UTs at district level.
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4000 Instruction Manuals of Sixth Economic Census in Hindi and

English have been supplied to 35 State / UT DES(HQs) and DSOs for
use by the respective trainers of Sixth EC.
A Guide for Enumerators & Supervisors of Sixth EC has been prepared

in English which was translated in all regional languages. Thereafter, it
was provided to Enumerators & Supervisors during the course of
training.
For the Census, 12.36 lakh field staff (8.24 lakh enumerators and 4.12
lakh supervisors) have been deployed and trained through 20785
training programmes.
In the Census about five crore ICR enabled Schedules are being
canvassed for scanning and processing.
4.49 What is new
Information
on
whether
the
establishment
is
engaged
in
handloom/handicraft activity along with number of workers will be

available from the EC for the first time.
Information on religion of proprietors collected for the first time.
The results of EC can be synchronized with Population Census 2011

results at village / town level for its use at local level planning.
Qualification has been prescribed for enumerators and supervisors.

Enumerator should be at least higher secondary passed whereas
supervisor should be at least graduate.
The Collection of Statistics Act 2008 has been invoked for collection of
information for Sixth EC.
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Training
4.50 Seven regional workshops for core group of Trainers consisting of

officers from CSO, NSSO and senior officers from Directorates of Economics
& Statistics of State / UT Governments were organized at Guwahati, Shimla,
Bhopal, Puducherry, Thiruvanathpuram, Ranchi and Agartala during August,
2012 to April, 2013. Subsequently, these trainers imparted training to the
state and district officials who, in turn, organized training for the lower level
officials. For imparting training in effective manner, a documentary film of 40
minutes duration, as an additional tool for training was developed in Hindi
which was dubbed in 13 regional languages and also in English.
Publicity
4.51 In order to convey and spread information for the economic census, it
was planned to advertise at different levels. All advertising media like
newspapers, radio and TV stations, internet and outdoor advertising were
used to give impetus during census operation in spreading knowledge about
it. To have proper impact on the masses, Radio jingle and Video Spots of 60
seconds duration each were developed and dubbed in 14 languages through
NFDC for publicity of Sixth Economic Census. This apart, advertisement
seeking public cooperation was issued by State / UT Directorates through TV
channels and newspapers. Also, advertisement of Sixth EC in the form of
rotating top banner was given on the UNI websites i.e., www.uniindia.com
and www.univarta.com in Hindi & English Languages.
Field Operation
4.52 Field work of 6th Economic Census was completed in the entire country
during Jan 2013-March 2014 except in Maharastra State.
The work in
Maharastra was delayed by two weeks due to deployment of staff in general

election work.
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Data Processing
4.53 An agency, namely Ms. HCL Infosys Ltd., has been selected for
scanning and data capturing of 6A schedules. Also, data entry of 6B and 6C
schedules, based upon the software developed by Computer Centre, MoSPI,
is being done by the respective States / UTs.
Release of Provisional Results and All-India Report

4.54 Quick Results are scheduled to be released by July 2014. The State
wise Directories of Establishments and All India Report are planned to be
released by December 2014 and March 2015 respectively.
Social Statistics
4.55 The Social Statistics Division is entrusted with the responsibility of
coordinating development of social statistics including environment statistics.
The
ambit
of
development,
Social
Statistics
employment,
empowerment,
gender
covers
health,
statistics,
population,
education,
disability,
monitoring of Millennium Development
social
poverty,
human
justice,
women
environment,
statistical
Goals, SAARC Development Goals
and SAARC Social Charter. In addition, the Division has the responsibility of
carrying out the activities related to awards and fellowships for outstanding
and meritorious research work in official statistics under the scheme of
Capacity Development of CSO.
During the period under reporting, the
Division also implemented the pilot scheme for collection of Basic Statistics
for Local Level Development (BSLLD).
Gender Statistics
4.56 The CSO has been bringing out the publication Women and Men in
India on a regular basis since 1995. The objective of this publication is to
focus on such crucial statistical indicators of socio-economic relevance which
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portray gender inequality, gender bias and gender discrimination in the

Indian society. The publication brings out gender statistics at one place
covering a wide range of issues including violence against women, economic
empowerment, leadership & participation, health, education and human
rights. The statistical profile of gender situation in India, based on the latest
statistics from different sources, has been released in the fourteenth issue of
Women and Men in India 2013.
Monitoring of Millennium Development Goals
4.57 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the nodal
agency for statistical tracking of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
in India.
A pamphlet presenting Indias achievement towards Millennium
Development Goals titled Towards Achieving Millennium Development Goals

India 2013 was released during 2013.
The detailed report Millennium
Development Goals India Country Report 2014 presenting the latest status of
achievement and the details of Programmes and policies addressing MDGs
has been web released in January 2014.
SAARC Development Goals

4.58 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the
designated nodal Ministry for coordination and monitoring of implementation
of the SAARC Social Charter in the country. The SAARC Development Goals
are among the guiding forces in the formulation of Government policies
aimed at alleviation of poverty, enhancing the income levels, providing better
healthcare facilities, raising the literacy levels and thereby raising the
standards of living of its citizens. India pursues the five year development
plans to achieve the objectives of social and economic development which
are in conformity with the principal goal of SAARC which is to promote the
welfare of the people of South Asia. The Ministry has brought out the report
'SAARC Development Goals India Country Report 2013 which gives the
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statistical appraisal of the achievements made on the SAARC Development

Goals in India.
Time Use Survey

4.59 The Time Use Survey [TUS] technique is an important tool for
measuring paid and unpaid work of men and women in a society. TUS
provides detailed information on how individuals spend their time, on a daily
or weekly basis, and reveals the details of an individual's daily activities with
a
combination
of
specificity
and
comprehensiveness,
not
otherwise
achievable through conventional social surveys.

4.60 As a prelude to conduct All India Time Use Survey, a pilot TUS in two
states namely Bihar and Gujarat was conducted in March 2013 to test
(a)National Classification of Activities of Time Use Survey (NCATUS), (b)
schedule to be canvassed, and (c) methodology and instruction manual, etc
for the survey. Based on the feedback and findings received from the States
of Bihar and Gujarat on the pilot survey, CSO prepared a report which was
subsequently approved by the Expert Group on 24th June 2013 and it may
serve as the basis for conducting the All India Time Use Survey.
Environment Statistics
4.61 Environment
Statistics
describe
the
state
and
changes
of
environmental conditions, the quality and availability of environmental

resources, the impact of human activities and natural events on the
environment, the impact of changing environmental conditions, as well as the
social actions and economic measures taken by societies to avoid or mitigate
these impacts and to restore and maintain the capacity of the environment to
provide the services that are essential for life and human well-being. Though
environment statistics is still a relatively new statistical domain, the demand
for such statistics is increasing in step with concerns about continued
environmental degradation and the challenges associated with better
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management of the environment. The recognition that human well-being

depends on the environment has resulted in a growing list of environmental
issues, such as climate change, bio-diversity loss and natural resource
management. Given the need for governments, business, households and
other stakeholders to deal effectively with these issues, the environment
statistics should be developed.
4.62 The
Social
Statistics
Division
is
publishing
Compendium
of
Environment Statistics since 1997. The contents of the publication is broadly

based on the International Framework for Development of Environment
Statistics (FDES) of United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) covering Biodiversity, atmosphere, land and soil, water and human settlements. This
publication has been useful in understanding various aspects of environment
and its impact on sustainable development. In addition, the publication gives
a conceptual view of the environment, environmental degradation, impact of
development and developmental activities on environment, emissions,
discharges,
their
sources
and
health
hazards.
The
Compendium
of
Environment Statistics 2013 has been web released in February 2014. The
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has been associated
with the initiatives to revise the Framework for the Development of
Environment Statistics (FDES).
The revised FDES is a multipurpose
conceptual and statistical framework that is comprehensive and integrative in

nature. It provides an organizing structure to guide the collection and
compilation of environment statistics and to synthesize data from various
subject areas and sources. It is broad and holistic in nature, covering the
issues and aspects of the environment that are relevant for analysis, policy
and decision making. The FDES is structured in a way that allows links to
economic and social domains. It seeks to be compatible with other
frameworks and systems, both statistical and analytical, such as, the System
of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), the Driving force Pressure
State Impact Response (DPSIR) framework, and the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) indicator framework. As such, the FDES facilitates
data integration within environment statistics and with economic and social
statistics.
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Climate Change Statistics

4.63 The 16th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations
(COCSSO) held at Shimla during 4-5 December, 2009 had recommended to
bring out a publication on climate change. Accordingly, an Expert Committee
on Climate Change Statistics was constituted by CSO with a mandate to
recommend a database framework along with the sources of data. The first
issue of the publication titled Statistics Related to Climate Change in India
was published by Social Statistics Division (SSD), CSO on 29th November
2013. The publication based on statistics collected from various sources has
been uploaded in the Ministrys website.
Natural Resource Accounting and Green National Accounts
4.64 The Government of India constituted an expert group on Green
National Accounting in India, under the chairmanship of Prof. Partha
Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus, Cambridge University, UK with a mandate to
develop a framework for Green National Accounts (GNA) and prepare a road
map for India to implement the framework. The Expert Group submitted its
Report in March 2013. The Expert Group has recommended that the
transition from the existing System of National Accounts (SNA) to a
comprehensive set of national accounts can occur in a step-by-step manner.
An International Workshop was organised in New Delhi during 5-6 April 2013
to discuss the report. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Manmohan
Singh,
Honble
Prime
Minister
of
India.
Taking
into
account
the
recommendation of the Expert Group and the suggestions emerging out of

the
workshop
held
in
April
2013,
Ministry
has
prepared
detailed
implementation plan of GNA and submitted it to National Statistical

Commission (NSC). NSC has desired that Accumulation Accounts may be
coordinated with the concerned Ministries / Departments by the Social
Statistics Division.
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International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India, 5th-6th April 2013
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4.65 Under the Scheme Capacity Development, the Social Statistics

Division implements the activity Awards and Fellowships for Outstanding and
Meritorious Research Work in Statistics to encourage independent and high
quality research work in the field of Applied Statistics particularly on the
issues and problems relating to Official Statistical System in the Country.
Financial assistance is provided to research institutions/ organizations/ NGOs
for conducting surveys / undertaking studies in Official Statistics as per
guidelines laid down for the purpose.
4.66 As per decision taken in the earlier Empowered Committee meeting on
Awards & Fellowship for Outstanding & Meritorious Research work in
Statistics and related matters held on 27th May 2013, two committees viz.,
Expert Committee and Screening Committee for considering proposals for
grantsinaid under the scheme and another committee titled Award
Committee for National Awards on Statistics have been constituted.
4.67 Twenty one proposals for financial assistance for organizing Seminars /
Workshops / Conferences were approved by the Ministry during 2013-14.
4.68 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has instituted

two National Awards for Outstanding and Meritorious Research Work in
Statistics, one in the memory of Prof. P.V. Sukhatme and other in honour of
Prof. C.R. Rao. These awards are given in the alternate year. Prof. P.V.
Sukhatme award is given to senior Indian Statisticians for their life time
contribution. Prof. CR Rao award is for Young India Statistician for his / her
significant work in the field of statistics. Both the awards include a cash prize
along with a citation. This year, the award in honour of Prof. C.R. Rao to a
young statistician was conferred on Dr. Abhiman Das, Director, Statistical
Analysis Division, Department of Statistics and Information Management
(Research Department), Reserve Bank of India. The award carries prize
money of ` 2 lakh, a citation and a memento. MoSPI has also initiated the
process of Prof P V Sukhatme Award for 2013-14 by inviting nominations from
eminent statisticians in the country.
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Honble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and P.I conferring Prof.
C.R. Rao Award to Winner Dr. Abhiman Das, Director, Statistics Department
(Research), RBI along with Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council
to the PM
4.69 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has also

instituted an International Award in Statistics in memory of the eminent
Indian Statistician Professor P.C. Mahalanobis. The award is conferred every
two years to a selected Statistician from a developing country, who has
worked there, in recognition of his / her lifetime achievement in Statistics
and the promotion of best statistical practices. In this regard, an MOU was
signed by MoSPI with International Statistics Institute Netherlands on 24th
September
2004.
The
International
Statistics
Institute
Mahalanobis
Committee on International Award in Statistics (MCIAS) is supervising all

aspects of the Award. In the year 2013, the Mahalanobis Award was
conferred on Lamine Diop of Senegal at a function held in Hong Kong during
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the World Statistics Congress in August, 2013 by Dr. T. C. A. Anant,

Chief Statistician of India and Secretary (S & PI). The award carries prize
money of USD 7500, a citation and a memento.
On the spot essay writing Competition
4.70 The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation organises
annually an essay competition on the subjects relevant to Statistics. Post
Graduate Students of Statistics, currently studying in recognized University /
Colleges are invited to participate in the on the spot essay writing
competition. The following prizes are given to the best selected essays at
national level:
First Prize
` 15,000/-
Second Prize (2 numbers)
` 12,000/- (each)
Third Prize (3 numbers)
` 10,000/- (each)
Consolation prizes (5 numbers)
` 5,000/- (each)
4.71 The winners of the on the spot essay competition for the year 2012-13
were invited to a function
organized in New Delhi on the occasion of
Statistics Day 2013 celebrated on 29th June 2013 and were given prizes. The
essay competition for the year 2013-14 was conducted in January 2014.
Basic Statistics for Local Level Development (BSLLD)
4.72
CSO continues to implement the pilot study on Basic Statistics for
Local Level Development (BSLLD) for the rural areas. Under the scheme,
village level statistics are being compiled from the existing village level
registers through a village schedule complied by the Panchayat Raj
Institutions (PRIs) with the help of village level functionaries such as
Anganwadi workers, ANM, chowkidar, village pradhan, patwari, etc. In the
first phase, the pilot study was put in operation in 32 States / UTs except
Delhi, Chandigarh & Goa in respect of reference years 2008-09 / 2009-10 for
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capturing the data on various socio-economic indicators and identifying the

sources of data. In the second phase of the pilot, 24 States / UTs participated
to gather information for the same districts for 2009-10 / 2010-11. A single
annual schedule has been prepared which is being canvassed in the third
phase of the pilot for the year 2011-12. Four States viz. Sikkim, Rajasthan,
Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh are using this schedule for 3rd reference year. A
workshop to review findings and finalize feasibility report on BSLLD Scheme
in rural areas was conducted on 25th February 2014.
4.73 The BSLLD pilot scheme is being implemented in urban areas also. A
schedule for data compilation in urban areas with around 850 indicators has
been developed in consultation with stakeholders and 27 States / UTs are
participating in this study.
Human Resource Development
4.74 To equip the countrys huge statistical personnel with newer practices
in the official statistics and data management is a challenge in itself under
the overall domain of human resource development, a key mandated
activity in building capacity of the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This huge
responsibility has been entrusted to the National Statistical Systems Training
Academy (NSSTA) working under the Training Division of the CSO. The task
is to develop an effective strategy for training, a calendar of training
programme and to implement it.
The strategy entails conducting both
induction and refresher training in-house programmes at the NSSTA and

outsourced trainings in several reputed and specialized institutions. The
programmes cater to the need based training of the statistical personnel
working in the Central Government, namely, the ISS officers and the SSS
officials, whose cadre is managed by the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and the statistical officers and officials
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from States / UTs and Public Sector Undertakings, in the identified areas.
4.75 CSO is also supporting capacity development of the statistical
personnel of the friendly and neighbouring countries. This entails conducting
as well as organising request based trainings, international workshops and
seminars.
National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)
4.76 Since the operationalization of the National Statistical Systems
Training Academy (NSSTA), [initially named as National Academy of
Statistical Administration (NASA)] at Knowledge Park II, Greater NOIDA, UP,
on 13th February, 2009, the Training Division functions from the NSSTA
Complex with a camp office at the Jeevan Prakash Building, Kasturba Gandhi
Marg, New Delhi.
Facilities
4.77 The NSSTA has state-of-the-art facilities for training and boarding and
lodging
for
trainees,
alongside
administration
and
residential
accommodation for faculty and supporting staff. It is situated in a serene

environment, almost 50 kms away from Delhi, in the midst of an upcoming
institutional area, in the NCR. The NSSTA complex has three well organised
building blocks, the centrally air-conditioned Academic and Administrative
Block, the Hostel Block and the Residential Block, surrounded by well
maintained landscapes.
4.78
The facilities available in the Academic and Administrative Block,
besides the office space for administrative functions inter-alia include a

Conference Hall with a seating capacity of around 120 persons; a centrally
air conditioned Auditorium- Mahalanobis Auditorium, equipped with digital
sound, light and stage system, back stage rooms and with a seating capacity
of around 160 persons, five lecture / training / seminar halls, fitted with
latest
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computerized teaching aids, a library, namely, the Sukhatme Library, IT

teaching centre equipped to conduct training of 30 trainees at any point of
time, attached with an IT Lab for practising and Electronic Data Processing
(EDP).
4.79 NSSTA has boarding and lodging facilities for around 100 trainees at
any point of time, housed in 40 single bedded and 30 double bedded airconditioned rooms.
The complex has 20 residential flats/ houses for the
faculty and the support staff, some of which are occupied. This year, indoor
recreational
facilities
like
Billiards,
Table
Tennis
etc.
have
been
operationalised, besides promoting outdoor games like volleyball and

badminton. The participants are encouraged to refer to books and
magazines in the well organised Sukhatme Library.
4.80 NSSTA is endeavouring to have a good green cover, sparsed with
seasonal flowers. As an additional security precaution, the complex has been
provided with fencing around, with barbed wire, besides installing four high
mast lighting system.
Training Programme Approval Committee
4.81 A
High
Level
Committee,
the
Training
Programmes
Approval
Committee (TPAC) under the chairmanship of DG, CSO and comprising of

very senior officers from CSO / MoSPI and a few outside experts from ISI, IIPA
and NIFM assesses and approves the need-based training calendar for the
year besides reviewing the syllabi, duration and training methodology for all
the modules. Most of the courses are conducted at NSSTA while some of the
specialized courses are outsourced to reputed institutes/organizations in
Delhi or outside.
4.82 Subjects covered in the various programmes conducted by NSSTA are
mainly in the areas of various Official Statistical Systems, Theoretical &
Applied
Statistics,
Large
Scale
Sample
Surveys,
SNA
1993,
Data
Management Techniques, Information Technology, Management, Leadership,

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Communication, TQM, Presentation Skills, Financial Management, Micro and

Macro Economics, etc. for the statistical personnel of the country covering
induction and refresher training programmes for Indian Statistical Service
(ISS) officers and officials of the Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS). It also
conducts / organizes customized training courses for statistical officers of
State / UT Governments, Public Sector Undertakings and international
participants.
Regular Training schedules at NSSTA
4.83 The training programmes organised by NSSTA are as follows:
(i)
Two-year induction training of officers of the Indian Statistical

Service (ISS).
(ii)
Induction and integrated training programmes for the Subordinate

Statistical Service (SSS) officers.
(iii)
Refresher training courses for the in-service ISS officers and senior
officers from the States / UTs, officers / officials of Central Ministries
/ Departments, State / UT Directorates of Economics & Statistics &
other Line Departments and officers from PSUs.
(iv)
Refresher training programme for in-service Subordinate Statistical

Service (SSS) officers.
(v)
Request based refresher training programmes for officers from

Central / State / UTs and Public Sector Undertakings.
(vi) Three weeks exposure to official statistical system to M. Stat.

Students of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and other centres.
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4.84 International Programmes

(i)
Six weeks training on Official Statistics for the International

Statistical Education Centre (ISEC) course for the international
participants, conducted by ISI, Kolkata.
(ii)
International
Conferences,
Seminars
and
Workshops
on
emerging areas of Official Statistics.

(iii)
Short term training programmes and study visits for the

statistical personnel / participants from countries in the SAARC
region, Asia and Pacific, Africa and other countries.
4.85 Training Courses conducted during 2013-14

The highlights of the training programmes conducted during 2013-14
are as follows:
Induction Training
a. Thirty eight (38) Probationers belonging to 33rd batch of ISS who joined
the Service on 19th December 2011 completed their Training on 18th
December 2013.
b. 31 Probationers, belonging to 34th Batch of ISS attended the field
training at NSSO (FOD) Sub Regional, Regional and Zonal offices.
c. 21 Probationers of 35th batch joined on 4th November 2013.
d. Six induction training programmes on module A for freshly recruited
officers of SSS were successfully conducted as per schedule during
2013-14 at NSSTA.
Refresher Courses
Eleven refresher training programme for ISS officers on national topics have
been conducted during 2013-14. A total of 219 participants were trained
through these programmes.
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4.86 For the purpose of specialized training, NSSTA collaborates with

various reputed / specialised Institutes inter-alia including ISI, Kolkata; JNU,
Delhi; Madras School of Economics, Chennai; RIPA, Jaipur; IIRS, Dehradun;
ASCI, Hyderabad; Labour Bureau, Shimla; IIPA, IIPS, NIFM, NIRD, ISTM, Delhi
School of Economics, Delhi; IASRI, ICAR, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute
and many more.
4.87 Training of State Statistical Personnel: As of now, these programmes
are based on specific requests received from the States and UTs. These
training programmes solely depend on receipt of adequate nominations from
the concerned State / UT / PSU.
4.88 Six programmes on various subjects have been organized for State
Statistical Personnel during 2013-14.
Refresher Training Programme for SSS Officials
4.89 NSSTA conducted ten training programmes each of one week duration
for SSS officers. Out of ten training programmes, five training programmes
have been conducted on Price Statistics and Index Numbers at NSSTA and
five training programmes on Computer Application at Computer Centre,
MoSPI.
4.90 International Trainings / Workshops
During 2013-14, two training programmes have been organised for

United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP).
One week training programme on SNA-2008 was organized during
April 2013. Another one week regional workshop was organised during
December 2013 on Building Training Resources for Improving
Agricultural and Rural Statistics.
Two training programmes have been organised for officers of CSO,

Afghanistan. These Programmes were sponsored by UNDP. First such
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training programme on the subject Budget, Finance & Project

Management was organized during August 2013 while second two
week training programme was organized during September-October
2013 on Data Analysis using STATA.
Training programme on Energy Statistics in India was organised in

collaboration with International Energy Agency (IEA) during 11th-15th
November 2013.
A six-week training programme in Official Statistics and Related

Methodology for the participants of International Statistical Education
Centre (ISEC), Kolkata was organized at NSSTA during 2nd December
2013 to 10th January 2014. 24 participants from thirteen countries from
Asia-Pacific Region and Africa attended the training programme.
Two one week training programmes for the members of SAARC

countries were conducted during 3rd-7th February 2014 and 10th-14th
March 2014.
4.91 Miscellaneous Training Programmes
Two three-week courses on Official Statistics were conducted for M.

Stat. Students of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, one each at ISI,
Kolkata and at ISI, Delhi Centre. A total of 60 students attended the
training programme.
A one week training programme was conducted for Heads of

Departments (HOD) of different universities during 29th July-2nd August
2013.
Two one-week training programmes on Official Statistics were

organised during 17th-21st June 2013 for PG students. One more
programme for university students has been held in 2013-14.
For Training Need Assessment, two one-day Regional workshops have

been conducted during 2013-14 at Chandigarh and Guwahati.
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Three One-day Workshops for awareness among PG students have

been conducted at Lucknow University, Rohtak University and Utkal
University during 2013-14.
NSSTA has continued to implement scheme for internship for postgraduate students / research scholars of recognized universities /
institutes with an objective to create awareness amongst the students
about statistical system of India. During 2013-14, this scheme has
been taken up and a total of 210 interns got the benefit from the
scheme.
Computer Centre
4.92
Computer Centre was set up in 1967 under the then Department of
Statistics in the Cabinet Secretariat to meet the data processing needs of

various Ministries / Departments / Organisations of Government of India and
Public Sector Undertakings located in and around Delhi. The Centre has now
installed a sophisticated Client / Server Architecture using WINDOWS
2000/NT as the operating system and ORACLE 10g as data base software
along with software tools Developer and Designer 2000.
Presently, the Computer Centre functions as the data storage and
dissemination unit of the Ministry of Statistics and PI under the Central
Statistics Office (CSO). Dissemination of all the unit level data generated
through the National Sample Surveys (NSS), Economic Census (EC) and the
Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is done by the Centre.
Main Activities of the Computer Centre
4.93
As per the National Policy on Dissemination of Data approved by the
Cabinet in September 1999, the Computer Centre has been entrusted with
the responsibility of creation and maintenance of the National Data
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Warehouse of Official Statistics and dissemination of unit level data to users.

Computer Centre is the repository of a large amount of micro data collected
through various socio-economic surveys, economic censuses, enterprise
surveys, price surveys and the annual survey of industries conducted by the
NSSO and the CSO which is disseminated to users.
Centre has developed user friendly web portal for Meta Data & Micro Data
Dissemination of census and survey data by adopting an international
standard using Microdata Management Toolkit software. These datasets can
be exported into different formats like SPSS, SAS, STATA, CSV and delimited
text file.
The Centre also provides services to the Ministry in design and maintenance
of its website through which substantial dissemination of the official
statistics and related information is provided to users. It processes the price
data received from rural and urban centres and compiles the CPI for the
release of CPI by CSO. Computer Centre has developed the CPI Archival Web
Portal Software for easy retrieval of CPI data.
It conducts training programmes on IT related topics on behalf of National
Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA). It has developed software for
internal
applications
of
the
Ministry
for
cadre
management,
APAR
management etc. It is also in-charge of the Video-Conferencing project.

Progress of various Activities during April 2013 to November 2013
4.94 6th Economic Census
1. Developed
the
Data
Entry
Software
Package
using
CSPro
for
Establishment Abstract (Schedule 6B)

2. Trained State / UT Officials on data entry software of Schedule 6B &
6C of Sixth Economic Census
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4.95 Video Conferencing

Video Conferencing facility is provided at 17 locations of the Ministry
and new locations are proposed to be covered during the current
financial year.
4.96 Survey Data cataloguing using IHSN Tool kit software
i) Web based Survey Data Catalogue / Micro data Archive for the unit
level data in the Ministry was created for 122 data sets of Annual
Survey of Industries, Economic Census and the National Sample
Surveys using NADA 4.0 software. The micro data archive is being
accessed
by various national and international users to download
metadata and various reports which are uploaded on the site. Every
month around 13 lakhs users Viewed / downloaded
the metadata in
2013
CD ROM of micro data is customized and prepared for 122 surveys
ii)
for dissemination
iii)
Design, Development of CD ROMs for e-publication as per

requirement of various Divisions of the Ministry.
4.97 Consumer Price Index

i) Compilation and processing of CPI (Rural/Urban/Combined) with Base
2010 at State/UT and All India level continued on monthly basis.
4.98 Web Site
The
Web-site
of
the
Ministry
of
Statistics
and
Programme
Implementation is maintained by the Computer Centre. All the reports

brought out by various Divisions of the Ministry are uploaded in the
website and made available to users free of cost. The address of the
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website of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is

http://www.mospi.gov.in
DevInfo India using version 7.0 is uploaded on the server of the Centre
for access through Ministrys website.
Data Preparation, Dissemination and Processing

4.99 As per the "National policy on dissemination of statistical data",
Computer Centre has preserved a large volume of data generated through
various Socio-Economic Surveys, Enterprise Survey, Economic Censuses,
Annual Survey of Industries and price data on CD-ROMs. These data are
being disseminated regularly to a large number of users.
Technical
guidance for the use of basic data and their processing are also provided to
the users both within and outside the country, on request. The users include
individuals, universities, government and private organizations at national
and international level.
Following table shows the revenue received for dissemination of different
surveys data during the years April 2012 to November 2013:
Type of
Year
Surveys
(1)
No. of
User charges received
Users
(2)
NSSO
(3)
(4)
US $
UK
(5)
(6)
206
5270438
54537
2242
68
4920101
43930
16
575922
4503
Total
283
10766461
102970
2258
NSSO
180
3655058
32487
89
53
1488964
89267
14449
140762
4478
241
5284784
126232
14538
ASI
EC
ASI
EC
Total
2012-13
2013-14
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Training
4.100 Conducted training programmes on various IT related subjects for

officers
sponsored
by
NSSTA.
Following
training
programmes
were
conducted during 2013-14
Data Analysis using STATA for the officers of CSO, Afghanistan from
23rd September to 4th October 2013
One week programme on Unit Level Data by IHSN Toolkit Software

for officers of State Government from 24th-28th June 2013
Training programme on Computer Applications for four batches of SSS

officers (Grade-I )
Two days Training programme for ISS officers from Social Statistics
Division in the use and analysis of NSS Unit level data
Training
programme
on
Basic
Knowledge
of
Computers
was
conducted for three batches for officers of DPD
Two Deputy Directors of the Computer Centre attended three days

training on the latest released NADA-4 software for web-enabled Microdata archive development at Manila.
Two officers of the Centre attended NSDI- 13 Annual Conference at IIT,

Mumbai.
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Officers from CSO, Afghanistan on a two-weeks training on Data Analysis using

STATA at Computer Centre.
IPV6 implementation
4.101
As per the policy of the Government to shift to IPV6 protocol, the
Computer Centre initiated steps to implement the IPV6 policy in the Ministry
following
the
directions
of
the
Department
of
Communications
&
Information and Technology.

Time Use Survey
4.102 On the request of Social Statistics Division of CSO, the Centre
developed the required data entry software for the pilot survey on Time Use
Survey.
Maintenance of Data Centre
4.103 The servers of the Centre continued to be run on 24 x 7 basis. The
Centre also procured hardware and software for upgrading and maintaining
the Data Centre.
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Coordination of Statistical Activities

4.104 The Coordination and Publication (CAP) Division is mainly responsible
for coordinating the statistical activities of various Divisions of the CSO and
maintaining a liaison with Central Government Ministries/Departments and
also with State Governments and other Statistical Agencies. The Division is
also responsible for Plan Coordination of the Ministry as a whole and
formulation of Five Year and Annual Plans of the Ministry. The Division is also
responsible for preparation of the Annual Action Plan, Outcome Budget,
Citizens/Clients Charter and Results-Framework Document (RFD) of the
Ministry. In addition, the Division is responsible for carrying out research and
bringing
out
publications.
The
Division
is
also
entrusted
with
the
responsibility of implementing India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP),

coordination of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 and coordination and
follow-up of National Statistical Commissions (NSC) Recommendations.
Coordination of Statistical Activities
4.105
As a part of the mechanism set up by the Government for
coordinating the activities in the field of statistics in different States/UTs and

Central Ministries/Departments, the Ministry organizes Conference of Central
and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) every year. This is a major
forum for discussing important statistical issues by the Central and State
statistical agencies with the objective of putting in coordinated efforts for
making available reliable and timely statistics to planners and policy makers
for informed decision making.
4.106
The 20th COCSSO was organized during 10th-11th January 2013 at
Gangtok, Sikkim. The 21st COCSSO was organized during 23rd-24th January
2014 at Goa. During 21st COCSSO, the following topics were selected for
discussions:
Labour and Employment Statistics
Annual Survey of Services Sector
IT Initiatives in Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)
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Local Level Statistics

Green National Accounting
Issues relating to 13th Finance Commission
Economic Census
India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP)
Organizing team of MoSPI along with the Directorate of Planning, Statistics and
Evaluation, Government of Goa at the 21st Conference of Central and State Statistical
Organizations at Panaji, Goa
The recommendations made in the COCSSO become the actionable guiding

activities for the concerned Divisions of the Ministry and also for the
concerned States/UTs. Progress made during the year is reviewed in the next
COCSSO.
4.107
The CAP Division organizes the Statistics Day for the Ministry
every year on 29th June to mark the birth anniversary of Prof. P C

Mahalanobis. The 7th Statistics Day, 2013 was celebrated all over India on
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29th June 2013 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,

State Governments, National Sample Survey Office, University Departments
by organizing Seminars, Conferences, Debates, Quiz Programmes, Lecture
Series, Essay Competitions, etc.
At national level, the main function was
presided over by Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, Honble Minister of State

(Independent Charge) for Statistics & Programme Implementation and
Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India. Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman,
Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister and Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman,
National Statistical Commission were the Guests of Honor. On this occasion,
National Award in Statistics, constituted in the Honour of Prof. C.R. Rao was
conferred on Dr. Abhiman Das, Eminent Statistician from Reserve Bank of
India.
Besides, launching of the India Statistics Community in the Data
Portal India, some important Statistical Publications viz. Children in India

2012- A statistical appraisal, Women and Men in India 2012, SAARC
Social Charter India Country Report 2012 & India in Figures- 2013 were
released on the occasion. The theme of the seventh Statistics Day, 2013 was
Labour and Employment Statistics and concerted efforts were made
throughout the year to bring improvements in the quality of data in this field
for objective planning and policy making.
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Releasing Statistical Publications on the occasion of Statistics Day, 2013
4.108
The CAP Division coordinates with the Central Line Ministries
through the Statistical Coordinators designated by the concerned Central

Ministries for the matters related to recommendations of Rangarajan
Commission and other statistical matter. This Division also coordinates with
the DES of all States/UTs through the Deputy Director Generals of NSSO,
FOD posted in the State Headquarters designated as State Coordinators by
the MoSPI to coordinate with the State/UT DESs on critical issues.
Plan Coordination and Review
4.109
The CAP Division coordinates the formulation of Five Year Plan
and Annual Plan of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

and submits these to the Planning Commission for approval. The 12th Five
Year Plan (2012-17) allocation of the Ministry is ` 3709 crore. For the Annual
Plan 2013-14, the Division prepared Annual Plan Proposals in respect of
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various schemes being operated by MoSPI and submitted to Planning

Commission. An outlay of ` 631 crore was approved for four central sector
schemes and two centrally sponsored schemes of the Ministry, excluding
MPLADS for which ` 3955 crore was allocated during 2013-14. The
Statement of Budget Estimate for Annual Plan 2013-14 is given at Annexure
IV A.
Outcome Budget
4.110
The Division is also responsible for bringing out the Outcome
Budget of the Ministry. This Division prepares the Outcome Budget based on
inputs from different Divisions/ Units of the Ministry. The Outcome Budget,
2013-14 of the Ministry was brought out on time and copies of the same
were laid on the tables of both the Houses of Parliament.
Annual Action Plan

4.111
The Annual Action Plan (AAP) of the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation is prepared by the Division every year at the

beginning, and monitored quarterly after obtaining inputs from all the
Divisions of the Ministry. The objectives of the AAP are:
(i) To reflect the manner and time frame of action in respect of various
activities and functions to be performed during the course of the year;
(ii) To indicate the milestones and targets to be achieved in each quarter;
and
(iii) To serve as an instrument for timely and efficient implementation of all
the programmes and activities.
4.112
Annual Action Plan, 2013-14 was prepared during the year which
contained
the
continuing/pending
activities
of
previous
year
to
be
undertaken during the year and new initiatives proposed to be taken in

2013-14, besides routine items of the respective Divisions. In the Annual
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Action Plan 2013-14, each activity is enumerated quarter-wise along with

physical targets giving the total workload to facilitate effective monitoring.
Results-Framework Document (RFD)
4.113
One of the most important activities of the Division is
preparation of RFD and its periodic review. During the year, as a part of the
mechanism set up by the Cabinet Secretariat for monitoring and evaluating
the performance of Government Ministries and Departments, the CAP
Division prepared Results-Framework Document (RFD) of the Ministry for the
year 2013-14 and submitted to Cabinet Secretariat, after obtaining the
approval of Honble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and
Programme Implementation. The RFD was discussed in a meeting with the
Ad-hoc Task Force formed by the Cabinet Secretariat and revised, based
upon the observations of the Task Force. The activities contained in the RFD
2013-14 were reviewed by Secretary (S&PI) on regular basis to ensure their
completeness as per the targets. A mid-year (March-October, 2013) report
was also submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat. The High Power Committee
on Government Performance reviewed the performance of the Ministry and
approved a Composite Score of 89.26 on RFD for the year 2012-13. The copy
of the Results-Framework Document Performance Evaluation Report 2012-13
is given at Annexure XI.
Citizens/Clients Charter
4.114
The Division has been entrusted with the responsibility of
preparing and reviewing the Citizens/Clients Charter of the Ministry. In this

regard, document prepared for 2012-13 was reviewed and revised. The
updated and revised Charter was uploaded on the RFMS of Cabinet
Secretariat. An audit of the Citizens/clients charter was done by an external
agency appointed by the Performance Monitoring Division of the Cabinet
Secretariat. The Ministry scored 95% and was rated as the second highest
among all the Ministries/Departments.
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Strategic Plan 2011-16

4.115
As per the directions of Performance Monitoring Division of
Cabinet Secretariat, the MoSPI included a mandatory indicator in its RFD

2010-11 towards preparation of Strategic Plan 2011-16 of MoSPI. Five Year
Strategic Plan of the Ministry was drafted giving the road map for the five
years period, 2011-16. The Strategic Plan of MoSPI was finalized and
submitted to Cabinet Secretariat in time.
Research and Publication
4.116 The Research and Publication Unit (RPU) of CAP Division works
keeping in view the mandate of the Ministry for providing timely, accurate
and relevant information.
In this endeavor, the Unit is guided by the
concerns of making available data/statistics on key parameters and new

data sets on emerging fields to meet the demand of policy makers in
Government and outside. The Unit has been continuously trying to extend
the outreach of its products by disseminating its products like Statistical
Year Book making it accessible through the website of the Ministry. The RPU
is engaged in collection, compilation and updating of socio-economic data on
various aspects and bringing out the information in the form of publications
(Monthly/Annual). The RPU regularly brings out the following publications:
4.117
(i)
Monthly Abstract of Statistics
(ii)
Statistical Year Book, India
(iii)
India in Figures, A Ready Reference-Annual

The RPU is also responsible for preparation of Graphs, Charts,
and Maps etc.
for various Publications/Reports of the Ministry. It also
designs the cover-page of different publications, advertisements, logo as per

the requirements of various Divisions/Wings of the Ministry.
4.118 The Unit also coordinates Joint Statistical Publication of the BRICS
(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) that provide trends in various
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sectors amongst the leading emerging economies of the world. The third
joint publication was brought out in 2012.
India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP)
4.119
The ISSP primarily aims at strengthening the State Statistical
Systems in all relevant dimensions, by providing adequate technical and

financial support.
It attempts to improve the statistical capacity and
infrastructure of State Statistical Systems for collecting, compiling and

disseminating reliable official statistics for policy, planning and a host of
other / varied purposes, particularly at the State and sub-State levels.
4.120
The following are the key/critically important outcomes that are
envisaged in the National Statistical System, in general and State Statistical

Systems, in particular:
(i) Compilation of district level estimates of statistical indicators
(ii) Manuals to be developed with regard to all the key statistical
activities
(iii) Better accessibility to data and interface with user
(iv) Publication on all key statistical activities
(v) Better equipped staff working in State
(vi) Significant improvement in the credibility, timeliness and reliability in
respect of 20 key statistical activities
(vii) Wider dissemination of information
4.121
The Project was approved by the CCEA in March, 2010 at a total
cost of ` 650.43 crore out of which 80% is in the form of a loan from the
World Bank, while the balance 20% is borne by the Government of India. The
project is currently implemented in 13 States and 1 UT, namely, Karnataka,
Gujarat,
Rajasthan,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Tamil
Nadu,
Bihar,
Sikkim,
Lakshadweep, Mizoram, West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Jharkhand and

Manipur. The Ministry has committed ` 648.95 crore to the 14 project
implementing States/UTs. An amount of ` 171.11 crore has been released to
these States/UTs so far.
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4.122
The Project implementing States are presently at various stages
of implementation. The Ministry has been reviewing the implementation of

the project from time to time through meetings with officers of the State
DESs and at the annual COCSSO. It has been advising the State
Governments to speed up the implementation. In the recent 21st COCSSO
Conference held on 23rd-24th January 2014, the implementing States were
advised to hold regular SHLSC meetings, furnish progress reports on regular
basis and speed up the implementation, particularly in core statistical
activities.
The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (COS Act, 2008)
4.123
The Additional Director General of the CAP Division has been
designated as a Nodal Officer under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 for
exercising powers and performing duties under the Collection of Statistics
Rules, 2011 made thereunder. The new Act was basically enacted to
overcome
the
limitations
of
the
1953
Act
and
strengthening
the
administration of statistical activities. This Act has come into force in entire
country except Jammu & Kashmir. The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has
also enacted The Jammu & Kashmir Collection of Statistics Act, 2010 on
similar lines. The data for the Annual Survey of Industries, 2010-11 to 201213 and 6th Economic Census has been collected under this Act. The Annual
Report as envisaged under the COS Rules, 2011 for 2011 & 2012 on working
of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 has been brought out.
Coordination and follow up of NSC Recommendations
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The CAP Division is also responsible for coordination and follow-up of
recommendations of Rangarajan Commission. The Commission chaired by

Dr. C. Rangarajan in its comprehensive report (August, 2001) had made as
many as 623 recommendations spanning different subjects/sectors.
these recommendations were approved by the Government of India.
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All
A Scrutiny Committee was set up on 20th September 2012 under the

Chairmanship of Shri M V S Ranganadham, DDG, NSC Secretariat to
scrutinize the responses received for each recommendation. This Scrutiny
Committee met several times during the period October 2012 - December
2012 and submitted its final report on 6th December 2012. The Committee
observed that, out of 623 recommendations, 147 recommendations had
already been implemented, 9 recommendations rejected by the concerned
implementing Ministry/Department, 261 recommendations identified as
those where implementation was under progress and for remaining 206
recommendations, no response in terms of follow up action was received.
The Scrutiny Committee also found that, out of 27 recommendations under
Priority A, 20 were implemented and 7 were under progress while out of 28
recommendations under Priority B, 8 were implemented and 20 were under
progress. While submitting the final report, the Scrutiny Committee further
suggested
that
(i)
implemented/rejected,
in
case
no
of
recommendations
further
action
is
that
required,
(ii)
have
been
for
those
recommendations which are under progress and for which response has not
been received, the CAP Division should get updated information with respect
to their implementation and submit half yearly reports in this regard. Thus,
out of 623 recommendations in all, follow-up action was required to be taken
with respect to as many as 467 recommendations (261 recommendations
under progress and 206 recommendations with no response) to get updated
information on their implementation.
4.125
Committee,
In pursuance of the above recommendations of the Scrutiny

CAP
Division
took
up
Ministries/Departments/Organizations.
the
Out
matter
of
with
206
all
concerned
recommendations
identified by the Scrutiny Committee as those for which response was not
received, CAP Division has received responses with respect to 186
recommendations and there are only 20 recommendations remaining for
which no response has yet been received. The National Statistical
Commission in its 60th meeting held during 18th-19th September 2013, while
reviewing the status of working of the Standing Committee on monitoring
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implementation of recommendations of Rangarajan Commission, felt that

many of the recommendations of the Rangarajan Commission either might
have become somewhat redundant and outdated or might not be relevant at
this stage as the Indian Statistical System and related activities in the
country have moved ahead with lot of advancements in every sphere since
2001 when the Rangarajan Commission submitted its report. The NSC was of
the view that the pending 467 recommendations of the Rangarajan
Commission may be properly and professionally examined in view of the
subsequent events and developments and fresh list of recommendations
need to be prepared and pursued for their implementation. In pursuance of
this decision of the NSC, a Review Committee (order dated 3.10.2013) has
been set up under the Chairmanship of ADG (CAP) to review these pending
recommendations based upon the responses received and the subsequent
events and developments. The Review Committee has met thrice and and so
far reviewed three Chapters, viz. Chapter 14: Indian Statistical system,
Chapter 11: Price Statistics and Chapter 4: Agricultural Statistics.
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CHAPTER V
NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE
5.1
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), in the Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation, is responsible for conducting large scale

sample surveys, in diverse fields, on an all India basis.
Primary data is
collected regularly through nation-wide household surveys on various SocioEconomic subjects, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) under the Collection of
Statistics Act and Enterprise Surveys, as a follow up of the Economic Census.
NSSO collects data on rural and urban prices, plays a significant role in the
improvement of crop statistics through supervision of the area enumeration
and crop estimation surveys of the State agencies. It also maintains a frame
of urban area units for use in sample surveys in urban areas.
NSSO
functions with requisite autonomy in matters relating to data collection,

processing and publication/dissemination of results/data based on its
surveys under overall guidance and supervision of National Statistical
Commission (NSC) which appoints Working Groups/Technical Committees
comprising both official and non-official members on different subjects for
finalization of survey instruments for its surveys and methodologies. Director
General and Chief Executive Officer (DG&CEO) is responsible for overall
coordination and supervision of all activities of NSSO and is assisted by three
Additional Director Generals, each one being
in-charge of Divisions
responsible for three distinct aspects of such large scale surveys relating to
designing & planning, field work and data processing.
5.2
Divisions of NSSO
1. The Survey Design and Research Division (SDRD) located at Kolkata is

responsible for technical planning of the survey, formulation of sample
design, designing of enquiry schedules, other survey instruments and
preparation of survey reports.
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2. The
Field
Operations
Division
(FOD)
with
its
headquarters
at
Delhi/Faridabad and a network of 6 Zonal Offices, 49 Regional Offices

and 118 Sub-Regional Offices spread throughout the country, is
responsible for the collection of primary data for the surveys
undertaken by NSSO.
3. The Data Processing Division (DPD) has its headquarters at Kolkata. It
has 6 Data Processing Centres at various places. It is responsible for
sample selection, development of software for data entry, processing
and tabulation of the data collected through surveys.
4. The
Coordination and Publication Division (CPD) coordinates all the
activities of different Divisions of NSSO. It also brings out the journal of

NSSO Sarvekshana.
Working Groups for Recent Surveys of NSS
5.3
The Working Group for NSS 68th Round (July 2011 - June 2012) on
Household Consumer Expenditure and Employment/Un-Employment held

its 7th meeting under the chairmanship of Prof. A.K. Adhikari to discuss the
Key Indicators of 68th Round and reviewed the results obtained from
summary sheet on 14th August 2013 at New Delhi.
5.4 The Working Group for NSS 69th Round (July 2012 - December 2012) on
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Housing Condition including Slums
held its 4th
meeting under the chairmanship of Prof. Amitabh Kundu to
review the tabulated results on 11th September 2013 at New Delhi.

5.5
The Working Group, constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. A.
Vaidyanathan for NSS 70th Round (January 2013 December 2013) on Land
& Livestock Holdings, Debt & Investment and Situation Assessment Survey
of Agricultural Households, continued its work during 2013-14.
5.6 The Working Group for NSS 71st Round (January 2014 - June 2014) on
Social Consumption: Health & Education held its meetings on 29th April, 31st
May and 10th July 2013 under the Chairmanship of Prof. Rajeeva Karandikar
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to finalise the sampling design, survey instruments, and all other related
issues of this survey.
5.7
The Working Group for NSS 72nd Round (July 2014 - June 2015) on
Domestic Tourism Expenditure and Household consumption of durable

goods and services held two meetings on 28th October and 10th December
2013 under the Chairmanship of Prof. Shibdas Bandyopadhayay to decide
the sampling design, survey instruments, etc.
Activities related to various other NSS Rounds and Surveys
5.8
NSS 66th Round (July 2009 - June 2010): The 66th Round of NSS was
devoted to quinquennial survey on Household Consumer Expenditure and
Employment/Un-Employment. The following reports on the survey were

released in 2013-14:
1. Employment and Unemployment Situation among Major Religious
Groups in India
2. Employment and Unemployment Situation in Cities and Towns in India
5.9
NSS 68th Round (July 2011 - June 2012): The NSS 68th Round was
earmarked
for
surveys
on
Household
Consumer
Expenditure
and
Employment and Unemployment. The Survey covered total number of

12784 sample villages/ urban blocks as First Stage Units (FSUs) in the
Central Sample. Besides the detailed schedule, data was also compiled
through Summary Sheets (containing summary information of consumer
expenditure for quick tabulation), which were processed by Data Processing
Centre (DPC), Bangalore. Results based on summary sheets were released
within a period of two months after completion of the survey. Detailed
tabulation on the data was completed in time. Key results/indicators of the
survey and unit level data were finalized well in time and released within one
year from the completion of the survey, upholding the tradition of
continuing efforts of reducing the time lag between completion of field work
and release of reports.
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The following reports on the survey were released in 2013-14:

1. Key Indicators of Household Consumer Expenditure in India 20112012,
2. Key Indicators of Employment and Unemployment in India 2011-2012,
3. Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure 2011-12,
4. Employment and Unemployment Situation in India.
5.10
NSS 69th Round (July 2012 - December 2012): The fieldwork of 69th
Round of NSS, devoted to the subject Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene,

Housing Condition including Slums was completed in December 2012 as per
target covering a total allocation of 8000 FSUs (Sample Villages / Urban
Blocks) in Central Sample. Data processing and report writing process
remained in progress during 2013-14.
In an attempt to improve upon the quality of data, latest software
technology based on Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
under client-server architecture was introduced in all the Data Processing
Centres of DPD in this Round.
In order to explore the possibility of further reducing the time lag in
publication of results, experiment on carrying out data entry at field offices
was taken up during NSS 69th Round in four Regional Offices of Field
Operations Division (FOD).
Besides releasing the Unit Level Data for 69th Round, the following reports on
the survey were released in 2013-14:
1. Key Indicators of Urban Slums in India
2. Key Indicators of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing
Condition in India
5.11 NSS 70th Round (January - December 2013): The fieldwork of 70th Round
(from 1st January to 31st December 2013) on the subject Land & Livestock
Holdings,
Debt
&
Investment
and
Situation
Assessment
Survey
Agricultural Households has been completed. In this survey, there was an

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of
allocation of 8042 FSUs (4534 Rural & 3508 Urban) for Central Sample and
each FSU was to be visited twice for collection of data during January to July
2013 and August to December 2013. While Visit - I was completed in July
2013, the work of Visit - II was completed in December 2013.
The software for data entry was developed in-house. Other related
documents for data validation, etc. were finalized as planned and supplied to
all the States for processing of State sample data.
5.12 NSS 71st Round (January - June 2014): The 71st Round of NSS is devoted
to the subject Social Consumption: Health & Education. The survey period
of 71st Round of NSS is of six months duration i.e. from 1st January to 30th
June 2014. The Working Group constituted for NSS 71st Round finalized
Survey instruments and the same were circulated to the field staff. All the
field staff members were given necessary training.
The total number of first stage units to be surveyed is around 8300 sample
villages/ urban blocks. Necessary software for selection of samples has been
developed and sample lists for Rural & Urban sectors have been circulated
to all the Field offices of NSSO.
An All India Data Processing Conference for NSS 71st Round was held in
February 2014. This was followed by a series of Data Processing Workshops
in March 2014 at each of the Data Processing Centres where officials of
Directorates of Economics
& Statistics of various States/ UTs also
participated.
Annual Survey of Industries
5.13 The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is a regular survey conducted

every year by NSSO for collection of data on manufacturing sector on
economic and operational aspects. It covers manufacturing units both on
complete enumeration and sample basis. The Standing Committee on
Industrial Statistics (SCIS) is the apex body to decide on various issues of ASI
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including sampling design, criterion for Census/Sample units for the survey
and finalization of ASI schedules, etc.
The field work is conducted by NSSO (FOD) which involves issue of notices
and collection, scrutiny and dispatch of the returns. The field work of ASI
2011-12 was completed during the year. The Gross Allotment for ASI 201112 was 61866 units (27058 Census Units + 34808 Sample Units) and all the
units have been surveyed up to May 2013, which includes 49997 Completed,
3122 Non-Operating (NOP), 6916 Deleted and 1831 Non-Reporting (NR)
cases.
From the ASI 2012-13, a web portal has been developed and the
entire process of data collection is being done online. A total of 60621 units
(43219 Census and 17402 Sample units) will be covered in ASI 2012-13, out
of which 40071 units have been surveyed by the end of March 2014 which
includes 32171 Completed, 1182 NOP and 6718 Deletion cases. The field
work is scheduled to be completed by 30th June 2014.
Agricultural Statistics
5.14 NSSO (FOD) has the responsibility of guiding the States in developing
suitable technique for obtaining reliable and timely estimates of area under
cultivation and yield and ensuring adoption of uniform concepts, definition
and procedures in the collection of crop area and yield statistics by States. It
keeps a constant watch on the quality of Crop Statistics through the scheme
for Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS). Under the scheme, sample check
on the primary field work relating to area enumeration in approximately
5000 villages in an agriculture season and supervision of about 16000 crop
cutting experiments in each agricultural year are undertaken by NSSO
(FOD).
The work relating to sample check on area enumeration was carried out in
1270, 4939, 4637 and 3336 villages during Early Kharif, Kharif, Rabi and
Summer seasons of Agricultural Year 2012-13 respectively. The work for
15648 crop cutting experiments were supervised during 2012-13.
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In Agricultural Year 2013-14, up to March 2014, sample check on area

enumeration was completed in 1269 villages during Early Kharif, 4939
villages during Kharif, 3845 villages during Rabi and 168 villages during
Summer seasons. As regards sample check on crop cutting experiments 902,
8434, 1736 and 127 experiments were completed for Early Kharif, Kharif,
Rabi and Summer seasons crops respectively.
The data collected through the supervision of crop cutting experiments at
harvest stage were also utilized to compute the estimates of yield rate of
specified crops pertaining to the States covered under ICS.
Urban Frame Survey (UFS)
5.15
Urban Frame Survey (UFS) is a regular scheme of NSSO and is being
conducted in phased manner over a period of 5 years. The objective of the

survey is formation and updation of UFS Blocks for providing frame for
selection of first stage sampling units in urban sector to conduct various
Socio- Economic Surveys.
Each UFS block has been envisaged to be a compact areal unit with 80-200
households in general and the block is bounded by well-defined, clear-cut
and natural/ permanent boundaries. The blocks are mutually exclusive and
exhaustive so that the blocks carved out in any given town add up to the
total area of the town. While town is a big areal entity, UFS block is a small
area unit.
The current phase of UFS, i.e., UFS 2012-17 has started from July 2013 under
the overall guidelines used for the last phase. In this phase, 878 towns
consisting of 1,09,369 blocks were formed/ updated up to March 2014.
UFS maps and records, on demand are also supplied to Government
Departments free of cost and to the private institutions and research
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students on payment basis at the rate of ` 1000 per block and ` 500 per
block respectively.
Price Data Collection
5.16 Rural Retail Price Collection (RPC): The FOD regularly collects rural price
data on monthly basis for the compilation of Consumer Price Index for
agricultural and rural labourers covering 603 villages in 340 districts across
the country, on behalf of Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Data on wage rates are also collected in respect of 12 Agricultural and 13
Non-Agricultural occupations, as part of the scheme.
Data on daily wage rates of important agricultural operations are reported
by the State Governments on monthly basis. For providing an alternative
series of wage-rates data, the Data Processing Division of NSSO is compiling
and publishing occupation-wise wage rates, based on the data collected in
Rural Prices Schedule 3.01(R). The RPC bulletin called the Prices and Wages
in Rural India which is published for each quarter, provides price data only
at national level and wage data at national and state level for twenty four
major states.
The RPC bulletin for the quarter April - June 2013 was published in
September 2013 and the bulletin for the quarter July - September 2013 was
published in December 2013.
5.17 Consumer Price Index CPI (Urban): The CSO brings out the new series of
Consumer Price Index number for Rural and Urban Sector. Regular price
collection work for CPI (Urban) was started from 1st May 2008. FOD collects
data for 1078 quotations from 310 towns / market centres. Data entry
software developed by Computer Centre has been provided to all ROs / ZOs
and data transmission is made regularly through the web portal.
5.18 Wholesale Price Index (WPI): On the request of Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion, M/o Commerce & Industries, FOD has been entrusted
with monitoring of the regular transmission of weekly price data for new
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series of WPI with base 2004-05=100 in respect of 3813 units/ factories in

the organized manufacturing sector.
Assistance to States
5.19
With an objective to enable the States to generate sub-state level
estimates to facilitate decentralized planning, DPD is providing technical

guidance to the States by giving data processing instruments (including
sample list, software for data entry, validation and tabulation) for NSS
surveys.
DPD
organized
th
Workshop (67
Data
Processing
Workshops
(70th
th
Round) and Pooling Workshop (66
Round),
Tabulation
Round) for the States
where in addition to the theoretical aspects, hands on training was also

imparted. DPD also organized specialized need-based training for states as
and when required. Unit level central sample data of 68th Round was also
shared with the states for pooling purpose.
Sarvekshana
5.20 Effective secretarial assistance was rendered to the Editorial Advisory
Board of Sarvekshana, an in-house technical journal of NSSO to finalise the
content of its different issues. During the year, the 97th issue of
Sarvekshana was published and 98th issue has been finalized for
publication.
Plan Scheme
5.21
The NSSO operated its component namely Strengthening of Survey
Capabilities of NSSO of Ministrys Plan Scheme Capacity Development taken

up as an umbrella Plan Scheme in the 11th Five Year Plan. The same Plan
Scheme is continuing in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) also. Under this
component, the different activities taken up during the year 2013-14 are
detailed below:
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Own Accommodation
5.22 Purchase of land/ construction of accommodation for field offices: The
infrastructure in field offices and Headquarters of FOD was further developed
and strengthened. During 2013-14, construction of office building for RO
Hubli and SRO Mysore was continued. Ready built accommodation was
purchased for SRO Puducherry and the office has been shifted to new
building. Own building constructed at Baroda has been occupied by the
Regional Office, Baroda. Constructions are going on for SRO Chhindwara, RO
Kohima and RO, Ahmedabad. The construction work for hostel building for
Zonal Office, Jaipur has been completed.
Information Technology
5.23
To extend the use of Information Technology in the Field Offices/
Headquarters of FOD, data for ASI is being collected and transmitted to data
processing agency electronically. Similarly, data on price for CPI (U) is being
collected and transmitted to CSO through specially designed Web Portal.
This has resulted in not only improvement in the quality of data but also
reduced the time lag in bringing out the results. A Web Portal for FOD is
being developed for e-governance like transmission of Monthly Progress
Reports, various orders/ circulars, etc. electronically to the field offices.
Training
5.24 FOD organizes regular in-service training module for its staff through its
Zonal Training Centres (ZTCs). During 2013-14(April 2013-March2014), 1793
officials were trained on various technical schemes like SE, ASI, ASI Web
Portal, AS, UFS etc. besides training on general administrative matters. In
addition to the existing training modules, Orientation Training Programmes
for newly joined ISS officers in FOD were organized twice during the year.
Special Utility courses for ISS officers on ASI, UFS & Price Collection Surveys
were also organized this year in all Zonal Training Centres.
In addition,
special training programme for the ministerial staff was planned and will be
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taken up in the next year. A special training programme on RTI matters,

Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
and Collection of Statistics Act 2008 for senior officers of Zones / Regions
was organized in January 2014.
Summer Internship Scheme 2013-14 of Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation was conducted during June-August 2013. About 100 EDP
Staff and officers of DPD have been imparted user-level training in RDBMS
with a view to equip the manpower for the technological change-over
adopted by DPD in NSS data processing. DPD has planned an advanced level
training programme on RDBMS, Oracle and LINUX for ISS officers for
upgrading their skill in the relevant fields.
Advertising and Publicity
5.25 The following measures have been taken up in 2013-14 for creating a
brand name for NSSO and for increasing the cooperation from respondents:
Appeal seeking cooperation of people in the data collection work has

been released thrice in National and Regional newspapers.
3 video spots were developed.
Video/audio spots were telecast/ broadcast in National / Regional TV/

Radio channels including Doordarshan in two spells.
These video spots were also displayed in digital cinema halls / LCD
Screens, etc.
NSSO Calendar- 2014 was printed and distributed amongst informants

and public offices.
New Initiatives
5.26
Periodic
Labour
Force
Survey
(PLFS):
The
National
Statistical
Commission (NSC) had recommended a Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)

to be conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) to bring out the
quarterly indicators on Indian labour market on regular basis. With a view to
develop a suitable survey methodology, NSSO has completed the PLFS on
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pilot basis during July 2011-June 2013 in urban areas of three states of India,
namely Gujarat, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh using the Survey Instruments
finalized by the Committee headed by Prof. Amitabh Kundu.
A total of 1152 FSUs were allotted to these three states namely Gujarat,
Odisha and Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, the Pilot Survey was envisaged for
one year (July 2011 - June 2012) with 4 quarters. It was decided to continue
the Pilot Survey for one more year (July 2012- June 2013). The last quarter
of the Survey was completed on 30th June 2013 and all the schedules were
transmitted by the end of July 2013.
In this Pilot Survey, apart from strengthening the survey methodology based
on rotational sampling, direct data entry at the field offices through
electronic media and e-transmission of data to the PLFS Centre, doing away
with the traditional paper schedule, was also attempted for the first time.
The experiment has been successful. Data processing and tabulation for all
the 8 quarters of the Pilot Survey was completed by DPD.
To discuss the findings of the Pilot Survey and to draw action plan for
carrying out the survey on All India basis, a workshop was organized under
the Chairmanship of Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman NSC on 09th December 2013
at Conference Hall, Ministry of Labour, New Delhi. More than 20 scholars,
experts and also senior representatives of stakeholder organisations
attended the workshop. Wide ranging suggestions/ recommendations
regarding utility of PLFS, its implementation, use of type of survey schedule,
indicators based on survey and their estimation, etc. have been made in the
workshop.
Based on the experiences gained from Pilot Project on Periodic Labour Force
Survey (PLFS) in 3 States, viz., Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha, it is
proposed to finalise the survey instruments for conducting All India Periodic
Labour Force Surveys to generate estimates for measuring quarterly
changes in labour force market from 2015-16 onwards. The preparatory
work is in progress.
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5.27
Advanced Pilot Survey on Drug Abuse in three states, namely,
Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab: As a follow-up of the pilot survey on

Prevalence and Dependence of Harmful Drugs during March-April 2010,
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) suggested Ministry of
Statistics & PI (MoSPI) to conduct an advanced pilot survey in all the districts
of Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab. For examining the matter afresh a
Technical Committee headed by Prof. Arijit Chaudhury was formed.
On the basis of the recommendations of the Technical Committee, the

MOSJ&E constituted a Central Coordination Committee (CCC) to coordinate
and monitor the overall progress of the advanced pilot survey and a SubCommittee to finalize the survey instruments. The concerned State
Governments provided list frames, in the prescribed format, for use in the
sample selection.
In a meeting of CCC held on 9th July 2013, it was decided that NSSO will
make a presentation based on the list frames provided by the respective
State Governments and take a nod from the State Governments regarding
the completeness of the frames, before finalizing the samples. NSSO
received the preliminary frames from the State of Manipur (on 8th May 2013)
and Punjab (on 11th June 2013). The revised frames after preliminary
validation were ready with NSSO on 27th July 2013.
The proposal for conducting the Advanced Pilot Survey was placed before
the NSC for approval on 6th September 2013 where NSSO made a
presentation discussing the issues with respect to the frames provided by
the State Governments of Punjab and Manipur.
On examination of the issues raised by NSSO, the NSC remarked that no

purpose will be served by conducting the advanced pilot survey based on
the existing frames, the methodology and sampling design need to be
looked into afresh. The NSC suggested the constitution of a Working Group
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for the purpose and a fresh pilot survey to be conducted in accordance with
the new methodology formulated by the Working Group.
Accordingly, a new Working Group was constituted by NSC secretariat vide

Order dated 22nd October 2013. Matter relating to Advanced Pilot Survey is
to be discussed and deliberated by newly constituted Group.
The first meeting of the Working Group for Drug Abuse Survey was held on
5th February 2014 under the Chairmanship of DG & CEO, NSSO.
5.28
Conduct of Pilot Experiment on use of Modern IT Gadget in Data
collection of NSS Socio-Economic Survey: In order to improve the quality of

data through computer guided collection mechanism and to reduce the time
lag in data transmission, a new initiative has been taken by the Ministry to
conduct a pilot experiment on use of modern IT gadget in data collection of
NSS Socio-Economic Survey. A Committee under the chairmanship of
DG&CEO, NSSO, has been formed to look into various aspects.
Seminars
5.29
A National Seminar was organised during 20 - 21 June 2013 at
Bengaluru on the results of NSS 66th Round survey, where in all 26 technical
papers were presented and discussed.
5.30 A Seminar Talk on Poverty Lines for India was organized at
Mahalanobis Bhavan, Kolkata on 30th October 2013.
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CHAPTER VI
STATISTICAL SERVICES
Indian Statistical Service
6.1
The Indian Statistical Service (ISS) was constituted on 1st November
1961 as a cadre of qualified professionals with core discipline of Statistics to

control, coordinate, monitor and steer the diversified statistical system to
render the crucial statistical needs of planning, policy formulation and
decision making by the Government and to consolidate and disseminate
these statistics at National and International level.
6.2
Recruitment to the service is made through Indian Statistical Service
Examination conducted by UPSC annually, promotion from the feeder grade

i.e. Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) and through absorption of Statistical
Officers working in other Ministries / Departments. The service has grown
over the years in terms of relevance and number of posts. The allocation of
posts in various grades, at the time of initial constitution and at present is
given below:
Table - 6.1
As on 1st
November
1961
Grade
Higher Administrative Grade plus
Existing sanctioned
strength (actual) (as on
31st March 2014)
----
02
Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)
---
10
Senior Administrative Grade(SAG)
----
81
Junior Administrative Grade(JAG) & NFSG
15
230 #
(HAG+)
Senior Time Scale (STS)
54
208
Junior Time Scale (JTS)
116
283*
Total
185
814
# Out of these, 30% of senior duty posts are operated in NFSG

* Including 50 posts of leave, deputation and training reserve.
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6.3
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation acts as the Cadre
Controlling Authority of Indian Statistical Service and concerned with all

matters pertaining to the service including recruitment, promotion, training,
career and manpower planning, etc. However, day-to-day administrative
matters of ISS officers are looked after by the Ministries / Departments in
which the officers are posted.
6.4
The ISS Rules, 2013 provide for 50 per cent of the posts in JTS to be
filled up by direct recruitment and 50 per cent by promotion from

Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) cadre. There is no direct recruitment at
any other level except in JTS of the service. All the vacancies in other grades
are filled up by promotion.
6.5
The first examination for direct recruitment to JTS of the service was
held in the year 1967 and the first batch of the service was appointed in the
year 1968. Till date, 35 batches of direct recruits have joined the service.
The last batch had joined the service on 4th November 2013.
6.6
The new edition of Civil List 2013 of Indian Statistical Service (ISS)
giving basic information about of the officers of ISS which is useful for
general information and guidance was brought out during May 2013 and
uploaded on the Ministrys Website.
Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS)
6.7
Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) is a Group-B Central Civil Service
which constitutes feeder cadre for Indian Statistical Service (ISS). SSS
consists of two grades of Statistical function posts in various Ministries /
Departments / Organizations under Central Government in offices scattered
all over India. These two grades are Statistical Investigator Grade-I
[designated as Senior Statistical Officer (SSO)] having Grade Pay of ` 4600 in
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the pay band of ` 9300-34800 (Gezetted) and the other is Statistical

Investigator Grade II [designated as Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)] having
Grade Pay of ` 4200 in the same pay band.
6.8
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation is the Cadre
Controlling Authority of Subordinate Statistical Services.
The Ministry is
concerned with all matters pertaining to the service including recruitment,

promotion, training, career and manpower planning, etc. However, day-today administrative matters of SSS officers are taken care of by the Ministries /
Departments / Organizations in which these officers are posted.
6.9
The SSS Rules, 2013 provide for 90 percent of the posts of Junior
Statistical Officer to be filled up by direct recruitment through open

competitive examination viz. Combined Graduate Level examination (CGLE)
conducted by the Staff Selection Commission while 10 per cent by promotion
from the feeder post holders. There is no direct recruitment to the post of
SSO of the service.
6.10
The sanctioned strength and number of incumbents in position in these
two grades as on 1st January 2014 is as below:

Sl.
Name of the Post
No.
Sanctioned In Position
Strength
1.
Senior Statistical Officer
1756
1492
2.
Junior Statistical Oficer
2195
1457
3.
Total Strength
3951
2949
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6.11
The following are the important areas of activity in the Year 2013.
The revised SSS Rules, 2013 have been notified vide Government of
India Extraordinary Gazette Notification no. 263 dated 31st May 2013.
Newly created 2 posts of Senior Statistical Officer and 6 posts of Junior
Statistical Officers in MPLADS division of MOS&PI vide Department of
Expenditure I.D. Note No. 91493/E.C.I/2013 dated 27th June 2013 were
encadered into SSS
256 candidates have joined as JSO out of 418 dossiers of successful
candidates received from Staff Selection Commission against CGL
Examination 2012 for which the pre-appointment formalities have
been completed.
Feedback through CMIS programme is being received monthly from

field functionaries for updating Database of SSS and is monitored
regularly.
Induction Training Programme (ITP) for new JSOs of SSS Cadre has
been conducted through NSSTA wherein 61 candidates have been
trained by the end of 2013.
The MACP / ACP scheme has been implemented in the SSS cadre in
accordance with DOPT guidelines and is being monitored regularly.
On successful completion of probation period, services of 296 Junior
Statistical Officers have been confirmed during the year 2013.
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CHAPTER VII
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
7.1
In the early thirties, realizing the necessity for advancement of
theoretical and applied statistics in India, the Indian Statistical Institute came
into being following the pioneering initiative and efforts of Professor P.C.
Mahalanobis. The Indian Statistical Institute was registered on 28th April 1932
as a non-profit distributing learning society under the West Bengal Societies
Registration Act, 1860. From the beginning, the Institute started showing its
excellence in its own way. As the Institute expanded its research, teaching,
training and project activities, it started earning national/international
recognitions. The outstanding contributions made by the Institute in
theoretical and applied statistical work culminated in the recognition of the
Institute as an Institute of National Importance by an Act of the Parliament,
known as Indian Statistical Institute Act No. 057 of 1959, which conferred
on the Institute the right to hold examinations and award degrees/diplomas
in Statistics. Significantly, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of
India, himself piloted the bill in the Parliament in 1959. As a result, degree
courses leading to Bachelor of Statistics (B. Stat.) and Master of Statistics (M.
Stat.) and Post Graduate Diplomas in Statistical Quality Control & Operation
research (SQC & OR) and Computer Science were started from June 1960.
The Institute was also empowered to award the Ph.D. / D.Sc. Degree from
the same year. Subsequently, Master of Technology (M. Tech) courses in
Computer Science (CS) and in Quality, Reliability & Operations Research
(QROR) were also introduced. Scope was further enlarged as the Institute
was empowered to award degrees/diplomas not only in Statistics but also in
Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Science and such other
subjects related to Statistics by virtue of Indian Statistical Institute
(Amendment) Act, 1995, No. 38 of 1995 by the Parliament, which gave
greater
encouragement
to
research
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activities
not
only
in
Statistics/Mathematics but also in various branches of Computer and

Communication Sciences, Natural and Social Sciences, Physics and Earth
Sciences, Biological Sciences, Statistical Quality Control & Operations
Research, Library and Information Sciences in a broader way. Over the years,
the Institute has been playing a key role in the development of statistical
theory and methods by promoting research and practical applications in
different areas of natural and social sciences. Sankhya The Indian Journal
of Statistics, being published by the Institute since 1933, is still considered
as one of the leading statistical journals of the world. Pioneering research
activities were carried out in many areas of statistical theory, especially in
the core areas of Multivariate Analysis, Sample Surveys and Design of
Experiments. Such activities were strengthened and new directions were
opened up by Professor C.R. Rao and many others who joined the Institute in
nineteen forties and the tradition continues. Research in economics was
greatly stimulated when the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru entrusted the work relating to preparation of the draft Second FiveYear-Plan of the country to Professor Mahalanobis and the Institute in the
year 1954. The Draft submitted by the Institute under the leadership of
Professor Mahalanobis with the planning models have since been regarded
as major contributions to economic planning in India.
7.2
In the field of Computer Science, the Institute has a rich tradition. In
1953, a small analog computer was designed and built in the Institute. In
1956, the Institute acquired a HEC-2M machine from the U.K., which was the
first digital computer in India. In early sixties, the Institute, in collaboration
with the Jadavpur University, undertook the design, development and
fabrication of a fully transistorized digital computer, called ISIJU-1, which was
commissioned in 1966 by Shri M.C. Chagla, the then Minister of Education,
Government of India. High quality research, publication and development in
the different branches of computer sciences had been carried out by the
internationally acclaimed computer scientists of the Institute over the last six
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decades and their concerted efforts have placed the Institute in the forefront
in national and international scenario.
7.3
The ISI also played a pioneering role in starting the Statistical Quality
Control (SQC) movement in India by organizing a visit of Professor W.A.

Shewhart, the father of SQC, to India in November 1947 and later by inviting
other world famous experts like Dr. W.E. Deming, Dr. Ellis R. Ott, Dr. H.C.
Tippet and Dr. Genichi Taguchi for the same purpose. SQC promotional work
of the Institute then gradually spread all over the industrial centres in India
under a comprehensive programme covering education and training, applied
research and consultancy services. The Institute also became a permanent
member of Quality Council of India in due course.
7.4
From the early days, the Institute has been interacting with many
internationally reputed scientists in different disciplines from the world over.

Some of these eminent scientists have worked in the Institute for several
months or even longer. Sir Ronald A. Fisher, a pioneer of modern statistics,
was a regular visitor and lent considerable support to the Institute. Professor
J.B.S. Haldane, a genecist of international repute, was a member of the
faculty
for
several
years
beginning
from
1957.
The
celebrated
mathematician, Norbert Wiener visited the Institute twice in 1954 and again
in 1955-56. The other academic personalities whose longer visits influenced
the development of the Institute include the Statisticians Harold Hotelling,
Frank Yates, Herman Wold, Edwin Harper (Jr.) and H. Cramer; the
Mathematicians A.N. Kolmogorov, Yu, V. Linnik, J.L. Doob and more recently
Vaughan F.R. Jones, Statistical Quality Control experts Walter Shewhart and
G. Taguchi, Economists Simon Kuznets, Paul A. Baran, Joan Robinson, Jan
Tinbergen, Nicholas Kaldor, R.M. Goodwin, David and Ruth Glass and J.K.
Galbraith, Geologist Pamela Robinson, Biochemists N.W. Pirie and Linguists
D. Kostic. All along, the Institute has tried to live up to Ronald Fishers dictum
that Statistics is a Key Technology in view of its intimate relevance to all
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scientific endeavours, which involve experimentation, measurement and

inference from sample to aggregate.
Teaching and Training Division
7.5
During the academic session 2013-2014, a total of 14,623 candidates
applied for admission and were called for written selection tests for various
courses offered by the Institute, viz., B. Stat. (Hons.), B. Math. (Hons.), M.
Stat., M. Math., Master of Science (M.S.) in Quantitative Economics, M.S. in
library and Information Science, M. Tech. in Computer Science, M. Tech. in
Quality, Reliability and Operations Research, Research Fellowships in
Statistics,
Quality,
Mathematics,
Reliability
Mathematics,
and
Quantitative Economics,
Operations
Research,
Computer Sciences,
Physics
and
Applied
Agriculture & Ecology, Sociology, Geology, Library and
Information Science, Psychology and Linguistics.
Admission tests were
conducted at 31 different centres all over the country.
A total of 9995
candidates finally appeared for admission tests and a total of 807 candidates
qualified in the written tests, and were called for interviews. Based on the
performance in the written tests, interview and the academic records, 303
candidates were offered admission to various courses during the academic
session under review. The annual examinations for all the regular courses
during 2012-2013 academic sessions were held during May 2013. The 201314 academic session commenced from July 2013.
7.6
Till 31st March 2014, 144 trainees of Engineering and Technology
courses
from
various
Universities/Institutions
received
four
weeks/six
weeks/two months/three months/four months and six months Project training

in different Units of the Institute, viz., ACMU, AERU, ASU, BIRU, CVPRU,
DEANS OFFICE, ECSU, ERU, GSU, HGU, MIU, PAMU, PSRU, SOSU and SQC &
OR under the guidance of different faculty members of the Institute.
International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC)
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7.7
The ISEC came into being in 1950, with joint efforts and operation by
the International Statistical Institute and the Indian Statistical Institute, under
the auspices of the UNESCO and the Government of India. The Centre, as an
associated body of the Institute, functions under a joint board of Directors.
Professor P.C. Mahalanobis was the Chairman of the Board of Directors since
its inception in 1950 until his death in 1972. Since then, National Professor
C.R. Rao, F. R. S., has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The
announcement for the 67th term regular course was made from the Centre at
Kolkata. In addition, a number of prospectus and application forms were
distributed through ITEC, Ministry of External Affairs, and Government of
India. The Governments of different countries were invited to nominate
suitable candidates for training at the Centre. The applications for admission
were forwarded to the Centre through the respective Indian Missions. This
year, twenty four trainees from thirteen different countries, namely Sri
Lanka, Gambia, Mongolia, Namibia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Mali, Uzbekistan, Niger, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea attended the course.
Of
these,
twenty
trainees
were
supported
by
fellowship
of
the
ITEC/SCAAP/TCS-Colombo Plan of Government of India and four trainees were

sponsored by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Prof. B.L.S. Prakasa Rao, Ramanujan Chair Professor, C.R. Rao Advanced
Institute of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, University of Hyderabad
and Prof. Bimal K. Roy, Director of the Indian Statistical Institute at 66th Convocation
of International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC) of Indian Statistical Institute held
on 30th May 2013 in Kolkata.
Research Work
7.8
The research activities of the Institute are grouped in the following
Divisions:
Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Computer and
Communication Sciences, Physics and Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences,
Social Sciences, Statistical Quality Control & Operations Research, and
Library, Documentation & Information Sciences. In addition, there are two
centres i.e. Computer & Statistical Services Centre (CSSC) and Soft
Computing Research: A National Facility. The Computer & Statistical
Services Centre (CSSC) has the responsibilities of the management of
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in-house computer system of the Institute and providing computing and

statistical services to scientific workers. The Centre for Soft Computing
Research: A National Facility is functioning as an associated body of the
Institute. The Institute also received the administrative approval from MoSPI
for setting up a permanent autonomous centre in the name of R.C. Bose
Centre for Cryptology and Security which will be located at Gupta Niwas
within the ISI campus in Kolkata.
Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division
7.9
The Division has four Units at Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai.
Research works carried out by these units are as follows:

Stat-Math Unit, Kolkata
7.10
Statistical Study of Agreement, Statistical Inference, Statistical Study
of Surveillance,
Modeling
of
Statistical Study of Apportionment Index, Statistical

Dyadic
Interactions,
Parametric
and
Non-Parametric
Classification, Study of Robust Estimators, Stochastic Processes, Limit

Theorems, Rates of Convergence and Expansions, Stochastic Integrals,
Stochastic Differential Equations, Stability of Stochastic Dynamical Systems,
Random Walks, Martingale Theory and Stochastic Calculus, Stochastic
Approximation, Markov Chain Simulation, Random Continued Fractions,
Bernoulli Convolutions and Iterated Function Systems, Large-dimensional
Random Matrices, Record Values, Extreme Values, Moral Hazard Problems in
Economics, Resampling Plans, Time series and Kernel Density Estimates, Urn
Model Asymptotics, Free Probability Analogue of Subexponential Distribution,
Asymptotics of Randomly Weighted Sum, Commutative Algebra, History of
Mathematics, Topology and Geometry, Quantum Group, Lie algebroid,
Nambu structure, Modular Class. Equivariant Cobordism. Deformation of
Algebric Operads, Non-parametric Statistics, Rates of Convergence in Central
Limit Theorem (CLT), Law of Iterated Logarithms (LIL) and Characterization
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Theorems. Growth Curve Model, Applications of Statistics to Industrial Quality

Control,
Physics, Sociology,
Agriculture,
Education and other natural
sciences.
Stat-Math Unit, Delhi
7.11 Infinite Color Generalization of the Classical Polya-EggenbergerFriedman type Urn Schemes, De-preferential Random Graph Models and Depreferential
Urn
Schemes
Continued,
Distance
Matrices
of
Graphs,
Riemannian Manifold of Positive Definite Matrices, Martingale Problems and

Markov Processes, Robustness Issues related to the Optimal Filter in
Stochastic Filtering, Climate Change, Heavy-tailed Distributions on Central
Limit Theorem, Large Deviations, and Estimating the Tail Index, Discrete
Fourier Transform based Techniques for Functional Time Series with
Unknown Periods, Guantile Density Estimation and Tests based on Quantiles,
Burst-type Signal in Stationary Error, Joint Delay and Frequency Estimation,
Approximation Problems in the Riemannian Metric of Positive Definite
Matrices,
Irreducibility
of
Polynomials,
Particularly
Hermite-Laguerre
polynomials, Implications of Abc-Conjecture on Some Well Known Problems,

Rank of Random Matrices, Random Directed Trees and the Brownian Web
Continued, Probability, Random Graphs, Random Directed Trees, the
Brownian web and Extreme Value, Cohomological Invariants and Behavior of
Algebraic Groups, Kneser-Tits Problem.
Stat-Math Unit, Bengaluru

7.12 Markov Processes on Real Trees, Invariant Subspaces in One and
Several Variables, Structure of Quotient Hilbert Modules in Several Variables,
Similarity Problem, Essential Normality and Structure of Submodules of
Hilbert Modules, Wild Ramification Theory and its Application to Abhyankar's
Inertia Conjecture, Embedding Problems for Fundamental Groups, Questions
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related to Local Section Conjecture, Cyclicity of Certain Division Algebras,

Harmonic Functions on G-spaces and Hyperbbolic Automorphisms, K-theory
of Roy's Orthogonal Groups, Short Unitriangular Factorizations for SL(2),
Problems on Class Groups of Cubic Fields, Majorization Theory, Hilbert C*Module Theory, Ranks of Invariant and Co-invariant Subspaces of Hardy
Space over Polydisc, Geometry of Banach Spaces, Choquet Boundary for
Subspaces of Continuous Functions not containing Constants, Selmer Group
for Hilbert Modular Forms, Rank of 5-Sylow Class Group for Certain Number
Fields, Polynomial Convexity, Proper Mappings between Symmetric Product
of Domains.
Stat-Math Unit, Chennai

7.13
Geometric
Function
Theory
(Conformal
Geometry,
Composition
Operators), Several Complex Variables and Function Spaces, Special

Functions and Distributions.
Applied Statistics Division
7.14 The Division consists of four units, i.e. Applied Statistics Unit (ASU) &
Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research Unit (BIRU) are at Kolkata while
Applied and Official Statistics Unit (ASOU) at North-East Centre, Tezpur and
another Applied Statistics Unit (ASU) at Chennai. Research works carried out
by these units are as follows:
Applied Statistics Unit, Kolkata
7.15 Sample
Surveys,
Reliability
Experiments,
Combinatorial
and
Methods
Survival
and
their
Analysis,
Design
Applications,
of
Signal
Processing, Operating Systems and Queues, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical

Inference, Categorical Data Analysis, Time Series of Discrete Data,
Directional
Data
Analysis,
Cryptology,
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Clinical
Trials,
Mathematical
Genomics, Objective Bayesian Analysis, Model Selection, Multiple Testing,

Geospatial Health Statistics, Sociobiology and Cognitive Science.
Bayesian & Interdisciplinary Research Unit, Kolkata
7.16 Numerical Analysis, Survey Sampling, Optimal Choice of Covariates in
the Set-up of Crossover Designs, On the Optimality of Orthogonal Blocked
Main
Effects
Plans,
Inequalities
in
Random
Replacement
Scheme,
Generalized Quadratic Discriminant Analysis, Statistical Issues in Content

Based Retrieval, Robust Speaker Identification, On Optimal Scaling of
Additive Transformation Based Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Geometric
Ergodicity of Additive and Multiplicative Transformation Based Markov Chain
Monte Carlo in High Dimensions, Non-marginal Decisions: New Bayesian
Multiple Testing Procedures, Nonparametric Nonstationary Modeling of
Spatio-Temporal Data Through State Space Approach, Trans-dimensional
MCMC Algorithms Based on Deterministic Transformations with Application in
Spatial Statistics, Minimum Distance Methods in Statistical Inference,
Efficient and Robust Weighted Likelihood Methods, Statistical Inference
Based on the Density Power Divergence and its Extensions, Hypothesis
Testing based on the Density Power Divergence, Statistical Inference based
on the C-Divergence, Robust Alternatives to the Two-Sample t-test.
Applied and Official Statistics Unit, N-E Centre, Tezpur
7.17 Stochastic Modeling of Deterioration Process, Vermicomposting of
Different Waste Materials, Utilization of Tea Industry Coal Ash for Agriculture,
Efficient Use of Fertilizers for Sustainable Tea Production, Investigations on
Point Free Rings of Continuous Functions, Neogene Sedimentation and
Tectonics of Cachar Fold Belt, NE India.
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Applied Statistics Unit, Chennai

7.18 Proportional Hazard Model in Discrete Reliability, Test for Exponential
Against MTFR Alternatives, Test for NBUE Alternatives, Non-parametric
Conditional Quantile Estimation and Prediction Interval for Time Series,
Estimation of Integrated Volatility in Diffusions Driven by Fractional Brownian
Motion, Contagion in Multivariate Financial Time Series based on Conditional
Recurrence Times, Modeling Volatility and Jumps of Indian Stock Market
using High-Frequency Data, Forecasting Wind Power Generation, Bayesian
Multiple Testing for the Regression Parameters, Application of Machine
Learning to ECG Signal Analysis.
Computer and Communication Sciences Division
7.19 The Division comprises the Advanced Computing & Microelectronics
Unit (ACMU), Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Unit (CVPR), Electronics
& Communication Sciences Unit (ECSU), Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU)
which are at Kolkata. Another two units namely Documentation Research &
Training Centre (DRTC) and Systems Science & Informatics Unit (SSIU) are at
Bengaluru. Research works carried out by these units are as follows:
Advanced Computing and Microelectronics Unit

7.20 Algorithmic & Architectural Design Issues of Micro Fluidic NanoBiochips for Bioassay Execution, Cloud Computing, Distributed Computation
in Pervasive Computing Environments, Formal Verification , Partitioning and
Covering Problem of Polygon in 2D, Physical Design for 3D Ics, Power and
Bandwidth Management in Wireless Networks Phase II, Reconfiguration
Problems,
Synthesis
Methods
for Quantum
Logic
Improvement through Internet Working of WLAN and

Visibility with Diffuse Reflections: Bounds and Algorithms.
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Circuits,
The QoS
UMTS Networks,
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit

7.21 Handwriting
Recognition,
Online
Handwriting
Analysis,
Natural
Language Processing and Applications, Computational Forensics, Document

Image Analysis, Outdoor Scene Image Analysis, Spotting Words from Old
Documents, Script Identification from Handwritten Documents, Multimedia
Data Transmission, Pair-Copula Based Mixture Models and their Application in
Clustering, Automatic Query Expansion in Information Retrieval, Information
Retrieval in Legal Domain.
Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bengaluru
7.22 Knowledge
Organization,
Digital
Libraries
and
Semantic
Web,
Multilingual Data in Indian Languages for Universal Decimal Classification,

Library and Information Technology, Institutional Repositories and Open
Access to Information, Development Universal Knowledge Core.
Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit

7.23 Controlled Access to Documents over a Digital Library Ontology under
Multiple Inheritance, Image Processing and Analysis, Video Retrieval,
Analysis of Emotions in Face Images, Automatic Recognition of Human
Actions seen in a Video, DNA Computing, Automated Surveillance for Public
Security, Watson Crick Automata for DNA Computing, Common Sense
Reasoning
using
Disposition,
Soft
Computing
Approach
to
Pattern
Classification and Object Recognition, Fuzzy Sets, Bioinformatics, Neural

Networks,
Design
of
Online
Atmospheric
Pattern
Detection
System,
Monitoring of Air Quality, Evolutionary Computing.

Machine Intelligence Unit
7.24
Pattern Recognition, Medical Image Processing, Bioinformatics, In
Silico Systems Biology, Soft Computing, Video and Color Image Analysis,
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Remote Sensing Image Analysis, Automatic Target Recognition, Data Mining

and Knowledge Discovery, Natural Computing/Computational Intelligence,
Social Network Analysis, Rule Mining.
Systems Science and Informatics Unit
7.25 Mathematical Morphology in Spatial Extrapolations, A Geometric
Analysis of Time Domain Signals: From Mathematics to Medicine, ClassDependent Rough-Fuzzy Granular Space, Dispersion Index and Classification,
Granular Computing Models in the Classification of Web Content Data, Semi
Supervised Learning Based Pattern Classification Methods, Human Depth
EEG Processing for Epilepsy and Cognition, Granular Neural Networks for
Pattern Classification, Development of Mathematical Morphology-based
Algorithms for Generation of Contiguous Cartograms from Point-Data and for
Modelling
the
Cartograms,
Spatiotemporal
Computation
in
Behaviour
the
Brain:
of
Varied
Neuron,
Phenomena
Synapse,
via
Astrocyte
Interactions in Small Networks.

Computer Science Unit, Chennai
7.26 Graph Theory, Backward and Forward Induction Reasoning in Dynamic
Games, Strategic Reasoning, Boolean Secrecy Games, Logic, Probability and
Strength of Beliefs, Paillier-Based Publicly Verifiable (Non-interactive) Secret
Sharing Scheme, Some Results on Resultants and their Application to
Cryptanalysis of Truncated Linear Feedback Shift Register Sequences,
Boolean Functions with High Nonlinearity on Odd Number of Variables, Data
Analysis on Forward and Backward Induction Experiment.
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Physics and Earth Sciences Division

7.27 The Division comprises the Geological Studies Unit (GSU) and Physics
& Applied Mathematics Unit (PAMU). Research works carried out by these
units are as follows:
Geological Studies Unit
7.28 Tectonics of Metabasalt-Metagarnite Association in a Proterozoic schist
Belt Petrological and Geochemical Approach, Fault Zones, Fractals and
Crustal Deformation in the Eastern Himalya, Microstructure and Garnet
Composition in the Lesser Himalayan Sequence
in Eastern Himalaya
interpreted as Paleoproterozoic Tectonic Activity leading to a Possible Pacific

type Accretionary Orogen along the Northern Margin of Greater India, Nellore
Schist Belt and Proterozoic Tectonics of Southeastern Margin of India,
Evolution of Carbonate through Time: Examples from PG Valley, Chattisgarh
and Cuddapah Basins, Depositional Models and Sedimentation History of
Proterozoic Sedimentary Basins of Peninsular India, Community Structure
and Ecology of the Mesozoic Non-marine Tetrapods of the Gondwana Basins
of Peninsular India, Study of Gastropod Diversity from the Indian Fossil
Record
(Mesozoic-Caenozoic)
with
Special
Emphasis
on
Phylogenetic
Systematic, Evolutionary Trends and Palaeoecological Interactions, A Study

of Neogene and Quaternary Successions of Eastern Himalayan Foreland
Basin, Ganga River Basin Environment Management Plan, Channel Dynamics
in the Sundarban Estuarine System: a Study from the Basanti-Gosaba
Region, South 24-Parganas, Sedimentology of the Triassic Mud-dominant
Fluvial Systems, Studies on the Morphometric Properties of the TransHimalayan Drainage Basins and their Evolution Assisted by Numerical
Simulation of Landscape Evolution, Evolution of Dolomite Formations in the
Cuddapah Basin: Numerical Estimation Constrained by Field Proxies,
Geological Linkage between Southern India and Antarctica: A Probe on
Crustal
Processes
from
Archaean
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to
Proterozoic,
Formation
and
Characterization of Reverse Micelles or Water-in-Oil Micro emulsions in Ionic

Liquids (ILs).
Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit
7.29 Theoretical Physics, Fluid Mechanics, Applied Mathematics,

Interdisciplinary Research.
Biological Sciences Division
7.30 The Division consists of Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit
(AERU), Biological Anthropology Unit (BAU) and Human Genetics Unit (HGU).
Research works carried out by these units are as follows:
Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit
7.31 Site Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM) System for submerged Rice
in the Eastern Plateau Region of India, Development of Information on
Agricultural & Horticultural Production using RS & GIS Technology in some
Districts of West Bengal, Evaluation of Different Source and Level of
Phosphorous on Field Crops in Eastern India Funded by RCFL, G.O.I.,
Management Strategies for Rice Cultivation in the Eastern Plateau: Field
Experimental and Crop Modelling Approaches, Allelopathy in an Aquatic and
Neighbouring Ecosystem and the Role of Allelochemicals in Community
Structure, A Study on Yield Performance of Sweet Sorghum Crop (Sorghum
bicolor L.) at Different Location and Fertility Levels for Maximization of BioFuel Production in West Bengal, Detection, Mapping and Phenoplasticity of
Alternanthera Philoxeroides: an Invasive Weed, Antioxidant Scavenging and
Corresponding Gene Regulation in Some Mangroves of Sundarbans, An
Investigation on Antimicrobial Potential of Chebulic Myrobalan (Fruit of
Terminalia
Chebula
Retz.)
against
Methiciilin-resistant
Staphylococcus
Aureus, Modulating and Demodulating Agricultural Production and Animal

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Health Networks with Nano-Systems, Determination of Functional Response

through under Selective Predation through Experimentation and Modeling,
Cooperative Recovery Mechanism: A Safeguard for Minimizing Extinction
Risk.
Biological Anthropology Unit
7.32 Genetic Epidemiology of Malaria in Northeastern Regional Populations,

Health Status and Health Behaviour of Santals: Comparison
between Urban
and Rural Groups, Health of Stone Quarry Workers of Birbhum District.
Human Genetics Unit

7.33 Genomic and Epidemiological Studies on Common Diseases in Indian
Populations, Genome Wide Expression of miRNAs in Gingivo-buccal Cancer,
Genetic Variations at Micro RNA and Processing Genes and Risk of
Leukoplakia, Epigenetic Studies on Oral Cancer, Genetic and Epigenetic
Studies on Psoriasis, Statistical Genomics, Statistical Methods for Analysis of
Complex Traits, Statistical Methods for Analysis of Complex Traits.
Social Sciences Division
7.34 The Division consists of Economic Research Unit (ERU), Economic
Analysis Unit (EAU), Linguistic Research Unit (LRU), Economics and Planning
Unit (EPU), Population Studies Unit (PSU), Psychology Research Unit (PRU),
Sampling & Official Statistics Unit (SOSU) and Sociological Research Unit
(SRU). The Economic Analysis Unit (EAU) is located at Bengaluru and the
Economics and Planning Unit (EPU) at Delhi while other six units are at
Kolkata. Research works carried out by these units are as follows:
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Economic Research Unit

7.35 Health
Inequality,
Income
Inequality,
Relative
Poverty
Line,
Measurements of Poverty and Gender Bias, Extent and Dimensions of Gender

Bias in India, Multi-dimensional Poverty, Poverty Eradication Programmes in
India, Multidimensional Material Deprivation, Polarization, Vulnerability and
Cooperative Game, Asymmetric Mean Reversion and Cross-Country Volatility
Dependence in Returns, Analysis of Housing Prices in the USA, Stability of
HNKPC
in
BRICS
Countries,
Missing
Observations
in
Time
Series,
Multicollinearity and Comparisons Amongst Some New Estimators, Strategic

Aspects of Outsourcing, Impact of Urbanization on Socio-Economic
Environmental Aspects of Human Life, Service Sector as Possible Engine of
Growth in Developing Countries, Quality of Life in South Asia during Post
World War II, Measurement of the Performances of the Countries: A New
Approach, Mechanism Design under Incomplete Information in Queuing and
General Allocation Problems, Bertrand-Cournot Models and Comparisons,
Bidding
Rings
in
Auctions,
Fair
Allocations
in
Bi-partite
Graphs,
Axiomatization of Subsistence Consumption, Political Economy Model for

Less-Developed Countries, Theoretical Analysis of FDI in Retail, SkilledUnskilled Wage Inequality, Inequality in Educational Opportunities in Indian
Context, Regional Disparities of Own Account Non-Agricultural Enterprises in
India, Intra and Inter Country Spatial Price Indices: Methodology and
Application
to
India
and
Vietnam,
Temporal
Comparisons
of
Prices,
Expenditure and Growth in India: A State-wise Analysis, Ethnic Conflict &

Social Policy, Regulation of Non-Governmental Organization, Issued related
to Indians High Growth Phase during 2003 04 and 2010 11 and the
subsequent Recession, Contractionary Effect of Tariff on Domestic Production
of Importables, Models for Discrete Time Series, Large Scale Sample Survey
Design and Operations, Sampling (both Theory and Practice) with Emphasis
on Controlling of Non-sampling Errors in Survey Sampling, Linear Interactive
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Model in Survey Sampling, Estimators in the Presence of Measurement Errors

and in the Care of Non-response.
Economic Analysis Unit
7.36 Studies of Incomes of Small Farmer, on Caste and Exclusion and on
Agrarian Relations, Gender Gap in Official Statistics.
Linguistic Research Unit
7.37 Substantivist Lexicological Study of Bangla, Interlexical Study of
Asamiya in a Substantivist Framework, Sociolinguistics, Corpus Based English
Language Teaching (C-BELT) System, Domain-Specific Parallel Corpora of
Hindi and Bengali, POS Tagging of Bengali Words in the Bengali Corpus,
Digital Word Net for Bengali, SHELL System for Teaching English to Bengali
Learners, Field Linguistic Survey at Balasore, Odisha, Bengali Pronunciation
Dictionary in Electronic and Printed Form,
Economics and Planning Unit
7.38 Research on School Feeding Programmes, Governance, Female Labour

Supply and NREGA, and on Social Identity and Inequality, Micro-finance, in
particular, Competition and Incentives, The Holdup Problem in an Infinite
Horizon Bargaining Framework, Information Transmission in Committees,
Terrorism, Research on the Growth of Service Sector Continued, Emerging
Market Business Cycle Models Experiencing Interest Rate Shocks, Models of
Enodenous Growth with Investment Specific Technological Change; and
through Several Papers - Studying Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of
Indian Economic Growth, Political Economy of Public Funds
Allocation,
Politics and NREGA, Womens Labor Force Participation in India, Problems

and Prospects of Financing Higher Education in India: Efficacy of Student
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Loans, The Macroeconomic Implications of Education: Moving Beyond Labour

Productivity, Education Financing Policy: Income Contingent Loans and
Educational Poverty Traps, Inequality, Neighbor-hoods and Welfare of the
Poor, Impact of the Forest Rights Act, Impact of temperature on Labor, Boom
before Bust, The industrial Organization of Groundwater, The Evolution of
Meaningful Credible Climate Agreements, The Effect of Warming and Solar
Radiation on Wheat Yields in India, Agricultural Fires and the Brown Cloud,
Climate change, Food Prices, and Poverty in India, Structure of IncentiveCompatible Mechanisms in Various Environments.
Population Studies Unit
7.39 Impact of Spacing between Age at Marriage and First Birth on Maternal
and Child Healthcare in India, Co-relates of Fertility Preference among
Currently Married Women in Indian States, Determinants of Diarrhea among
Children under Five Years in Indian States, How Developmental Factors
Influences Investment Climate: a Comparative Study in Different States of
India, Child Disability and Malnutrition.
Psychology Research Unit
7.40 Cognitive
Determining
Processing
through
PASS
Model
and
its
Role
in
Academic Performance of School Students of North- Eastern
India, Role of Career Stages, Self-efficacy and School Environment on Job

Satisfaction of School Teachers, Parenting Style and Academic Achievement
of the School Student, Differential Validity Of Computer Programming
Abilities, Cognitive Self Efficacy, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Personality,
Attitude
towards
Able-Bodied
Students
and
Students
with
Disability,
Experiencing Diabetes: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, SelfEsteem and Coping Strategies in University.
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Sampling & Official Statistics Unit
7.41 Study on Contractual Relation and Market Structure, Study on

Corporate Social Responsibility, Study on Medium and Small Enterprises,
Poverty
and
Aspiration,
Simultaneous
Estimation
of
Several
Survey
Population Totals by Bayesian and Classical Methods, Estimating Survey

Population Total in Unequal Probability Sampling Considering Doubtful
Missing
Data,
Estimating
Sensitive
Population
Proportion
by
Inverse
Randomized Response Data Gathering, Estimation of Sensitive Population

Proportion by Randomized Response Versus Non-Randomized Response Data
Gathering, Developing an Operational Risk Measure for Banking Activities: an
Application of Bayesian Probabilistic Network, Reviewing Empirical Evidence
on some Stylized Facts in Financial Markets with High Frequency Data,
Improved Exponential Estimator for Estimating the Population Mean in the
Presence of Non-response, Variance Estimation in Presence of Random Nonresponse, Estimation of the Ratio, Product and Mean using Multi Auxiliary
Variables in the Presence of Non Response, Some Improved Estimators of
Population Mean in Finite Population Sample Surveys, Use of Some Known
Values of Population Parameters for Estimating the Finite Population Mean
for Random Non-response in Survey, Latent Class Analysis for Extreme
Response Bias in Consumer Confidence Data, Strategic Network Formation
and Evolution.
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Sociological Research Unit
7.42 Data Gap in Official Statistics in Indian Mining Sector with Special
Emphasis on West Bengal, Analysis and Modelling Of Atmospheric Pollutant
Over Indo-Gangetic Plain (Externally Funded by CSIR, Govt. of India),
Dynamics of Land Use Pattern in North Chotanagpur Plateau of Jharkhand: A
Micro-Level Study, Women Autonomy in Household Decision and the Factors
Associated with Women Autonomy, Rural Sociology; Social Stratification and
Development.
Specially
Problems
on
Socio-Economic
and
Cultural
Development in the Caste Societies and/ or of Dalits (SC, ST, & OBC), A Micro
Level Study of Childhood Obesity in Kolkata and its Periphery, West Bengal,
India, Migration, Social Network and their Impact on the Rural Households of
Jharkhand, Gender Issues and Empowerment of Women in Rural West
Bengal,
Ethnicity,
Gender
Inclusivity
in
Information
Communication
Technology.
Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research Division
7.43 The Division now comprises of eight units located at different places
like Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Mumbai, Pune and a Central SQC (CSQC) Office located in the main Campus
at Kolkata. The CSQC office functions as an office of the elected Head of the
Division and coordinates various activities of the division. Supervising thesis,
dissertation and project work by research scholars, M. Tech. (QROR) and M.
Stat. students is also another aspect of the responsibilities of the divisional
members. During the one-year period, the Division organized many in-plant
and
general
training
programmes
tailor-made
for
the
organizations
requirements. A lot of managers and other senior level executives and

several operators and technicians have been trained on various topics of
quality management. The division also expanded its activities by providing
its expertise to Iran. Majority of the nine units mentioned above were
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primarily engaged in providing consultancy to various organization, though

there are a couple of units which also carried out both theoretical as well as
applied research in the areas as detailed below. The Division has been
accredited by the Quality Council of India to offer certificate course in Six
Sigma Green Belt. Research works carried out by these units are as follows:
SQC & OR Unit, Bengaluru
7.44 Identifying Critical Success Factors and Effectiveness Measurement
System of Six Sigma Initiatives in Business Processes, Model for Business
Process
Improvement
through
Statistical
Techniques,
Designing
and
Developing a Methodology for Controlling Critical Sub-Processes in Software

Development Life Cycle.
SQC & OR Unit, Chennai
7.45 Multiple Response Optimization, Game Theoretic Applications to
Networks, Complementarily Problems on Symmetric Cones.
SQC & OR Unit, Coimbatore
7.46
Textile Sector, Health Sector, Software Sector, Infrastructure Sector
(Power Plant Civil Work), Education Sector, Steel Industry, Finance Sector,
BPO Sector, Foundry Sector and Automobile.
SQC & OR Unit, New Delhi
7.47 Mathematical Programming, Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP)
and its Generalizations, Optimization Problem in Graph Theory, Matrix Theory
(Study of Matrix Classes Useful in Complementarity, Optimization and Game
Theory), Non-Cooperative Games, Algorithms for Stochastic Games, Design
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of Experiments Static Characteristics, Dynamic Characteristics and

Categorical Characteristics in a Multi Response Processes, Semi-Markov
Games: Theory and Algorithms.
SQC & OR Unit, Hyderabad
7.48 Areas of Research: Linear Complementarity Problem, Decision Support

Systems, Six Sigma, DOE, SPC, Text Data Mining, Generalized Gaussian
Distributions (GGD).
SQC & OR Unit, Kolkata
7.49 Inference for Lifetime Distributions Based on Progressively Type-I
Interval Censored Data, Determination of Optimum Censoring Scheme,
Reliability Acceptance Sampling Plan Under Hybrid Censoring, Goodness-ofFit Test Based on Censored Data, Estimation of Quality Adjusted Lifetime
Distribution,
Simultaneous
Characteristics,
Developing
Optimization
Performance
of
Multiple
Measures
Dynamic
for
Public
Quality
Health
Programme for NRHM, Reliability Estimation for Kumaraswamy Distribution,

Assessment of
CPM Index in the Presence of Measurement Errors, Subtle
Misconceptions
about
Exponential
Process
Distribution,
Capability
Healthcare
Indices,
Data
Characterization
Quality
of
Assessment
(Collaborative), Assessing Technical Parameters of Higher Education in

North-East (Collaborative).
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SQC & OR Unit, Pune
7.50 Six Sigma for Academic University - A Model Based on Shivaji

University, Kolhapur.
Library, Documentation and Information Sciences Division
7.51 The
Library,
Documentation
and
Information
Science
Division
comprises of Central Library at Kolkata, Delhi Centre Library, Bengaluru

Centre Library, Chennai Centre Library, North-East Centre Library at Tezpur,
Assam. The Division is perhaps the most important central facility of the
Institute.
Central Library, Kolkata
7.52 The Central Library of ISI is located in Kolkata with a network extending
to other locations. Over the years, the library has provided exhaustive
information sources for academic and research activities of the Institute and
has attained the distinction of being one of the richest libraries of the
country, particularly in the field of Statistics, Mathematics, Economics,
Computer Science and related disciplines. The library also acts as the
Eastern Regional Centre Library of National Board for Higher Mathematics
(NBHM) since 1989 for which it receives a grant from the NBHM, Department
of Atomic Energy and Government of India. The library provides the following
services: Collection, Publications Exchange Programme, Membership, WebOPAC,
Circulation Service, Self-photocopying Service, Reprographic &
Photographic
Services,
Documentation
Service,
Preservation
and
Conservation. The library has prepared and sent more than 1200 journals
and 50 books for binding, preservation and conservation. In this period, 4
books were laminated and de-acidificated. 500 books were fumigated during
this time. The total collection is expected to cross 3.16 lakhs with the
addition of estimated 500 books, 1300 bound volumes and 150 government
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reports/data books. The library will get around 4000 loose journals in this
period. The library is expected to prepare more than 1000 journals and other
documents for binding, 40 books and journals for fumigation. Around 400
books will be processed and four issues of Current Edition to the library will
be published and distributed to all members of the NBHM consortium. The
library will continue to maintain the separate bibliographic database of
Scientific Contributions of the ISI science 1934 using CDS/ISIS software. It is
expected that around 1500 articles from online journals and more than 2000
pages will be photocopied from journals from the self-photocopying service.
From the central photocopying service around 26,700 lakhs of photocopies
will be made. It will continue to provide the Document Delivery service. The
library will organize 4 workshops/conferences during this period.
Library, Delhi
7.53 The Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre, maintains an academic
library which aims to be a leading library in the fields of Mathematics,
Statistics, Economics, Operations Research and Statistical Quality Control.
The library caters mainly to the needs of bonafide students, scholars and
staff of the Institute. However, it is also open for reference to academic and
research users of other educational and scientific institutions of the city and
its neighboring regions. It is one of the most modern libraries with an
extensive collection of books, journals, CDs, reports, govt. publications and
other documents in print and electronic formats. Some of the main activities
of the library during the period under review are as under:
Collection of Books, Journals, Online Resources- Consortia Participation, CDROMs, Exchange Programme, Services for Circulation Services, Reprographic
Services, Electronic Document Delivery Services, Current Awareness Service,
Library Web-OPAC (Books), Libsys OPAC, Web based Library Services.
Library, Bengaluru
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7.54 Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru Centre has a library which is

steadily growing into a modern high-tech library aiming to provide State of
the art library service to its clientele. Continuous Improvement is the
Quality motto or our library service. The library has distinguished collection
in the field of Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Statistical Quality Control
and Library and Information Science. The library caters to the information
needs of Faculty members, students, research scholars and visiting
Scientists. Library also caters to the walk-in users from the other research
institutes and Universities. The library provides the following services:
Circulation Services, Inter Library Loan Services, Reprographic Service and
Web Based Library Services.
Library, Chennai
7.55 With the start of a full-fledged academic programme in 2011, Indian

Statistical Institute Chennai Centre (ISIC) also started building up an
academic library extending the already existing library of the SQC & OR unit
at ISIC. The library, which aims to be a leading library in the fields of
Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quality Control and Operation
Research, started functioning in 2011. The library caters mainly to the needs
of students, scholars and faculty members of the Institute. The library
provides the following services:
Collection Development, Technical Processing, Circulation Service, InterLibrary Loan Service, Web based Library Services.
Library, Tezpur
7.56 Indian Statistical Institute, North-East Centre maintains an academic
library, which aims to be leading library in fields of Mathematics, Statistics,
Economics, and Econometrics. An automated library, having an excellent
collection of books, journals, CDs, reports, Govt. publications and other
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documents in print and electronic formats. The library caters, mainly to the
needs of bonafied students, scholars and staff of the institute. In order to
meet the collection development needs, books were displayed on approval
basis at regular intervals in the Library for procurement, from various
publishers .The Library purchased certain books during this period of report.
The library provides the following services:
Collection Development, Circulation Services, Inter-Library Loan Service,
Web based Library Services.
Centre For Soft Computing Research: A National Facility
7.57 Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Video

Analysis, Evolutionary Algorithms, Granular Computing , Swarm Intelligence,
Web Intelligence, Fuzzy Sets, Rough Sets and Logic, Computational Theory of
Perception and f-granulation, Social Network Analysis, Bioinformatics,
Cognitive Vision, Computing with words.
Computer and Statistical Services Centre (CSSC)
7.58 CSSC manages the central computing facilities of ISI, Kolkata. It serves
approximately 700 users. Software packages available at the centre are
MATLAB, R and Arc GIS. CSSC manages campus-wide network, Video
Conferencing
(VC),
IP
Telephones,
Wireless
system
with
central
authentications and internet facilities using the leased line connections from
NKN and Tata Communications with internet security at ISI, Kolkata. The
centre also manages the North-Eastern Centre, Tezpur, Assam of ISI Network
including wireless, VC and IP telephones which are connected by Point-toPoint (P2P) mode. Two new connections (P2P) have been installed among
CSSC, ISI Kolkata, ISI Delhi and ISI Chennai. These are being used for VC, IP
telephones and internet connectivity. The centre has also installed and
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configured VPN connectivity with ISI Bengaluru Centre for using VC and IP
telephones.
Externally Funded Project
7.59 Apart from theoretical and experimental plan research, the Institute
also undertook a variety of about one hundred fifteen externally funded
projects from different Government and non-Government organizations like
DST, CSIR, DIT of Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forest, govt. of
India, National Academy of Sciences India, South Asia Network of Economic
Research Institute (SENEI), Warwick University, IISCO, SAIL, Planning
Commission, Government of India, European Commission, DST & University
of Trento(Italy), De Beers Group, DST-JSPS, Dept. of Micro & Small Scale
Enterprise, Govt of WB, Govt. of Tripura, Govt of Jharkhand, DFCI&S of Govt.
of India & Govt. of WB, NHF, Netherland, DST-CONACYT, US Army, SNLTR,
IFCPAR, Techmahindra, IBM India University, IBM of New York, Qualcomm,
Quistex Legal Services Pvt. Ltd., ITC Ltd with PSPD, Birla Tyres Ltd.,
Wockhardt
Research
Centre,
Coromandel
International Ltd.,
Defence
Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) of Pune, FatSet India Pvt. Ltd., Tata
Steel, TCS, ITC(Triveni), NRHM(WB), Price Waterhouse Coopers, University of
Groningen of Netherland, Ninestars Information Technology, Sundaram BNP
Paribar Fund Services Ltd, DBT, DAE, NOPOOR Grant, NOPOOR Grant with
IGC, ARAI-FID-Chakan, Technova Imaging Systems Ltd,, Maersk, Genpact,
Premium Transmission Ltd., BEL of Bengaluru, ITC of HyderabadNBHM, DSTSERB, ICAR of Govt of India and World Bank, ICAR, Govt. of India, Dept. of
Biotechnology of Govt. of India, NFBSRA with ICAR Govt. of India, DST of
Govt. of WB, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. of Govt. of India,
TESCO, Bharat Electronics, HMA, ITC-Bollaram with ITC-Kovai, Infosys,
Hewlell Packard, Centum Rakon, HAL Engine,Division, Madura Clothing,
Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, AVTEC, L M Wind Power, Bicon Ltd, NADP of Nagpur,
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TVS Motors, DST-CII, Texas Instruments India, Shiva Texyarn Ltd of

Karanampettai, SRC Projects of Palladam, Bannari Amman Spinning Miss
Ltd, of Dindigul, TVS Brakes India Ltd. of Padi, Chennai.
Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Symposiums
7.60 During the year, the Institute organized several seminars, workshops,
conferences,
symposiums
with
the
participation
of
leading
academicians/scientist from India and abroad. A few of them are highlighted

below:
Tutorial on Symmetric Key Ciphers, organised by Computer Science

Unit, Chennai, during April 6 7, 2013.
Training Programme on Statistical Process Control and Design of

Experiments organised by SQC & OR Unit, Hyderabad, during May 20
23, 2013.
Training Programme on Statistical Techniques for Data Mining &

Business Analytics, organised by SQC & OR Unit, Mumbai, during June
5-7, 2013.
Seminar on Need for Statistical Knowledge for Physicians, organised

by SQC & OR Unit, Coimbatore, on June 29, 2013.
5-day Translators Orientation Programme on National Translation

Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of
India, organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Kolkata, during July 1 - 5,
2013.
International Workshop on Official Dataorganised by Sampling and

Official Statistics Unit, Kolkata, held on July 11, 2013.
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Dr. Pronab Sen, Former Chief Statistician of India delivering lecture at International
Workshop on Official Data jointly organised by Sampling and Official Statistics Unit,
ISI and Central Statistics Office, Govt. of India on 11th July 2013.
Seminar on Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance,

organised by Economic Research Unit, Kolkata, held on August 8, 2013.
Seminar on Business Analytic organised by SQC & OR, Pune, on

August 24, 2013.
Seminar
on
Female
Labour
Market
Outcomes
and
Adverse
Incorporation: A Case of Feminisation of Labour by Shalina Mathew,

organised by Economic Analysis Unit, Bengaluru, held on August 27,
2013.
Training Programme on Statistical Techniques for Data Mining &

Business Analytics. (DMBA-12) organised by SQC & OR Unit,
Bengaluru, during August 29 31, 2013.
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Seminar on Exact result in two dimensional hydrodynamics with

gauge and gravitational anomalies, organised by Physics & Applied
Mathematics Unit, Kolkata, held on September 6, 2013.
Seminar on Balanced Scorecard Concept for Increasing Internal

Efficiency of an Organization, organised by SQC & OR Unit, Kolkata,
held on September 13, 2013.
National Conference on Brain and Consciousness (NCBC-2013),

organised by Electronics and Communication Science Unit, Kolkata,
during September 20-21, 2013.
Workshop on Modern Trends in Soft Computing and Security Issues,

organised by Centre for Soft Computing Research, Kolkata, during
September 23-28, 2013.
Seminar on Structural Equation Modeling, organised by Psychology

Research Unit, Kolkata, held on September 27, 2013.
International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data (OSOD-2013),

organised by Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bengaluru,
held on October 7, 2013.
Programme on Six Sigma Black Belt 3rd Module, organised by SQC &
OR Unit, New Delhi, during October 28 31, 2013.
Seminar on Estimating the Burden of Disease, organised by

Population Studies Unit, Kolkata, held on November 07, 2013.
Workshop on "Image Pattern Analysis and Applications", organised by

Systems Science and Informatics Unit, Bengaluru, during November
09-10, 2013.
International Conference on Knowledge Modelling and Knowledge

Management organised by Documentation Research and Training
Centre, Bengaluru, during November 20-21, 2013.
National Conference on "Recent Trends in Research on Biological

Anthropology in the Eastern and North-Eastern India organised by
Biological Anthropology Unit, Kolkata, during November 21-23, 2013.
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Workshop on Human Genetics: Techniques and Statistical Analyses,

organised by Human Genetics Unit, Kolkata, during November 25-28,
2013.
North-East
Training
Programme
on
Statistical
Data
Analysis,
organised by Applied Statistics Unit, Kolkata, during November 25-29,

2013.
Training Programme on North East Training Programme on Statistical

Data Analysis organised by Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research
Unit, Kolkata, during November 26- 30, 2013.
Training Programme on Composition Operators, organised by StatMath Unit, Chennai, during November 26 December 13, 2013.
Workshop on NAIP-World Bank ICAR-ISI Preparatory Cross Learning

Evaluation organised by Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit,
Kolkata, during December 3-4, 2013.
Fifth International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine

Intelligence, organised by Machine Intelligence Unit, Kolkata, during
December 10 - 14, 2013.
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Prof. Bimal K. Roy, Director of the Indian Statistical Institute delivering speech at
Fifth International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence
(PReMI13) organised by Machine Intelligence Unit of the Institute at Kolkata on 10th
December 2013.
Ninth International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS

2013), organised by Electronics and Communication Science Unit,
Kolkata, during December 16-20, 2013.
9th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development,

organised by Economics and Planning Unit, Delhi, during December 19
21, 2013.
International Conference on Comparative Education Society, 2013

organised by Sampling and Official Statistics Unit, Kolkata, during
December 28 -30, 2013.
Symposium on Statistical Science, organised by Applied Statistics

Unit, Chennai, during February 6 7, 2014.
Workshop on Stream Ciphers, their Properties and Cryptanalytic

Attacks, organised by Stat-Math Unit, Delhi, in March 2014.
Workshop on Nano-Bio chips, organised by Advanced Computing &
Microelectronics Unit, during March 13 15, 2014.

Publication
7.61 The internationally renowned journal Sankhya, an official organ of the
Indian Statistical Institute, started its journey under the editorship of
Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in 1932. It is devoted to original research articles
in Probability, Mathematical Statistics and Applied Statistics.
Reviews and
discussion articles on current research activity in the above areas are also
published. Many seminal articles in the above areas have appeared in
Sankhya. Sankhya receives articles from all over the world and publishes
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only those which pass the rigorous peer review process. The Editorial Board
of Sankhya includes internationally reputed scholars in relevant area from all
over the world. The journal is published in two separate series Series A and
Series B. Series A with two issues per year, one in February and the other in
August, covers Probability and Theoretical Statistics, while Series B with two
issues per year, one in May and the other in November, covers Applied and
Interdisciplinary Statistics. In the beginning of 2010, Springer has entered
into a co-publishing agreement with the Institute and has exclusive rights for
the international distribution of the journal. The editorial system is now
completely electronic. i.e. the entire process starting from submission of
articles to editorial processing ending in final editorial decision for articles is
now done online.
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Scientific Papers and Publication

7.62 During the year, about four hundred sixty two scientific papers were
published for publication in different journals of national and international
importance.
Scientific Assignments Abroad
7.63 One hundred seventeen Scientists of the Institute visited a number of
foreign countries either on invitation or under cultural exchange programme
to attend international seminars and conferences. Most of them presented
scientific papers and delivered lectures in those seminars and conferences.
Countries visited by ISI faculty members are Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherland, Norway, Philippines,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, UK, USA.
Visiting Scientists
7.64 One hundred forty nine Scientists from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Mongolia, New
Zealand, Norway, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, South
Korea, Spain, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, USA and also from India visited the
Institute to attend various Workshops, Conferences, Seminars etc. and also
to participate in collaborative research, teaching and other scientific
activities of the Institute.
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Prof. Bimal K. Roy, Director of the Indian Statistical Institute being introduced to
Japan Emperor Akihito and his wife in the presence of Honble President of India, Shri
Pranab Mukherjee, at Rastrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 2nd December 2013.
Recognition to ISI Scientists

7.65 In appreciation and recognition to the high standard of research and
scientific excellence maintained by the researchers of the Institute, several
faculty members received laurels in the forms of Awards, Fellowship from
organizations of national and international importance like INAE, IEEE etc.
Several faculty members served as visiting scientist, honorary professor,
visiting professors in various universities in US and Europe, Indian Council of
Social Sciences Research (ICSSR), United Nations (Economic and Social
Council) etc. Besides, many faculty members were invited by national and
international Institutes/bodies to act as chairman, members, chief editor,
editor in their several committees/editorial boards etc. Among those, some of
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the most notable recognitions earned by the faculty members are indicated
below: Niladri Sekhar Dash selected as Programme Committee Member of Asian
Language Resource (ALR-11), Nagoya, Japan for October 14-19, 2013.
Sankar K. Pal awarded Padma Shri & INAE Chair Professorship by Govt. of
India & INAE, for distinguished service in the field of Science and
Engineering.
V.K. Ramachandran awarded National Fellowship by Indian Council of
Social Sciences Research (ICSSR).
Madhura Swaminathan selected as Member of Committee on Development
Policy of the United Nations (Economic and Social Council).
Satya Ranjan Chakravarty selected as Consultant by Asian Development
Bank for Policy Works.
Pulakesh Maiti awarded The Leading Scientists of the World- 2013 by
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England for Contribution in
the field of Statistics.
S. Deb Patranabis elected Member, Editorial Board of Geological Journal,
Wiley-Blackwell Group, UK.
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay selected as Senior Associate of ICTP, Italy for
Contributions in Bioinformatics.
B.S.D. Sagar selected Member of Panel to Review IEEE Senior Member
applications, Bengaluru, India on 30th March 2013 and Founding Chairman
of IEEE Bengaluru Section Chapter of the Geosciences and Remote Sensing
Society, in 2013.
Sudheesh K. Kattumannil received Indo-US Research Fellowship-2013,
constituted
jointly
by
Science
and
Engineering
Research
Board,
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Indo-US Science

& Technology Forum.
S. Ponnusamy has been appointed as a Guest-Professor of Hengyang
Normal University, China.
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Chetan
Ghate
appointed
as
Member
of
Expert
Committee
on
Strengthening Monetary Transmission in India and also the TAC (Technical

Advisory Committee) for Monetary Policy, Reserve Bank of India.
Prabal Ray Chaudhary appointed as External member of Board of Studies,
University of Hyderabad.
U.H. Acharya nominated as member for Rajiv Gandhi National Quality
Award assessments, Southern Region, for the year 2013.
Bhargab
B.
Bhattacharya
selected
The
High-End
Foreign
Expert
Programme of P.R. China for Research and Development by Tsinghua

University, Beijing.
Ansuman Banerjee nominated for IBM University Relations Research Grant
for Research in the Area of Cloud Computing by IBM University Relations.
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CHAPTER VIII
TWENTY POINT PROGRAMME
8.1
The Twenty Point Programme (TPP) initiated in the year 1975 was
restructured in the years 1982, 1986 and 2006. The thrust of the
Programme, restructured in 2006 is to eradicate poverty and improve the
quality of life of the poor and the under-privileged people all over the
country. The Programme covers various socio-economic aspects like poverty,
employment, education, housing, agriculture, drinking water, afforestation
and environment protection, energy to rural areas, welfare of weaker
sections of the society, etc. The restructured Programme is called Twenty
Point Programme (TPP) 2006 and its monitoring mechanism became
operational with effect from 1st April 2007.
8.2
The Twenty Point Programme (TPP) 2006 originally contained 20
Points and 66 items monitored individually by different Central Nodal

Ministries concerned. Out of these 66 items, 25 were for monthly monitoring,
while the rest were to be monitored on annual basis by this Ministry. The
monthly information in respect of 21 items was collected from various
States/UTs and for the remaining four, the information was collected from
the concerned Central Nodal Ministries. The monitoring mechanism for TPP2006 has now been widened by including Block level monitoring in addition
to the existing Central, State and District level monitoring.
8.3
TPP-2006 has now completed seven years of its operationalization. One
of the 66 items viz. Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY) has since
been subsumed into another item namely National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act with effect from 1st April 2008 and has been renamed as
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with effect from
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31st December 2009.
Out of the remaining 65 items, 20 items are now
being monitored on monthly basis. The monthly information in respect of 16

items is collected from various States/UTs and for the remaining 4, the
information is collected from concerned Central Nodal Ministries.
Monitoring Mechanism
8.4
The primary responsibility of implementation and monitoring of the
programme lies with the agencies entrusted with the execution of the
programme,
which
in
this
case
are
the
State
Governments/UT
Administrations and the Central Nodal Ministries. The Ministry of Statistics

and Programme Implementation monitors the programmes/schemes covered
under TPP-2006 on the basis of performance report received from State/UT
Governments and Central Nodal Ministries. Ministry has developed a web
based Management Information System to expeditiously collect information
from the State Governments and the Central Nodal Ministries. The senior
officers of the Ministry also undertake state visits to discuss matters relating
to implementation and monitoring of TPP with state officials.
Monitoring Committees
8.5
Monitoring
Committees
at
State,
District
and
Block
Level,
for
monitoring the progress of implementation of all schemes/items covered

under the Twenty Point Programme - 2006, have been constituted by most of
the States / UTs as per the provisions of TPP-2006 Guidelines.
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Interactive Meetings with State Governments on Implementation of TPP 2006

8.6
Officers of the Ministry hold interactive discussions with the officers of
the
State
Governments/UT
Administrations
on
implementation
of
schemes/items covered under the Twenty Point Programme - 2006. Various

issues relating to implementation are discussed with the officers of State
Planning Departments and line Departments concerned. During 2013-14,
State visits and consultations were held with the States of Odisha, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Sikkim and Karnataka.
The Management Information System for TPP - 2006 consists of the following:
8.7.1 Monthly Progress Report (MPR) of TPP with information on 20 items,
prepared by this Ministry, provides information on the Annual Physical
Targets, Cumulative Targets and Achievements upto the period under report.
Coverage is based on the data furnished by the State Governments/UT
Administrations on the performance of 16 items and by the Central Nodal
Ministries in respect of 4 items. A detailed analysis is made in the MPR to
assess the relative performance of monthly monitored items/parameters and
the States/UTs against the set targets. The MPR is sent to Prime Ministers
Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Planning Commission, State/UT Governments and
Nodal Ministries concerned etc. and other different users, for taking
appropriate measures in the areas of concern.
8.7.2 The Annual Review Report on TPP - 2006 covers information on all the
items (except the items which are not yet operational) under the
Programme. The information on these items is provided by the respective
Central Nodal Ministries and State/UT Governments. The Annual Review
Report for 2011-12 has been released and Annual Review Report for 2012-13
is under print.
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Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Twenty Point Programme 2006

8.8 The Ministry is also mandated to undertake Monitoring and Impact
Assessment Studies on selected programmes/schemes covered under TPP2006. The Ministry has so far undertaken two Impact Assessment Studies.
The first study relates to impact of MGNREGA in 3 selected districts of North
Eastern States and the second study was on Rehabilitation of Disabled
Persons under Deendayal Disability Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) in the
States of Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The concerned
Nodal Ministries have been apprised of the findings of these studies in order
to improve the performance of the schemes/programmes undertaken for
study. The Ministry has also undertaken the task of critically examining the
reports of evaluation undertaken by the Central Nodal Ministries of the
schemes implemented by them.
National Review Meeting of Twenty Point Programme-2006
8.9
Ministry of Statistics & PI has been organising National Review
Meetings of TPP 2006 on annual basis as part of its monitoring mechanism

and also to have consultations with States/UTs and Central Nodal Ministries.
First National Review Meeting was held on 28th October 2010. The Ministry
organised the second National Review Meeting of Twenty Point Programme2006 on 11th November 2011 and the third one was held on 27th February
2013. These meetings were held under the Chairmanship of MoS (I/C),
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in New Delhi. Fourth
review meeting was held on 18th March 2014 at New Delhi under the
Chairmanship
of
Secretary,
Ministry
of
Statistics
and
Programme
Implementation. These meetings are organised in order to improve the

implementation of schemes/programmes covered under TPP by State/UT
Governments, specially the schemes/programmes where the performance of
States/UTs has been rather poor.
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8.10 In the last meeting held in March 2014, various issues like, State-wise
performance of Programmes and Schemes covered under Twenty Point
Programme, variation between reported performance figures furnished by
States/UTs and by Central Nodal Ministries, delays in reporting of monthly
performance figures, constitution of TPP Monitoring Committees at State,
District & Block levels and their meetings at regular interval, fixation of
Annual Targets by Central Nodal Ministries/Departments, suggestions for
revamping of TPP-2006 in view of the new initiatives undertaken by the
Government, especially the Bharat Nirman and Flagship programmes etc.
were discussed. The States/UTs and the concerned Nodal Ministries have
been requested to take follow up action on the decisions arrived at in the
meeting.
Performance of monthly monitored items under TPP-2006 during 2012-13 and
April-December 2013.
8.11 Based on the data received from the Central Nodal Ministries and State
Governments / UT Administrations, an analysis of the overall performance of
monthly monitored items for the year 2012-13 and for the period April December 2013 is given in the following paragraphs and also in Annexure V
& VI. During 2012-13, 20 items were monitored on monthly basis, out of
which 15 items consisting of 19 parameters were monitored against targets
fixed by concerned Nodal Ministries. During 2013-14, one item SC families
Assisted has been bifurcated in two parameters viz SC Families assisted
under SCA to SCSP & NSFDC and SC Students assisted under Post-Matric
Scholarship. Hence the total parameters monitored against target have
increased to 20. Monthly targets in respect of items/parameters where the
Nodal Ministries have provided annual/quarterly targets only have been
worked out on pro-rata basis.
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8.12
The analysis for the year 2012-13 as shown in Annexure-V indicates
that the performance under thirteen (13) parameters of the TPP-2006 has
been Very Good (90% or above the targets). These items/parameters are:
1.
Individual Swarozgaries assisted SGSY
2.
Urban Poor Families assisted under Seven Point Charter
3.
ICDS Blocks Operational (Cum.)
4.
Pump sets energised
5.
Habitations covered (Partially covered & Slipped back)

NRDWP
6.
7.
Seedlings planted (Public and Forest Lands)

SC Families assisted
8.
Anganwadis Functional (Cum.)
9.
Area covered under Plantation (Public and Forest Lands)
10.
Food Security: Targeted Public Distribution System only for

BPL
11.
SHGs Provided Income Generating Activities under SGSY
12.
Food Security:Targeted Public Distribution System only for

AAY
13.
Supply of Electricity
8.13 The performance of three (3) items/parameters viz. (i) Food Security:
Targeted
Public
Distribution
System
for
(APL+BPL+AAY)
(ii)
Houses
constructed under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) and (iii) Road constructed under
Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has been observed to be
Good (80-90% of target).
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8.14 The performance of three items/parameters viz. (i) Houses constructed

EWS/LIG, (ii) Coverage of water quality affected habitations NRDWP and
(iii) Village electrified under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
(RGGVY) has been observed to be Poor (below 80% of target).
8.15
The analysis for the period April-December 2013 shows that the
performance under seventeen items has been Very Good (90% or above the
targets). These items are:
(i)
Individual Swarozgaries assisted under SGSY
(ii)
Urban Poor Families assisted under Seven Point Charter
(iii)
SHGs provided Income Generating Activities under SGSY
(iv)
Pump sets energized
(v)
Seedlings planted (Public and Forest Lands)
(vi)
SC Families assisted under SCA to SCSP & NSFDC
(vii)
Area covered under Plantation (Public & Forest Lands)
(viii) Road constructed under Prime minister Grameen Sadak

Yojana (PMGSY)
(ix)
Houses constructed under EWS/LIG
(x)
Food Security: Targeted Public Distribution System only for

BPL
(xi)
ICDS Blocks operational (Cum.)
(xii)
Houses constructed under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
(xiii) Anganwadis Functional (Cum.)

(xiv) Food Security: Targeted Public Distribution System only for
AAY
(xv)
(xvi) Villages electrified under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran

Yojana
(xvii) Food Security: Targeted Public Distribution System for (APL+
BPL+AAY)
8.16
There is one item in the category of Good (80% to 90% of target).

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(i) Habitations Covered (Partially covered & Slipped back) NRDWP

8.17
The performance of two items has been Poor (below 80% of target).
These items are:
(i)
Coverage of water quality affected habitations NRDWP
(ii) SC students assisted under post matric scholarship.

Achievements of selected Monthly Monitored Items/Parameters
(i)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)
8.18 Providing gainful employment is the most important method of

eradicating
poverty
in
the
country.
Many
employment
generation
programmes are being implemented in the rural areas. The National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), now renamed as Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme came into existence for the
enhancement of livelihood security of the households in the rural areas of
the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage
employment in every financial year to every household whose adult
members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. During 2012-13, 63.28 lakh
job cards were issued, 301.99 crore man-days of employment was generated
and ` 26,371.72 crore were paid as wages under the Scheme. During the
period April December 2013, 24.52 lakh job cards have been issued,
141.41 crore man-days of employment was generated and wages to the tune
of ` 19,255.28 crore have been given.
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(ii)
8.19
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) / NRLM

Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY) / NRLM was launched
in 1999 with the objective of bringing the poor families (Swarozgaries) above
the Poverty Line by providing them with income generating assets through a
mix of bank credit and Government subsidy. The Programme aims at
establishing a large number of micro enterprises in rural areas based on the
ability of the poor and the potential of each area.
The scheme has been
showing impressive result with achievements far exceeding the targets fixed.
During 2012-13, as against the target of assisting 98,101 total individual
swarozgaries, 3,32,196 swarozgaries were assisted which is 339 % of the
target. Similarly for the period April December 2013, as against the target
of assisting 73,536 individual swarozgaries, 2,11,081 swarozgaries have
been assisted which is 287 % of the target.
(iii)
Self Help Groups
8.20 The objective of programmes like SGSY is also to organize the rural poor
into Self Help Groups (SHGs) for capacity building and prevention of
exploitation by intermediaries for running micro enterprises in rural areas
under the cluster approach. Income generating activities are provided to
such
SHGs for upliftment of the poor. During 2012-13, a total of 2,32,445
new SHGs were formed under SGSY. Further, against the target of providing
income generating activities to 1,78,937 SHGs, 1,76,834 SHGs were provided
with income generating activities, which is 99% of the target. During AprilDecember 2013, a total of 1,35,462 new SHGs have been formed. Further,
during the same period, against the target of providing income generating
activities to 1,34,168 SHGs, 2,63,765 SHGs have been provided which is 197
% of the target.
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(iv)
8.21
Distribution of waste land to landless

Agrarian reforms have been a core issue for rural reconstruction as a
means of ensuring social justice to actual tillers and the landless rural poor.
Increasing the access of landless rural poor to land is considered an
important component of the effort aimed at poverty alleviation. The main
objective of land reforms has been the re-ordering of agrarian relations in
order to achieve an egalitarian social structure, elimination of exploitation in
land relations, realizing the age old goal of land to the tiller, enlarging the
land base of the rural poor, increasing agricultural productivity and infusing
an element of equality in local institutions. During the year 2012-13,
3,54,885 hectares of wasteland was developed and distributed among the
landless. During the current financial year (i.e. for the period April
December 2013), 43,266 hectares of wasteland has already been developed
and distributed among the landless.
(v)
8.22
Minimum Wages Enforcement (including Farm Labour)

In a labour surplus economy like India, fixation and enforcement of
minimum wages can save labourers, particularly unorganised rural labourers,

from exploitation. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 empowers both the Central
and the State Governments to fix, review, revise and enforce minimum
wages in scheduled employments falling under their respective jurisdictions.
The establishments violating the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 are prosecuted
with fine or imprisonment or both. Unfortunately, the information on
enforcement of Minimum Wage Act -1948 is neither regular nor complete. As
per partial information received for the year 2012-13, 6,696 inspections were
carried out by the officials of Central and State Governments and 1,335
irregularities were detected out of which 1,363 irregularities were rectified.
Also during the same period, 489 claims were settled and 329 fresh claims
were filed. The number of prosecution cases pending, filed and decided
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during the year 2012-13 were 427, 2 and 8 respectively. During the period
April December 2013, 242 inspections were carried out by the officials of
Central and State Governments, no irregularities were detected.
Food Security
(vi)
Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
8.23 Under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) each poor family
is entitled for essential commodities at subsidised prices. The emphasis is on
inclusion of only the really poor and vulnerable sections of society such as
landless
agricultural
labourers,
marginal
farmers,
artisans/craftsmen
(potters, tappers, weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, etc.) in the rural areas

and slum dwellers and daily wagers in the informal sector (porters, rickshaw
pullers and hand cart pullers, fruit and flower sellers on the pavements, etc.)
in the urban areas.
During the year 2012-13, the target was to allocate
5,04,68,574 tonnes of food grain to States. However, the off-take by States

against this allocation was 4,48,76,123 tonnes of food grain which was 89%
of the allocation. Similarly during April December 2013 as against
allocation of 3,74,35,935 tonnes, actual off-take of food grains by States/UTs
under TPDS has been 3,37,03,168 tonnes which is 90% of the allocated
quantity.
(vii)
Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) for Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(AAY)
8.24
This Scheme aims to make PDS benefits more substantial for the
poorest section of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) population in terms of both
quantity and nutrition. Detailed guidelines have been issued to the
States/UTs for identification of the Antyodaya beneficiary families and
implementation of the scheme. All the States / UTs have implemented AAY.
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The Antyodaya Anna Scheme contemplates identification of one crore

poorest families out of a total of 6.52 crore BPL families covered under TPDS.
These identified families are being provided foodgrains at rates below the
rate charged for the BPL families. During the year 2012-13, the actual offtake of food grains by States/UTs under AAY was 1,00,15,644 tonnes against
the allocated quantity of 1,02,16,596 tonnes, which is 98% of the allocated
quality. During the period, April December 2013, the actual off-take of food
grains by States/UTs under AAY has been 82,30,697 tonnes against the
allocated quantity of 84,39,905 tonnes, which is 98% of the allocated quality.
(viii) Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) for Below Poverty Line (BPL)
population
8.25 This parameter has been included in the monthly monitored parameters
since April 2009. During 2012-13 as against the target allocation of
1,74,61,314 tonnes of food grains for BPL families, the actual off take has
been 1,79,61,651 tonnes which was 103% of the target. During the period
April- December 2013, as against the target of allocation of
1,27,97,021
tonnes of food grains for BPL families the actual off take has been
1,29,16,087 tonnes which is 101% of the target.
(ix)
8.26
Rural Housing-Indira Awaas Yojana

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is a flagship scheme implemented by the
Ministry of Rural Development. The scheme provides houses to the poor in

rural
areas.
The
objective
of
IAY
scheme
is
primarily
to
help
construction/upgradation of dwelling units of members of Scheduled

Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers, minorities in the below
poverty line category and other below poverty line non-SC / ST rural
households by providing them a lump sum financial assistance. IAY, being a
Centrally Sponsored Scheme, is funded on cost-sharing basis between the
Government of India and the State Governments in the ratio of 75:25.
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However, in case of North-Eastern States and Sikkim, funding is shared

between Government of India and these States in the ratio of 90:10 and in
case of Union Territories, the entire funds under this scheme are provided by
the Government of India. The allocation of funds under the Indira Awaas
Yojana to the States/UTs is made on the basis of the poverty ratio, as
approved by the Planning Commission, and rural housing shortage, as
estimated in the Census. Under the scheme, 26,57,682 houses were
constructed during 2012-13 as against the target of construction of
30,09,700 houses which is 88% of the target. During the period, April
December 2013 as against the target of construction of 12,44,339 houses,
12,28,624 houses have been constructed which is 99% of the target.
(x)
EWS/LIG Houses in urban Areas
8.27 The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MH&UPA),

Government of India has designed an interest subsidy scheme as an
additional instrument for addressing the housing needs of the Economically
Weaker Section / Low Income Group segments in urban areas. The Scheme
envisages the provision of interest subsidy to EWS and LIG segments to
enable them to buy or construct houses. The Scheme will provide home loan
with Central Government subsidy to EWS/LIG persons for acquisition of house
as also for construction of house to such beneficiary, who does not own a
house in his/her name or in the name of his/her spouse or any dependent
child. Such beneficiaries who own land in any urban area but do not have
any pucca house in their name or in the name of their spouse or any
dependent child will also be covered under the Scheme.
8.28
As against the target of construction of 2,00,000 EWS/LIG houses
during 2012-13, 1,48,199 houses were constructed and the achievement was
74%. During the period April December 2013, as against the estimated pro-
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rata target of construction of 74,992 EWS/LIG houses, 77,581 houses have

been constructed which is 103% of the target.
(xi)
8.29
National Rural Drinking Water Programme
A separate Ministry namely M/o Drinking Water & Sanitation has
been created in July 2011. The existing scheme of Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme (ARWSP)
has also been changed as National Rural
Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and on the advice of the Ministry, the
monitoring parameters under TPP-2006 have also been changed to
Habitations covered (Partially covered & Slipped back) and Coverage of
water quality affected habitations with effect from April 2011. During 201213 as against the target to cover 75,000 habitations (PC and Slipped back),
1,12,849 habitations have been covered under the programme. This is 150
% of the target. Also, during this period as against the target to cover 25,000
habitations with water quality problems, 17,794 habitations have been
addressed which is only 71 % of the target. During the period April
December 2013 as against the target to cover 69,878 habitations (Partially
Covered and Slipped back), 56,234 habitations have been covered under the
programme. This is 81% of the target. Also, during this period as against the
target to cover 15,219 habitations with water quality problems, 7,196
habitations have been addressed which is only 47% of the target.
(xii)
Sanitation Programme in Rural Areas
8.30 Rural Sanitation is a State subject. The efforts of the States are
supplemented by the Central Government through technical and financial
assistance under the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP). The
Programme was launched in the year 1986 with the objective of improving
the quality of life of the rural people and providing privacy and dignity to
women. The components of the Programme include construction of individual
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sanitary toilets for households below the poverty-line (BPL), conversion of

dry latrines to flush toilets, construction of village sanitary complexes for
women, setting up of sanitary marts and production centres, intensive
campaign for creating awareness, health education, etc. School Sanitation
has been introduced as a major component to encourage wider acceptance
of sanitation among the rural masses. During the year 2012-13, 45.59 lakh
individual household latrines were constructed. During the period April
December 2013, 36.58 lakh individual household latrines have been
constructed.
(xiii) Institutional Delivery
8.31
The Honble Prime Minister launched Janani Suraksha Yojana under
the National Rural Health Mission on 12th April 2005. The scheme has dual
objectives
of
reducing
maternal
and
infant
mortality
by
promoting
institutional delivery among poor women. Cash benefits are provided to the
beneficiaries belonging to below poverty line (BPL) families and also to the
village link worker/ASHA for coming to the specialised institution for delivery
and for cost of transportation, etc. Benefits are graded in nature and vary
from high performing to low performing States and also from rural to urban
areas. The scheme is 100% centrally sponsored. It is funded through the RCH
flexi pool mechanism. Monitoring parameter under this scheme is number of
deliveries that took place in specialised institutions. During the year 2012-13,
there were 17,286 thousand deliveries conducted in institutions all over the
country. During the period April December 2013, 12,461 thousand
deliveries have taken place in institutions.
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(xiv) Scheduled Caste Families Assisted

8.32
The SC (Scheduled Caste) population, according to 2001 Census,
accounts for 16% of the countrys total population. The strategy evolved for
their
upliftment includes: (i) special component plan of the States and
central ministries, (ii) special central assistance, and (iii) assistance through
the Scheduled Castes Corporations in the States. During the year 2012-13,
as against the target of assisting 6,597 thousand SC families, 7,705
thousand SC families were assisted which is 117% of the target.
8.33 From the current year (2013-14), the item Scheduled Caste Families
Assisted is monitored under two parameters, namely (i) SC Families
assisted under SCA to SCSP & NSFDC and (ii) SC Students assisted under
Post-Matric Scholarship. During the period April December 2013, 1009
thousand SC Families were assisted under SCA to SCSP & NSFDC as against
the target of 674 thousand which is 150 % of the target and 1,510 thousand
SC Students were assisted under Post-Matric Scholarshipas against the
target of 3,851 thousand which is 39 % of the target.
(xv)
Universalization of ICDS Scheme
8.34
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was conceived as the
most viable vehicle for achieving holistic development with a focus on

mother and child. The intended development of women and children, as a
national priority, is being guided and pursued through the National Policy for
Children - 1974 and the National Plan of Action for Children. The target
population includes pregnant women, nursing mothers, children upto 6 years
of age and adolescent girls. Supplementary Nutrition, Pre-school Education,
Immunization, Health Check-up, Referral Services and Nutrition and Health
Education are the main intervention packages offered under the scheme. In
addition, the scheme envisages effective convergence of inter-sectoral
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services in the Anganwadi centres. The beneficiaries under ICDS scheme are
drawn from the poorest families. During the year 2012-13, as against the
target of making 7018 ICDS Blocks (cumulative) operational, 11,355 Block
(cumulative) were made operational which is 162 % of the target. During the
period April December 2013 as against the target of making 7,045 ICDS
Blocks (cumulative) operational, 6,967 Block (cumulative) have been made
operational which is 99% of the target.
(xvi) Functional Anganwadis
8.35 Under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), the Anganwadi is
the primary unit which extends services such as supplementary feeding to
bridge the calorie gap between the nationally recommended standards and
average intake of children and women. In order to promote improved
behavioural actions for the care of pregnant women and young children, the
Anganwadi also provides an important contact opportunity with pregnant
women and mothers of infants, who are 4 to 6 months of age. Throughout
the country, the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers have been utilized for
various programmes/ schemes related to health and family welfare. The
target for the year 2012-13 was to make 13,44,498 Anganwadis (cumulative)
functional and the achievement against it was 15,35,206 which is 114 % of
the target. The target for April December 2013 was to make 13,52,078
Anganwadis (cumulative) functional against which achievement has been
13,28,260 which is 98% of the target.
(xvii) Urban poor families assisted under seven point charter viz. land tenure,
housing at affordable cost, water, sanitation, health, education and social
security
8.36 Urban slums, particularly in the big cities of our country, are the picture
of human misery and degradation. Urbanization is an inevitable phenomenon
of modernization and economic development. Slums grow as a result of
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structural inequities in the development of the urban sector. Due to the high
price of land and housing and low purchasing power, the urban poor are
forced to join the existing slums for cheap shelter or to occupy any vacant
land/areas wherever available in the city. With a view to paying particular
attention to the needs of slum dwellers, urban poor families are assisted
under the seven point charter viz. (i) land tenure, (ii) housing at affordable
cost, (iii) water, (iv) sanitation, (v) health, (vi) education and (vii) social
security. For the year 2012-13, the target was to assist 3,00,000 poor
families and against this, 10,16,417 families were assisted, which is 339% of
the target. For the period April December 2013, the target was to assist
1,12,470 poor families and against this, 2,71,171 families have been
assisted, which is 241% of the target.
(xviii) Afforestation:
(i) Area covered under plantation (Public & Forest Land)
(ii) Seedlings Planted (Public & Forest Land)
8.37
This programme has been conceived to increase the green cover of
the country. Under this programme, two major items are being monitored on
monthly basis i.e. (i) area covered under plantations in respect of public
lands including forest lands and (ii) seedlings planted on public and forest
lands. During the year 2012-13, as against the target to cover 1,542
thousand hectares of public and forest land under plantations, 1,629
thousand hectares of land was covered, showing 106% of achievement.
Similarly, the target for seedling plantation during the year was to plant
9,929 lakh seedlings on public and forest land and against it the planting of
13,035 lakh seedlings was achieved, which is 131% of the target. During the
period April December 2013 as against the target to cover 1,112 thousand
hectares of public and forest land under plantations, 1,420 thousand
hectares of land has been covered making it 128% of the target. Similarly,
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the target for seedling plantation during the period was to plant 7,226 lakh
seedlings on public and forest land. The achievement of planting of 10,959
lakh seedlings has been made, which is 152% of the target.
(xix) Rural Roads Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)
8.38
The President of India, in his address to Parliament on 25th February
2005, announced a major plan for rebuilding rural India called Bharat
Nirman. The Government has identified Rural Roads as one of the six
components of Bharat Nirman and has set a goal to provide connectivity to
all villages with a population of 1000 (500 in the case of hilly or tribal areas)
with an all weather road by 2009 through the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY). Grameen Sadak (Rural Roads) has been added to give
highest priority to the development and expansion of Rural Roads as through
connectivity, the fruits of development can reach the rural areas. The target
for the year 2012-13 was for construction of 30,000 Km of road in rural areas
whereas the achievement was 24,487 Km of road constructed, which is 82%
of the target. The target for the period April December 2013 was
construction of 14,435 Km of road in rural areas and the achievement
against it has been of 15,362 Km of road constructed, which is 106% of the
target.
(xx)
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
8.39
This
scheme
of
Rural
Electricity
Infrastructure
and
Household
Electrification has been introduced in April 2005 for achieving the National
Common Minimum Programme objectives of providing access to electricity to
all Rural Household in a period of four years. The Rural Electricity
Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for implementing
the programme.
The target for the year 2012-13 was electrification of 14,241 villages and
against it, 8,825 villages were electrified, which is 62% of the target. The
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target for the period April December 2013 was electrification of 2,300
villages and the achievement of electrification of 2,128 villages has been
made, which is 93% of the target.
(xxi) Energization of Pump Sets
8.40
Electric power in rural areas is not only required for domestic and
agricultural purposes, but also for irrigation. Pumpsets are energized to

provide irrigation facilities for agriculture. During the year 2012-13, 5,29,058
pump sets were energized against the target of energization of 3,36,948
pump sets which is 157% of the target. During the period April December
2013, 4,30,889 pump sets have been energized against the target of
energization of 2,48,012 pumpsets which is 174% of the target.
(xxii) Supply of Electricity
8.41 Government has notified the National Electricity Policy, which inter-alia
aims at accelerated development of the power sector, providing supply of
electricity to all areas and protecting interests of consumers and other
stakeholders. The salient features of the policy are access to electricity and
availability of power. During the year 2012-13, as against demand of
9,81,093 million units (MUs) of electricity, 8,94,911 MUs of electricity could
be supplied which is 91% of the demand. During the period April December
2013, as against the demand of 7,41,139 million units (MUs) of electricity,
7,07,548 MUs of electricity could be supplied which is 95% of the power
demand.
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CHAPTER IX
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECTS MONITORING
Infrastructure Monitoring
9.1
The monitoring of important infrastructure sectors in the country is
designed to provide an overview of the performance and highlighting

slippages, if any, before the decision making authorities.
This Ministry
monitors the performance of the countrys eleven key infrastructure sectors,

viz., Power, Coal, Steel, Railways, Telecommunications, Ports, Fertilizers,
Cement, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Roads, and Civil Aviation.
The
performance of these sectors is analyzed with reference to the pre-set

targets for the month and for the cumulative period and the achievements
during the corresponding month and cumulative period of the last year.
9.2
Infrastructure performance is regularly reported through the following
monthly reports:
(i)
Review Report on Infrastructure Performance.
(ii)
Capsule Report on Infrastructure Performance
Overall Performance of Infrastructure Sectors

9.3
The production performance of the infrastructure sectors during the
year 2012-13 and 2013-14 (April- March) is at Annexure - VII.

Infrastructure Performance during 2013-14 (April-March)
9.4
The overall infrastructure performance during 2013-14 (April - March)
has shown mixed trend of the growth. All sectors except crude oil, natural
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gas, up-gradation of highways by NHAI & State PWD & Border Road
Organization (BRO) and import cargo handled at the airports recorded a
positive growth over the performance for the corresponding period of the
previous year. The growth rate in respect of power generation, production of
fertilizers, cargo handled at major ports, export cargo handled at airports
and passengers handled at both terminals (International & Domestic) of the
airports was higher than the growth achieved during the corresponding
period of the last year (April 2012March 2013). However, as compared to
the targets set for this period, most of the sectors except up-gradation of
highways by State PWD & Border Road Organization (BRO) export cargo
handled at airports and passengers handled at both terminals (International
& Domestic) of the airports have lagged behind their targets for the period.
The trend in the overall infrastructure performance during 2013-14 (AprilMarch) as compared to the target set for the period and the performance for
the year 2012-13 is at Annex.VI. Sector-wise details are given in the
following paragraphs.
Power
9.5
scenario during past five years has
Annual Trend in Power generation

1100
shown
1000
Billion Units
The overall power generation

continuous
growth
as
indicated in the adjoining graph.
900
800
During
700
2012-13
the
power
generation at 912.06 Billion Units
600
500
(BU) recorded a growth of 4.01%
400
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
over the power generation during
the year 2011-12. The growth of 4.01% was lower than the 8.11% growth
achieved during the previous year (2011-12). The All India Plant Load Factor
(PLF) of the Thermal Power Stations (TPS) during 2012-13 was 70.13%, which
was lower than the PLF of 73.47% achieved during 2011-12.
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9.6
During 2013-14 (April-March), the power generation in the country at
967.15 Billion Units (BU) was 0.81%

lower than the target of 975.00 BU for
Power Generation 2012-13 and 2013-14

( April- March )
1000
6.04% over the power generation
800
during the previous year 2012-13. The

adjoining chart shows the position of
power generation vis-a-vis target and
the achievement of the previous year.
Billion Units
the year and it recorded a growth of
600
400
200
0
The Thermal generation at 792.48 BU
2012-13 Actual
2013-14 Target
2013-14 Actual
recorded a growth of 4.18%, but it was 2.49% lower than the target of
812.74 BU for the year. The PLF was 65.55% compared to 70.13% achieved
during the last year. So far as sector-wise thermal power generation is
concerned, the central and state sector was lower than the targets during
the last year, but private sector was higher than the target.
The Hydro
power generation at 134.85 BU was higher than the target as well as the
generation during the previous year by 10.29% and 18.58% respectively.
The Nuclear power generation at 34.23 BU was 2.76% lower than the target
set for the year but it was 4.14% higher than the generation during the
previous year.
Coal
9.7
The coal production during 2012-13 at 556.40 Million Tonnes (MT) was
3.44% higher than the production
Annual trend in Coal production
of 532.75 MT during 2011-12. The
Million Tonnes
600
trend of coal production during

500
past five years is brought out in

the adjoining graph.
400
9.8
300
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
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The overall coal production
during 2013-14 (April-March) at
565.64 MT was 6.44% lower than the target for the period, but it recorded a
growth of 1.66% over the production of 556.40 MT during the last year. The
production of coking coal at 50.19 MT registered a growth of 14.97% but the
production of washed coal at 2.43 MT was 10.32% lower than the production
during the previous year (2012-13).
The overall coal dispatches during
2013-14 (April-March) at 571.00 MT was 7.00% lower than the target of

613.97 MT for the period but it was also slightly higher (0.68%) than the
dispatches during the previous year.
Steel
9.9
The overall production of finished steel during the year 2012-2013 was
89.62 MT, which recorded a growth of
Annual trend in Production of finished

Steel
during
the
year
2011-12.
The
production of finished steel during past

five
years
indicated
the
trend
as
brought out in the adjoining graph.
Million Tonnes
6.18% over the production of 84.41 MT
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
9.10 During 2013-14 (April-March), the

production of finished steel at 92.97 MT recorded a growth of 3.74% over the
production of 89.62 MT during the last year. The capacity utilization of main
producers (SAIL+VSP+Tata Steel) during the period was 103.30%, which was
higher than the capacity utilization of 96.80% during the previous year.
Cement
9.11
production
of
cement
during
2012-13 at 251.95 million tonnes (MT) was
Annual trend in Cement production

300
Million Tonnes
The
9.31% higher than the production of 230.49
260
MT during the previous year.
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The growth
rate has increased compared to 6.37% during
180
2011-12. The trend in cement production
140
100
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
161
during past few years is indicated in the side chart.

9.12 The production of cement during 2013-14 (April-March) at 256.04 MT
was 1.63% higher than the production of 251.95 MT for the last year.
Fertilizers
9.13
The
fertilizers
overall
(Nitrogen
production
and
of
Phosphate)
Annual trend in Fertilizers production

18
lower than the production of 16.36 MT

during the year 2011-12. During the
year, the overall capacity utilization
(Nitrogen + Phosphate) was 99.10%,
which was higher than the achievement
Million Tonnes
during 2012-13 at 15.73 MT was 3.83%
16
14
12
10
2009-10
of
94.40%
during
2011-12.
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
The
production trend during the past five years is given in the side chart.
9.14
During 2013-14 (April-March), the production of fertilizers at 16.09 MT
(Million Tonnes)
Fertilizer Production during 2012-13 and

2013-14 (April - March)
20
was 10.47% lower than the target for

the year but it was 2.27% higher
15
than the production during the last
10
year. The overall capacity utilization
was 101.30% compared to the target
0
Nitrogen
2012-13 Actual
Phosphate
2013-14 Target
Total
2013-14 Actual
of 113.10% and the achievement of

99.10% during the previous year.
The production of nitrogen fertilizers at 12.38 MT was 5.98% lower than the
target but it was 1.50% higher than the production during the previous year.
The production of phosphate fertilizers at 3.71 MT was 22.75% lower than
the target for the period but 4.89% higher than production during the last
year.
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9.15.1 Crude Oil: The production of

Crude Oil during 2012-13 at 37.86 MT
Trend in Petroleum Production

250
was lower than the target of 40.05 MT

during the year 2011-12 by 5.45% and
0.60% respectively. The trend in crude
200
Million Tonnes
as well as the production of 38.09 MT
150
100
50
0
2009-10
oil production during last five years is

indicated in the side chart.
2010-11
2011-12
Crude Oil Prod.
2012-13
2013-14
Refinery Prod.
9.15.2 The production of Crude Oil during 2013-14 (April-March) at 37.78 MT

was lower than the target of 39.40 MT for the period and the production of
37.86 MT during the last year by 4.11% and 0.23% respectively.
9.16.1 Refinery Production:
The refinery production in terms of crude
throughput during 2012-13 at 219.21 MT

Crude Oil and Refinery Production
2012-13 and 2013-14 (April-Mar.)
was 28.96% higher than the production of

overall
capacity
utilization
during
2012-13
was
at
higher
102.90%
than
the
achievement of 96.00% in the previous
250
Million Tonnes
169.99 MT during the year 2011-12. The
200
150
100
50
year. The production trend during last five
years is given in the above chart.
2012-13 Actual
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Crude Oil
Refinery prod.
2013-14 Target
2013-14 Actual
9.16.2 The refinery production during 2013-14 (April-March) at 222.70 MT

was slightly lower (0.12%) than the target of 222.97 MT but it was 1.59%
higher than the production of 219.21 MT during the last year. The overall
capacity utilization was 103.50% compared to 102.90% achieved during the
previous year. The above chart shows the target and the achievement of
crude oil and refinery production.
9.17.1 Natural Gas: The overall natural gas production during 2012-2013 at
40,679 Million Cubic Meters (MCM) was lower than the target of 41,308 MCM
and the production of 47,559 MCM during 2011-12 by 1.52% and 14.47%
respectively.
9.17.2 The Natural Gas production during 2013-14 (April-March) at 35,390
Million Cubic Meters (MCM) was 7.97% lower than the target of 38,454 MCM
and it was also 13.00% lower than the production of 40,679 MCM during the
previous year.
Roads
9.18
In Road sector, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and
State PWD & Border Road Organization (BRO), in the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways are engaged in
Kms.
Upgradation of National Highways (NHAI)

2012-13 & 2013-14 (April-March)
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2012-13 Actual
construction
and
up-gradation
of
highways. During 2012-13, the NHAI has

constructed/strengthened 2844.00 Kms
national highways to four/six/eight lanes
against the target of 3000.00 Kms and
2013-14 Target
2013-14 Actual
the achievement of 2248.00 Kms during

2011-12.
The State PWD and Border
Road Organization (BRO) have widened / strengthened 47.49 Kms to

four/six/eight lanes, 705.40 Kms to two lanes and strengthened 731.59 Kms
of existing weak pavement. In addition, they have improved 28.39 Kms of
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low-grade sections and riding quality of 2328.31 Kms highways. As part of

up-gradation of highways 59 bridges were also reinforced / constructed
against the target of 130 bridges.
9.19 During 2013-14 (April-March), the NHAI has widened/strengthened
1901.00 Kms highways against the target of 3000.00 Kms and the
achievement of 2844.00 Kms during the last year. The trend in up-gradation
of highways is indicated in the side chart. The State PWD and Border Road
Organization (BRO) widened 78.53 Kms to four/six/eight lanes, 661.70 Kms
to two lanes and strengthened 697.99 Kms of existing weak pavement. They
have also improved 19.34 Kms low grade section and 2494.99 Kms of riding
quality of highways. As part of the up-gradation, during this period 76
bridges were also reinforced /constructed against the target of 100 bridges.
9.20
The revenue earning freight
traffic moved by the Railways during
Annual trend in Railway freight traffic

1200
growth of 4.13% over the freight

traffic movement for the year 201112 but it was slightly lower (0.04%)
Million Tonnes
2012-13 at 1009.83 MT recorded a
1100
1000
800
than the target of 1010.25 MT for the
700
year. Railway booked 8602.12 million
600
passengers
Revenue earning freight traffic 2012-13 &
2013-14 (April-March)
Million Tonnes
900
2009-10
during
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13,
2012-13
which
2013-14
was
3.56% higher than the 8306.17 million
1200
passengers booked in the last year (2011-
1000
12). The annual trend in freight traffic
800
600
during last five years is as indicated in the
400
side chart.
200
0
2012-13 Actual
2013-14 Target
2013-14 Actual
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9.21
During 2013-14 (April-March), the freight traffic moved by the
Railways at 1053.55 MT was slightly lower (0.17%) than the target of

1055.35 MT but it recorded a growth of 4.32% over the freight movement of
1009.89 MT during the previous year. The growth rate was higher compared
to 4.14% during the corresponding period of previous year. Railway booked
8535.00 million passengers, which was 0.78% lower than the passengers
booked (8602.12 Million) during the last year and it was also 4.46% lower
than the targets for the year. The adjoining chart indicates the performance
of Railways vis-a-vis target for the period and achievement during the
corresponding period of the previous year.
Shipping and Ports
9.22
The major ports in the country
handled 545.79 MT cargos during
Annual trend in Cargo handled at major ports

700
2012-13, which was 2.56% lower than

year. The trend in cargo handled at
major ports is indicated in the side
625
Million Tonnes
the achievement for the previous
550
475
400
325
chart.
250
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
9.23 During 2013-14 (April October), the major ports handled 555.50 MT
cargo which recorded a growth of 1.78% over the handling of 545.79 MT
cargo during the previous year.
9.24
The coastal shipment of coal (thermal and coking) during 2012-13 at
86.66 MT was 10.00% higher than the shipment during the previous year.
During 2013-14 (April-March) the overall coastal shipment of coal was 104.73
MT which was 20.85% higher than the shipment of 86.66 MT during the
previous year.
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Civil Aviation
9.25 During 2012-13, all the airports handled 8,24,711 tonnes of export
600
cargo, which was 18.67% lower
Cargo handled at major ports during 2012-13

and 2013-14 (April - March)
than the targets for the period but

0.53%
(Million Tonnes)
500
400
higher
than
the
cargo
300
handled during 2011-12. During
200
the
100
period,
airports
handled
5,81,510 tonnes of import cargo,
2012-13 Actual
which was 27.00% lower than the
2013-14 Actual
targets and 10.19% lower than the

import cargo handled during 2011-12.
9.26 During 2013-14 (April-March), all the airports handled 8,70,024 tonnes
of export cargo, which was 0.56% higher than the target of 8,65,209 tonnes
as well as 5.49% higher than the 8,24,711 tonnes of export cargo handled
during the previous year. Further the airports handled 5,72,202 tonnes of
import cargo during this period, which was lower than the target and cargo
handled during the previous year by 6.42% and 1.60% respectively.
9.27
During 2012-13, all the airports handled 429.22 lakh passengers at
international terminals, which was 2.93%
Passengers handled at Airports during

2012-13 and 2013-14 (April - March)
lower than the target but 5.21% higher

the
passengers
handled
during
2011-12. The domestic terminals of the

airports handled 1161.21 lakh passengers
during 2012-13, which was lower than the
targets as well as the passengers handled
during 2011-2012 by 12.27% and 4.35%
respectively.
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( Lakh No.)
than
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
International
2012-13 Actual
2013-14 Target
Domestic
2013-14 Actual
9.28
During 2013-14 (April-March), the international terminals of the
airports handled 470.55 lakh passengers, which was 3.16% higher than the
target of 456.15 lakh passengers and 9.63% more than 429.22 lakh
passengers handled during the previous year. The domestic terminal of the
airports handled 1224.73 lakh passengers during 2013-14 (April March),
which was higher than the targets for the period and the passengers handled
during the last year by 0.23% and 5.47% respectively.
Telecommunications
9.29
During
2012-13,
at
the
national
level
8.47
lakh
lines
deleted/disconnected
Lakh Nos.
Trend in provision of Telephone connections
from
were
the
2500
switching capacity of telephone
2000
exchanges, but 4.74 lakh line
1500
were
1000
added
during
2011-12.
500
During 2012-13, private sectors
provided 0.62 lakh new (net)
-500
wire
-1000
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Land Lines
2012-13
2013-14
Cell Phones
line
(Fixed)
telephone
connections, which was 69.94%

lower than 2.05 lakh connections
provided during 2011-12 whereas the public sector surrendered 20.19 lakh
connections. During the year 2012-13, the public sector provided 18.61 lakh
new (net) cell phone (Mobile) connections, which was 73.55% lower than the
cell
phone
connections
provided
during
2011-12,
connections were disconnected in the private sector.
but
532.30
lakh
Total 533.27 lakh
connections (fixed + cell phones) were disconnected during 201213, but

1050.21 lakh phones provided during 2011-12.
Annual trend in provision of
landline and cell phone connections during last five years is indicated in the
side chart.
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9.30
During the year of 2013-14 (AprilMarch), 20.54 lakh lines were added
in
Wireline (Fixed) phone surrendred/
Disconnected during 2012-13 and 2013-14
(April - March)
20
switching
telephone
capacity
exchanges
at
of
the
national level, but 8.47 lakh lines
16
(Lakh No.)
the
were deleted during the previous
12
year.
8
4
0
2012-13 Actual
During
the
year,
private
sectors provide 1.61 lakh new (net)

2013-14 Actual
wire
line
(Fixed)
telephone
connections, which was 161.26% higher than 0.62 lakh connections provided
during the last year. The public sector surrendered 18.76 lakh connections
during this year.
During
(Lakh No.)
year,
the
private
sector provided 448.95 lakh new
Wireless (Cell) phones provided during

2012-13 and 2013-14 (April - March)
600
400
200
0
-200
-400
-600
the
(net)
cell
phone
connections,
while 532.30 lakh cell phone were

disconnected during the previous
year. During this year, 81.84 lakh

#REF!
cell
2012-13 Actual
phone
were
disconnected
from the public sector, but 18.61

lakh connections were provided during the previous year.
9.31 During the year, total (fixed plus cellular) 349.96 lakh telephones
connections were provided, but 533.27 lakh disconnected during the
previous year.
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Project Implementation Status During 2013

9.32 As on 1st April 2014, 749 projects with an anticipated cost of
`11,28,566.37 crore were on the monitor of the Ministry. For the purpose of
monitoring, the projects have been grouped into two categories, viz (I) Mega
projects, each costing ` 1000 crore and above and (II) Major projects, costing
` 150 crore and above but less than ` 1,000 crore. The details of projects in
each category is given at Table-9.1 below:
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Table-9.1
Sector wise summary of Mega and Major Projects

S.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Name of the
Sector
ATOMIC
ENERGY
CIVIL
AVIATION
COAL
STEEL
PETROCHEMI
CALS
PETROLEUM
POWER
RAILWAYS
ROAD
TRANSPORT
AND
HIGHWAYS
SHIPPING
AND PORTS
TELECOMMU
NICATIONS
URBAN
DEVELOPMEN
T
WATER
RESOURCES
Total
Anticipated
Cost
(` crore)
Original
Cost
(` crore)
Anticipated
Cost
(` crore)
Original
Cost
(` crore)
46,726.00
40,442.00
0.00
0.00
4,608.13
3,750.51
2,337.87
2,284.95
10
6
1
32,502.58
66,976.00
8,920.00
22,576.00
61,412.00
5,460.61
46
14
0
16,056.94
5,212.55
0.00
16,161.38
4,547.26
0.00
40
65
69
35
183,960.59
252,180.54
160,972.63
55,097.97
167,034.41
233,336.06
79,506.84
53,917.97
45
39
215
117
20,701.69
18,219.63
96,789.26
53,267.25
21,130.72
17,689.16
69,210.65
52,394.45
12,379.39
9,865.50
13
6,221.19
5,751.62
0.00
0.00
10
4,982.94
5,079.29
79,093.14
73,879.14
173.08
114.18
1,187.00
542.90
0.00
0.00
243
904603.97
751723.94
506
223962.4
194363.66
No of
Mega
Projects
171
No of
Major
Projects
Project Completed
9.33
19 projects reported completion during the year 2013-14 (up to
31.03.2014). List of completed projects is given in the following table.
Table-9.2
Summary of projects completed during 2013-14
(All cost/expenditure ` crore)
SN
1
2
3
4
5
6
SECTOR NAME
FERTILISERS
PETROLEUM
POWER
RAILWAYS
ROAD TRANSPORT AND
HIGHWAYS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL
NO OF
PRJECTS
1
15
17
13
22
1
69
COST
ORIGINAL
1478.63
8248.10
19599.43
2416.31
COST
ANTICIPATED
1478.63
11163.24
21644.96
5342.04
CUMULATIVE
EXPENDITURE
1133.00
10101.16
13014.42
4881.56
10516.88
231.38
42490.73
10453.62
176.00
50258.49
13250.58
86.11
42466.83
9.34 Sector-wise analysis of the cost and time overrun of projects under
implementation on our monitoring system (excluding completed projects) is
indicated in Table-9.3
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Table 9.3
Extent of the time overruns in projects with respect to original schedule

S.No
.
Sector
Total cost (` crore)
No. of
Projects
Original
1
2
3
ATOMIC ENERGY
CIVIL AVIATION
COAL
4
5
6
7
8
9
STEEL
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM
POWER
RAILWAYS
ROAD TRANSPORT
AND HIGHWAYS
SHIPPING AND PORTS
TELECOMMUNICATIO
NS
URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
WATER RESOURCES
10
11
12
13
Total
Anticipated
cost
Projects with time overruns
Cost
overrun
(%)
No.
Original
cost
(` crore)
Anticipated
Cost
(` crore)
4
8
56
40,442.0
6,035.5
38,737.4
46,726.0
6,946.0
48,559.5
15.5
15.1
25.4
4
4
30
40,442.0
2,931.9
26,241.1
46,726.0
3,635.4
36,434.6
15.5
24.0
38.8
20
1
85
104
284
152
65,959.3
5,460.6
188,165.1
251,025.2
148,717.5
106,312.4
72,188.6
8,920.0
204,662.3
270,400.2
257,761.9
108,365.2
9.4
63.4
8.8
7.7
73.3
1.9
15
0
60
53
46
27
64,670.3
0.0
145,769.7
149,329.5
30,057.8
9,981.8
70,855.5
0.0
162,258.5
168,293.8
77,232.7
10,797.8
9.6
0.0
11.3
12.7
156.9
8.2
Range
(in
month
s)
3 - 72
7 - 50
12 120
10 - 67
3 - 122
1 - 113
2 - 240
2 - 114
19
10
15,617.1
5,079.3
18,600.6
4,982.9
19.1
-1.9
8
6
7,891.5
3,263.0
9,923.7
3,166.6
25.8
-3.0
2 - 99
34 - 65
73,993.3
79,266.2
7.1
8,889.0
14,103.0
58.7
8 - 21
542.9
1,187.0
118.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
749
946,087.6
1,128,566.4
19.3
255
489,467.6
603,427.5
23.3
9.35 An analysis of the 749 projects at the end of March 2014 shows
COR * in
Delayed
Projects(%)
that
255 projects were running behind their original schedule. The time overrun in
these projects ranges from 1 to 240 months. The cost overrun in the delayed
projects has resulted 19.29% increase in original cost. The anticipated cost
for all delayed projects together is ` 6,03,427.50 crore. The chart below
depicts the percentage of delayed projects during the last 19 years. This
shows a decline in the delayed projects.
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Trend of projects running behind schedule w.r.t original schedule

70.00
62.70
58.3557.73
50.00
52.23
54.85
39.4437.1539.0238.80
37.66
34.13
31.72
40.00
34.04
30.00
20.00
10.00
Mar, 14
Mar,13
Mar,12
Mar,11
Mar,10
Mar, 09
Mar,08
Mar-07
Mar-06
Mar-05
Mar-04
Mar-03
Mar-02
Mar-01
Mar-2000
Mar-99
Mar-98
Mar-97
Mar-96
0.00
Mar-95
Percentage of projects
53.71
48.1147.86
41.91
53.11
46.94
44.99
60.00
Ye ar(s)
Time and cost overrun in projects

9.36
Time and cost overruns have been a major problem affecting the
implementation of Central Sector Projects. Due to close monitoring and

improvement brought out mainly by the Ministries concerned with the
support of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the
time overrun in projects is coming down, resulting in reduction in the cost
overrun of the projects. An analysis of the trend in the last 19 years shows
that the cost overrun has come down from 51.40% in March 1995 to 19.29%
in March 2014. The Chart below depicts the trend of cost overrun during the
last 19 years.
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Trend of Cost Overrun w .r.t Original cost
Overall %
cost overun
60 51.4
46.9 45
37.3
40
40.9
36
36
26
30
22.3 22.4
20
17.24
18.69
17.7 17.4
18.08 19.29
14.72
14.51
13.45
12.06
10
Mar,2014
Mar,2013
Mar,2012
Mar 2011
Mar 2010
Mar 2009
Mar 2008
Mar 2007
Mar 2006
Mar 2005
Mar 2004
Mar 2003
Mar 2002
Mar 2001
Mar 2000
Mar 1999
Mar 1998
Mar 1997
Mar 1996
Mar 1995
% of cost overrun
50
Years
Causes of Time and Cost Overrun

9.37 As reported by the project implementing agencies, the main reasons for
delay in implementation are law and order problems, delay in land
acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement problems, fund constraints,
delay in forest and environment clearances, right of way/right of use issues,
delay in supply of material, contractual issues, etc.
Remedial Measures / Systemic Improvements
9.38 The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) from time to
time has brought in systemic improvements to reduce delays in project
implementation, which interalia includes:
i) Regular monitoring of time & cost overruns in projects costing ` 150 crore
and above,
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ii) Detailed review of projects on quarterly basis.

iii) Setting up of Standing Committees by the Govt. in the respective
Ministries/ Dept. headed by Addl. Secretaries to fix responsibility for time
& cost overruns.
iv) Stricter appraisal of projects.
v) Adoption of computer network based monitoring, and
vi) Emphasis on project management and imparting training to project
managers of CPSUs.
Initiatives taken during the year
9.39.1 Central Sector Projects Coordination Committees (CSPCC)
To address the issues such as Land acquisition, forest / environment / wild
life clearances, encroachment / law & order issues, etc which require Statelevel intervention, this Ministry had written to the State Governments to
constitute the Central Sector Projects Coordination Committees (CSPCCs) in
each state under the respective Chief Secretaries. So far, twenty two states
have constituted CSPCCs and are holding regular meetings.
9.39.2
Taking up of Issues with Ministries / Reviews of Sectors
During the year, the progress of implementation of projects in various

sectors was taken up at different levels with the concerned administrative
Ministries in quarterly review meetings.
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9.39.3
Active Participation in MOU/Review/EBR Meetings
The IPMD is actively raising the issues of time & cost overruns and capacity
building of project managers in the meetings of the MOU negotiations
conducted by the Dept. of Public Enterprises for assessing the performance
of the CPSEs.
9.39.4
Support to Project Management Initiatives
In its endeavor to promote best project management practices, IPMD had

supported the knowledge sharing activities/ seminars organized by PMI,
IPMA, CII, FICCI, Engineering Council of India, etc.
Trainings under Project Management
9.40.1
With a view to promote project management and improve the
implementation of central sector projects, the IPMD is conducting five days

residential training programmes in Project Management at National
Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA) for the employees of the
Public Sector Undertakings. During 2013-14, three such trainings have been
conducted, wherein over 105 executives and managers from different
CPSUs have participated. IPMD is also conducting project management
training for state level executives and this year more than 200 executives
participated in these training programmes organized in Odisha and
Arunachal Pradesh.
On-Line Computerized Monitoring System (OCMS)

9.41
The IPMD has been making improvements in the OCMS as per the
feedback received from the PSUs and also ironing out their difficulties
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through OCMS training and clarifications during interactions. The focus is

now more on persuading the PSUs to forward the information online. Due to
constant persuasion by IPMD, in the MoU negotiation meetings, all the
CPSUs were urged to supply the information on projects/milestones through
OCMS on real time basis.
Irrigation Potential
9.42 As on March 2014, 140 Medium and Major Irrigation Projects were
completed and cumulative irrigation potential of 68.65 Lakh hectares
created under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP). Also,
during the period, ` 54,350.48 crore has been released as Central Loan
Assistance/Grants to the State Governments under AIBP.
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CHAPTER X
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
was launched by the Government of India on 23rd December 1993 to provide
a
mechanism
for
Members
of
Parliament
to
recommend
works
of
developmental nature for creation of durable community assets and for

provision of basic facilities including community infrastructure,
based
on
locally felt needs to be taken up in their Constituencies / States. Initially the

MPLADS was under the control of Ministry of Rural Development. The subject
relating to the MPLAD Scheme was transferred to this Ministry in October
1994. The scheme is governed by a set of Guidelines, which have been
comprehensively revised from time to time. The present Guidelines were
issued in August 2012.
10.1 Salient features
The salient features of the MPLAD scheme are as follows:(i)
MPLADS is a Plan scheme fully funded by Government of India,

under which funds are released in the form of Grant-in-aid, as
special Central Assistance to States.
(ii)
In 1993-94, when the scheme was launched, an amount of ` 5

lakh per MP was allotted which was enhanced to ` 1 cr per MP
per annum from 1994-95 and to ` 2 crore from 1998-99. This was
further increased to ` 5 crore from 2011-12. MPLADS funds is
released in two installments of ` 2.5 crore each by
Government of India directly to the District Authorities for
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the
execution of the eligible works recommended by the MPs by

following the State Government administrative, technical and
financial rules.
(iii) The funds released under the scheme are non-lapsable i.e. the
funds not released in a particular year will be carried forward for
making releases in the subsequent years subject to eligibility.
(iv)
Examining the eligibility, sanctioning, funding, selection of

implementing agencies, prioritization and overall execution and
monitoring of the scheme at the ground level, is done by the
District Authorities.
(v)
The Lok Sabha Members shall recommend works in their

respective constituencies. The elected members of the Rajya
Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the State from which
they are elected. Nominated Members of the Lok Sabha and
Rajya
Sabha
can
recommend
works
for
implementation
anywhere in the country.

(vi)
Right from the inception of the scheme, works for creation of

durable assets of national priorities viz. drinking water, primary
education, public health, sanitation and roads etc. have been
given priority.
(vii)
MPs can also recommend community infrastructure and public

utility building works for registered Societies / Trusts and
Cooperative Societies up to a ceiling for ` 1 crore in a financial
year. The Trusts / Societies and Cooperative Societies are eligible
to receive only ` 50 lakh in their life time. However Trusts /
Societies that runs charitable residential homes for orphans, old /
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aged persons, widows, lepers, blind persons, spastic / mentally

retarded children or for deaf and dumb children are eligible for
receiving a maximum of ` 1 crore in their entire life time for
creation of charitable and residential home. The structure
constructed with MPLADS funds shall be the property of State /
UT Government.
(viii) Special attention is given for infrastructural development of areas
inhabited by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population
by earmarking 15% and 7.5% respectively of MPLADS funds for
those areas and in case there is insufficient tribal population in
the area of Lok Sabha Member, they may recommend this
amount for the creation of community assets in tribal areas
outside of their constituency within their state of election. In case
a state does not have ST inhabited areas, this amount may be
utilized in SC inhabited areas and vice-versa.
(ix)
Also to encourage Trusts / Societies to work for the betterment of

the tribal people, the ceiling of ` 50 lakh has been increased to
` 75 lakh where the additional amount of ` 25 Lakh should be
used for the creation of public utility building assets primarily for
the benefit of tribal people in tribal areas.
(x)
In order to undertake rehabilitation works in the areas affected

by calamities in a state, Lok Sabha MPs from the non-affected
areas of that state can recommend permissible works to the tune
of up to ` 10 lakh per annum in those areas. In the event of
calamity of severe nature in any part of the country an MP can
recommend works up to a maximum of ` 50 lakh for the affected
district.
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(xi)
If an elected Member of Parliament, finds the need, to contribute

MPLADS funds, to a place outside their State/UT, or outside the
constituency within the states or both, the MP can recommend
eligible works under the guidelines up to a maximum of ` 10 lakh
in a financial year.
(xii)
MP can spent a maximum of ` 10 lakh per year for giving

assistance to physically challenged persons for purchase of tricycles
(including
motorized
tri-cycles),
battery
operated
motorized wheel chair and artificial limbs.

(xiii) Purchase of books for schools, colleges and public library are
allowed subject to some financial restriction.
(xiv) Purchase of computers and Visual Display Units (VDU) for
government and government aided institutions are also allowed.
(xv) Release of 1st instalment equal to 50% of annual entitlement in
respect of MPs at the time of constitution of Lok Sabha and
election to the Rajya Sabha is done automatically without waiting
for any document from district authorities.
(xvi) To bring in more financial accountability, Utilization Certificate
and Audit Certificate for the previous financial year are also prerequisites for the release of the second instalment. From financial
year 2012-13, release of first instalment is made subject to the
condition that second instalment of previous year was released
for the MP concern and also subject to furnishing of provisional
Utilization Certificate of previous year covering at least 80% of
the expenditure of the 1st installment of previous year.
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(xvii) Funds released by the Government of India are deposited by the

District Administrations in nationalized banks.
(xviii) 2% of the MPLAD fund which is part of the annual entitlement of
the Honble MP has been allowed to District /State Authorities for
their administrative expenses.
(xix) The normal financial and audit procedures prevalent in the states
in which the works are executed apply with regard to the
implementation of the works.
(xx)
The roles of Central Government, State Government, District

Authorities and Implementing
Agencies
have
been clearly
demarcated for implementation of MPLAD Scheme.
10.2 Impact
Since its inception, the Scheme has benefited the local community by
meeting various developmental needs such as drinking water facility,
education, electricity, health and family welfare, irrigation, non-conventional
energy, community centres, public libraries, bus stands/stops, roads,
pathways and bridges, sports, etc. These works are
sanctioned,
and monitored as per the provisions of the MPLADS Guidelines.
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executed
10.3 Scheme Performance

10.3.1
Physical Performance (As on 31st March 2014)
As compiled from reports received from the Districts, since inception

of the scheme:
17,82,736 works have been recommended
15,77,237 works have been sanctioned.
13,88,495 works have been completed.
The percentage of work Completed to Sanctioned is 88.03%.
In the current financial year, 1,66,014 works have been

recommended, 1,50,207 works have been sanctioned and
1,20,466 works have been completed.
10.3.2 Financial Performance (As on 31st March 2014)

` 32,657.25 crore have been released since inception of the
scheme.
Expenditure of ` 29,738.18 crore incurred since inception of the
Scheme.
The percentage of expenditure over release is 91.06%
` 3,937.00 crore has been released in 2013-14 (upto 31st March
2014) and expenditure of ` 4,471.26 crore has been incurred
during this period.
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10.3.3
The year-wise funds released and cumulative releases so far
under the scheme is furnished below:

Table 10.1
Year
Funds Released
Cumulative Release
(` in Crore)
(` in Crore)
1993-1994
37.80
37.80
1994-1995
771.00
808.80
1995-1996
763.00
1571.80
1996-1997
778.00
2349.80
1997-1998
488.00
2837.80
1998-1999
789.50
3627.30
1999-2000
1390.50
5017.80
2000-2001
2080.00
7097.80
2001-2002
1800.00
8897.80
2002-2003
1600.00
10497.80
2003-2004
1682.00
12179.80
2004-2005
1310.00
13489.80
2005-2006
1433.90
14923.70
2006-2007
1451.50
16375.20
2007-2008
1470.55
17845.75
2008-2009
1580.00
19425.75
2009-2010
1531.5
20957.25
2010-2011
1533.31
22490.56
2011-2012
2507.68
24998.25
2012-2013
3722.00
28720.25
2013-2014
3937.00
32657.25
Total
32657.25
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10.4 Achievements
10.4.1
Comparative performance of the Scheme
The comparative position at different time periods is given as under:-
Year
2012-13
2013-14
Fund released during the period
3722.00 cr
3937.00 cr
Fund expenditure during period
3088.59 cr
4471.26 cr
82.98 %
91.06%
116,575
150,207
81,666
120,466
Percentage utilisation of funds over

release
Sanction of works
Completion of works
10.4.2
Integrated Software on MPLAD Scheme

To bring in greater transparency and accountability at the ground level
and to promote e-governance, an integrated software on MPLADS
funds release, funds monitoring, monitoring of expenditure incurred
at Macro and Micro level on real time basis has been developed
through NICSI. The new integrated system will be a dynamic user
friendly web application and will be a single portal of reference for all
the stake holders. The portal will ensure Micro (works), Macro
(release and expenditure level) reporting and monitoring of timely
utilization of funds.
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10.5
Monitoring
(i)
The performance of the MPLAD Scheme has significantly

improved due to visits to States/UTs by senior officials of the
Ministry to review the implementation of the scheme. During the
year 2013-14, the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka have been covered.
(ii)
Meetings with the Secretaries of State Nodal Departments, to

clarify policy initiatives, monitoring of release of funds and
taking stock of the implementation of the scheme in the
States/UTs, have been held 17 times (twice each in 2005-06,
2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09,2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12,2012-13
and once in 2013-14).
(iii)
Financial
and
technical
assistance
is
being
provided
to
States/UTs to conduct training programmes for District Officials

to facilitate better implementation of the scheme. The statelevel trainings on Guidelines for District Authorities were
undertaken in Punjab, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
and Kerala during 2013-14.
10.6 Physical Monitoring of MPLADS Works
An effective mechanism of monitoring of implementation of MPLADS is
most essential, for efficacious implementation of the scheme. Ministry has,
therefore, envisaged direct physical monitoring of MPLADS works on sample
basis in selected districts, through an independent agency viz. NABARD
Consultancy Services (NABCONS) launched in 2007-08. This initiative was
envisaged as an important instrument for monitoring and a source of
feedback on the status of implementation at the ground level so that
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corrective action may be taken.
208 districts of the country have been
covered in first four phases: 30 districts in 2007-08, 43 districts in 2008-09,

60 districts in 2009-10 and 75 districts in 2010-11. One hundred more
districts were covered in North and West Zone of the Country through
another independent organization viz. Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd
(AFC). The AFC has submitted the monitoring reports during 2013-14. The
Ministry has already requested all the District Authorities to take appropriate
action on the findings of AFC.
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CHAPTER XI
PROGRESSIVE USE OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE HINDI
11.1 In accordance with the Official Language Policy of the Union and in
pursuance of the annual programme issued by the Department of Official
Language, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has
been making continuous and concerted efforts for propagation and
promotion of Hindi as official language in the Ministry and in its attached
and subordinate offices. Official Language section of the Ministry is
responsible for monitoring and overseeing the implementation of various
statutory provisions and policies as laid down in the Official Languages Act,
1963 and the Official Language Rules, 1976. As on 31st March 2014, out of
522 officers/employees, 521 were either proficient in Hindi or having
working knowledge of Hindi and all 55 stenographers posted in the MOSPI
are trained. One Assistant has been nominated for Hindi typing scheme. The
training of Hindi typing is also being provided to the MTS of this Ministry.
Official Language Implementation Committee
11.2 An
Official
Language
Implementation
Committee
under
the
Chairmanship of the DG & CEO, NSSO, undertakes quarterly review of the

progressive use of Hindi as well as in the compliance of provisions of the OL
Act, 1963 & OL Rules, 1976 in the Ministry and in its attached and
subordinate offices.
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A view of meeting of the Official Language Implementation Committee of the

Ministry
11.3 The
officers
of
the
Ministry
conduct
inspections
of
the
attached/subordinate offices as well as sections of the Ministry to assess the

position of the progressive use of Hindi and give necessary instructions on
the lapses found therein.
Awards and Incentives
11.4 Like previous years the incentive scheme for original noting/drafting in
Hindi continued during the year. Two employees were given first prize with
cash award of ` 2000/- each and three employees were given second prize
with cash award of ` 1200/- each for the year 2012-2013. During the month
of September 2013, Hindi Month/Pakhwara was observed in the Ministry and
also in its attached and subordinate offices. In the Ministry, the period from
1st September 2013 to 30th September 2013 was observed as "Hindi Month".
During the period, various competitions were organized and a total of 62
cash prizes were given to the winners of the competitions.
In order to motivate the office work in Hindi, this year, for the first
time,
with
the
active
assistance
and
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encouragement
of
the
Shri
S.S.Badhawan, JS(A), competitions for Data Entry Operators and Daily

Wages Employees of this Ministry were also organized separately and they
were given a total of 29 awards. A special event "Prashna Manch" was also
organized for staff and Data Entry Operators and Daily Wages Employees
separately in which questions related to the Official Language Policy and
activities of the Ministry were asked. For encouraging the progressive use
of Hindi in the day-to-day official work, Rajbhasha Chal Vaijayanti shields
are also awarded to two sections / divisions / units for doing maximum work
in Hindi on quarterly basis and certificates are awarded to those
officers/employees of the winner sections who contribute in winning
Rajbhasha Chal Vaijayanti.
Chairman of Official Language Implementation Committee (OLIC) of the Ministry Shri

Ajay Mehra, DG and CEO (NSSO) awarding 'Rajbhasha Chal Vaijayanti' Shield to
Administration-II Section
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Employees of Administration-IV Section with Rajbhasha Chal Vaijayanti

Shield
For promoting the progressive use of Hindi in the attached and
subordinate offices of the Ministry, 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize of Kshetriya
Rajbhasha Shield is awarded annually to the offices doing maximum work in
Hindi. Computer Centre, New Delhi, Field Operations Division, New Delhi and
SDRD, Kolkata respectively were awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize of Kshetriya
Rajbhasha Shield for the year 2012-13.
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Dr. T.C.A. Anant, Secretary (MoSPI) offering Kshetriya Rajbhasha Shield to the
Computer Centre, New Delhi, FOD, New Delhi and SDRD, Kolkata
Ministry of Statistics & programme Implementation was awarded the first

prize in the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puruskar Yojna.Shri T.C.A. Anant,
Secretary, MoSPI took the prestigious award from Honble President of India,
Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a function organised on Hindi Diwas on 14th
September 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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Dr. T.C.A. Anant, Secretary, MoSPI receiving the "Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar
Yojna"award from the Hon'ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee
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Hindi Salahkar Samiti

11.5 The duration of Hindi Salahkar Samiti expired this year and the reconstitution process of the Samiti has already started after the constitution
of the 16th Lok Sabha.
Hindi Training and Workshops
11.6 During 2013-14, one stenographer was sponsored for training in Hindi
stenography under the Hindi Teaching Scheme of the Department of Official
Language. Workshops were organised for the officers and staff of the
Ministry having working knowledge of Hindi or proficiency in Hindi to solve
their problems and removing hesitation in using Hindi in their day-to-day
official work.
Publication of In-House Journal Paridrishya
11.7 During 2013, 7th issue of the in-house Journal Paridrishya was
released with a new design and look. This in-house publication has no doubt
given a good platform to the staff members of the Ministry and its attached
and subordinate offices to bring forth their creative writing talent in Hindi.
The work relating to publication of 8th issue of the in-house journal is in
progress.
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CHAPTER XII
OTHER ACTIVITIES
12.1 The Vigilance Cell in the Ministry is presently headed by Director
(MPLADS) who as Chief Vigilance Officer (Part time), deals with the
following work:
Dealing with vigilance cases i.e., cases of corruption, misconduct,

malpractices and lack of integrity in respect of Group A, B and C
officers;
Processing / issuing of vigilance status certificates in respect of officers

of various grades;
Implementation of Conduct rules;
Furnishing of CVOs monthly statistical report giving status of pending

vigilance cases to the Department of Personnel & Training and
Work related to grant of permission under the provision of the Conduct

Rules.
12.2 Vigilance Cell also handles the following activities:
Review and streamlining of procedures, which appear to afford scope

for corruption or misconduct and for initiating other measures for the
prevention, detection of corruption and other malpractices and
punishment to the corrupt in the Ministry as well as its attached and
subordinate offices;
Preparation of a list of officers of Doubtful Integrity/Agreed list and

their postings to non sensitive areas and
Providing advice to the attached / subordinate offices regarding

appointment of Vigilance Officers.
12.3 The complaints received from individuals and other organizations like
CBI / CVC / PMO / UPSC etc. are examined on the basis of the factual
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report obtained from the concerned administrative divisions, attached

and subordinate offices. The preliminary inquiries are made to look into
the merit of the complaints and if the complaints have any substance
then a regular departmental action is initiated. During the period April
2013 January 2014, twelve reports regarding action taken by the
Ministry in respect of various representations forwarded by CVC/PMO,
were sent to CVC. In addition to this, one case referred by the CBI was
processed and a compliance report was sent to CVC seeking its advice.
12.4 During the year 2013-14 (April 2013 - March 2014), 17 new cases /
complaints were received and 8 of them have been disposed. On the
basis of inquiry proceedings in various cases, total thirty five cases in
various Divisions of the Ministry were processed. Out of these, two
minor and twelve major penalties were imposed in the attached and
subordinate offices and the Ministry. The remaining cases have either
been disposed off or are under various stages of investigation. During
the period (April 2013 - March 2014) more than 1100 vigilance
clearance were processed / issued and 17 RTI applications were
received and disposed off within stipulated time.
12.5 Vigilance Awareness Week was observed during the period 28th
October 2013 to 2nd November 2013 to create awareness amongst
officers and staff. It began with a pledge taking ceremony. The theme
of the year was Promoting Good Governance-Positive Contribution of
Vigilance. Banners regarding observance of Vigilance Awareness

Week were placed at vantage locations of the building.
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Redressal of Public Grievances
12.6 The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and its
attached / subordinate offices have negligible public interaction. However, a
grievance redressal machinery is functioning in this Ministry under the
supervision of a Nodal Officer (Public Grievances). The particulars of the
Nodal Officer have been displayed at the Reception Office of S.P. Bhawan for
the convenience of public including serving and retired persons of MoSPI so
as to enable them to visit Nodal Officer without any difficulty. The grievances
are received through P.G. Portal of MoSPI or through Department Of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. The P.G. Portals of MoSPI and
Department of A.R. and P.G. are regularly monitored by the Nodal Officer of
MOSPI. There were 111 grievances pending as on 1st April 2014. During the
year 2013 and 2014 (Upto 31st march), a total number of 159 grievances
have been received and 148 grievances have been settled. All the aforesaid
pending cases are being followed up on priority basis by reminding the
concerned subordinate offices/divisions of MOSPI for early disposal.
Court Cases
12.7
The number of court cases pending in various courts during 2013 and
2014 (upto 31st March) is as under:-
Month
Number
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
136
148
152
151
158
158
159
162
161
170
164
176
180
176
176
198
Information and Facilitation Counter

12.8
The Ministry has Information and Facilitation Counter (IFC) situated at
the main gate of Sardar Patel Bhawan.
The Information pertaining to the
functions of the Ministry is available at the counter. In addition to this, the

Statistical data for use by the Research Scholars, Economists, Financial
Institutions, Educational Institutions, Universities, etc. is available at the
Information and Facilitation Counter and the Citizens Charter of this Ministry
is also on display at the counter. A person conversant with the work has
been placed at IFC for handling the queries of visitors.
General Administration
12.9
The Ministry is custodian of proper maintenance of Sardar Patel
Bhawan through regular liaison with the CPWD. Besides this Ministry, the
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, National
Security
Council
Secretariat,
Ministry
of
Panchayati
Raj,
and
Public
Grievances Wing of Cabinet Secretariat are also accommodated in this

building. An interdepartmental Co-ordination Committee looks into the needs
of each of department for proper upkeep of the building. Regular liaison is
also maintained with CISF on Security matters of the building. Offices of this
Ministry are also located in Jeevan Prakash Building and R.K.Puram. During
year 2013-14, an exercise has been carried out for:(a) Awarding of AMC DG-Set to CPWD installed at S. P. Bhawan and J.P.
Building.
(b) Work has been completed for linking of UPS with computers installed in
the Ministry.
(c) Fresh contract awarded to reputed vendor for improvement of services /
facilities in Departmental Canteen in S.P. Bhawan.
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(d) The renovation work has been completed at J.P.Building and the shifiting
order of PCL unit has also been issued, which will take place shortly. This
will resolve the issue of shortage of office space at S.P. Bhavan.
(e) The handing over of newly constructed office building exclusively for this
Ministry at CBD Shahdara is under process.
RTI Matters
12.10 RTI applications/appeals are normally received in PIGR Section and
then forwarded to concerned CPIOs for their disposal. Ministry of Statistics
and
Programme
Implementation
has
designated
11
First
Appellate
Authorities and one RTI Nodal Officer of the level of Director/Deputy

Secretary under the RTI Act. The Ministry has also designated 23 Central
Public
Information
Officers
(CPIOs)
and
25
Assistant
Central
Public
Information Officers (ACPIOs) for main Ministry and one First Appellate
authority and one CPIO for Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), an Autonomous
Body under the control of this Ministry. The number of requests and appeals
received in 2013 under the RTI Act 2005 is as under:
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No. of Requests/Appeals/Notices of CIC received during 2013 and 2014 (upto 31st March)
Under the RTI Act 2005
Notices
Sl.
Name of
No.
Month
Requests/Applications
Appeals
received
from
CIC
Cf
Recd.
Disp.
Pending
Cf
Recd. Disp.
Pending
January-13
44
63
77
30
February-13
30
67
53
44
March-13
44
79
69
54
April-13
54
70
89
35
May-13
35
87
86
36
June-13
36
66
70
32
July-13
32
79
78
33
August-13
33
77
62
48
September-
48
115
98
65
13
10
October-13
65
158
135
88
11
November-
88
113
118
83
13
12
December-13
83
118
111
90
12
13
January-14
90
163
142
111
13
13
14
February-14
111
282
268
125
13
12
12
13
15
March-14
125
120
153
92
13
21
19
15
44
1657
1609
92
105
94
15
18
TOTAL
Cf =Carry forward from prev.month pending

Recd. =Received during the month
Disp. =Dispose off during the month
201
International Coordination & Training

12.11
International Coordination and Training Unit maintains liaison with
international agencies such as the United Nations Economic & Social

Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO), Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
(SIAP) and the International Labour Office (ILO) on various statistical matters
which cover exchange of statistical intelligence, participation in international
conferences, seminars, workshops and trainings for the development of
statistical system capabilities and serving as clearing house for statistical
matters.
India
is also
ex-officio
member of International
Statistical
Organization, Voorburg, Netherlands.

12.12 The officers of this Ministry have attended 20 International Workshops
/ Training Programme and 30 meetings/conferences during the period 1st
January 2013 to 31st March 2014.
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ORGANISATION CHART
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
MOS(IC)
CSI & SECRETARY
NSO
AS
PI WING
ADMN.
DDG (PI)
JS (ADMN)
DG,CSO
AS &FA
DG & CEO, NSSO
203
DIR.
FINANCE
CONTROLLER
OF
ACCOUNTS
Annexure-IB
ORGANISATION CHART

ADMINISTRATION
MOS(IC)
CSI & SECRETARY
AS
AS & FA
JOINT
SECRETARY
CVO
ADDL. CHARG
DIRECTOR
Admn. & HOD
ALL M ATTER S
RELATING TO
GAZETT ED
OFFICERS
INCLUDING
CSO (IS WING)
& COM PUTER
CENTRE,ISI,
GENERAL
ADMINI STRATI
ON
DIRECTOR
NSSO
ESTT. OF NSSO,
J CM, & NONGAZETTED
STAFF
INCLUDING CSO
(IS WING) &
COMPUTER
CENTRE,ACR
DY. SECY.
ISS
DY. SECY.
SSS
CADRE ADMIN
OF ISS
CADRE ADMIN
OF SSS
DS
COORD
CONTROLLER OF
ACCOUNTS
COORDINATION,
PARLIAMENT
PUBLIC &
GRIEVANCES
RTI,ICT,IWSU.O&
M,HINDI
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTS
OFFFICE, CASH &
ACCOUNTS
DIRECTOR
Finance
BUDGET &
FINANCE
SENIOR A.O.
CASH & ACCOUNTS

INTERNAL AUDIT
US,ISS
VIG.
VIGILANCE
US& HOO
ADMN
HEAD OF
OFFICE
CASH,GENER
AL ADMN.
MATTERS
RELATING TO
GAZETTED
OFFICERS OF
THE MINISTRY
US
ADMIN
US
ADMIN
NSSO
ADMN.MAT
TERS
RELATING
TO
GAZETTED
OFFICERS
OF THE
MINISTRY,
CSO (IS
WING),AD
MN IV
MATTERS
RELATING
TO & NONGAZETTED
STAFF
THE
MINISTRY ,
CSO(IS
WING) &
COMPUTE
R CENTRE,
NSSO
ADMIN,J CM
US ISS
CADRE
ISS
MATTERS
RELATED
COURT
CASES
JD
ISS
ISS
CADRE
ADMIN
US
SSS
CADRE
ADMIN
OF SSS
AND
RELATED
COURT
CASES
US
COORD
COORD,
RTI ,P.G.
PARLIAMENT
,ICT,IWSU,
O&M
IMPLEMENTATION OF
OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE
ACT/
TRANSLATION
US
(B&F)
KOLKATA
BUDGET
NAGPUR
FINANCE
DELHI
AS& FA
ADDITIONAL SECREATRY & FINANCIAL ADVISER
ICT
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION & TRAINING
ISS
INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE
SSS
SUBORDINATE STATISTICAL SERVICE
J CM
J OINT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY
OL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
SC/ST
SCHEDULED CASTE/TRIBE
NSSO
ISI
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
JD
J OINT DIRECTOR
O &M
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
DY.C.A.
DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS
DS
DEPUTY SECRETARY
PAO
PAY & ACCOUNTS OFFICE
PG
204
PAO
DD
HINDI
PUBLIC GRIENVANCES
US
UNDER SECRETARY
DD
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
HOD
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
HOO
HEAD OF OFFICE
CVO
CHIEF VIGILANCE OFFICER
VIG
VIGILANCE
IWSU
INTERNAL WORK STUDY UNIT
Annexure-IC
ORGANISTION CHART

NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION
CHAIRMAN
Member 1
Member 2
CSI and ExOfficio Secretary

to NSC
DDG
(NSC SECRETERIAT)
DIRECTOR
NSC
CSI
CHIEF STATISTICIAN OF INDIA
205
Member 3
Member 4
Ex-Officio Member
(Secretary, Planning
Commission)
Annexure-ID
ORGANISTION CHART

MOS(IC)
CSI & SECRETARY
DIRECTOR GENERAL
CSO
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL (TRG & NSSTA)
DDGs
ISS PROBATIONERS
TRAININKG,
ISS REFERESHER
COURSES
(COMPUTER)
CENTRAL TRAINING
FACILITY NON
- ISS/ISS
REFERESHER
TRAINING, LIBRARY,
ADMINSTRATIVE
MATTERS
INTERNATIONAL
CO-OPERATION
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL(NAD)
DDGs
NAD - I
GDP ESTIMATES IN
RESPECT OF
AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED
SECTORS, COORDINATION
AND PUBLICATION, INPUT
OUTPUT TABLES,
QUARTERLY AND
ADVANCE ESTIMATES OF
NATIONAL INCOME, AND
PRICES INDICES 41 CP.
DDGs
NAD - II
GDP ESTIMATES IN
RESPECT OF
SECONDARY SECTORS,
PUBLIC SECTOR
TRANSACTIONS, AND
CAPITAL INFORMATION.
DDGs
NAD - III
GDP ESTIMATES IN
RESPECT OF SERVICES
SECTORS, SAVING,
CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURE,
EXTERNAL
TRANSACTIONS, AND
COORDINATION WITH
STATES AND
WORKFORCE
ESTIMATES.
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL(ESD)
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL(SSD)
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL(CAP)
DDGs
ISD
DDGs
SSD - I
DDGs
R&P
ALL - INDIA INDEX OF

INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION, STATE
LEVEL INDEX OF
INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION,
ECONOMIC CENSUS,
ENERGY
STATISTICS/INDEX OF
SERVICES
PRODUCTION,
TECHNICAL
COORDINATION/LIAISO
N WITH AGENCIES,
DEALING WITH TRADE
& FINANCE
STATISTICS.
DDG
CSO ,
IS WING
KOLKATA
TECHNICAL
COORDINATION &
ADMINISTRATION,
SURVEY DESIGN &
RESEARCH, SYSTEM &
DATA MANAGEMENT,
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT/DEBUGGI
NG/TABULATION.
ACTIVITY
CLASSIFICATION,
PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION, OTHER
CLASSIFICATION.
MDG, SAARC SOCIAL

CHARTER,
SAARCSTAT, POVERTY,
GENDER, POPULATION
MIGRATION,
DEMOGRAPHY,
HOUSING, DISABILITY,
EMPLOYMENT,
EDUCATION AND
LITERACY, HEALTH.
DDGs
SSD - II
LOCAL AREA
DEVELOPER STATISTICS,
TIME USE SURVEY,
INFORMAL SECTOR, CITY
GROUP,
RESEARCH/STUDIES
OUTSOURCING, AWARDS
AND FELLOWSHIPS
STATISTICAL MANUALS
STATISTICAL
STRENGTHENING
PROJECTS
COORDINATION.
DDGs
SSD - III
ENVIRONMENT
STATISTICS NATURAL
RESOURCES
ACCOUNTING, DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
STATISTICS.
1. BRING OUT
PUBLICATIONS
A. MONTHLY
ABSTRACT OF
STATISTICS
B. STATISTICAL
YEARBOOK OF INDIA
C. INDIA IN FIGURES.
2. SUPPLY OF DATA
AND STATISTICS TO
INTERNATIONAL
AGENCIES
3. GRAPHIC UNIT
GRAPHS, CHARTS,
MAPS, NAME PLATES,
COVER PAGE.
4. DATA EXCHANGE
AND COORDINATION
BETWEEN CSO
(COMPUTER CENTRE)
AND NSSO.
5. STATISTICAL
AUDIT/STANDARDS/SD
DS
DDGs
COORD.
PLANNING.
TECHNICAL
COORDINATION.
COORDINATION WITH
STATES AND CENTRAL
MINISTRIES.
POLICY MATTERS.
DDG (ISSP)
INDIA STATISTICAL
STRENGTHENING PROJECT
DDG (COS)
THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS

ACT, 2008
PENDING RECOMMENDATIONS
OF NSC
206
DDG
COMPUTER
CENTRE
ORGANISTION CHART
Annexure-IE

MOS(IC)
CSI & SECRETARY
DIRECTOR GENERAL
& CEO,
NSSO
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
GENERAL
FOD
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERALS
FOD
*SOCIO ECONOMIC
SURVEYS
*ANNUAL SURVEY OF
INDUSTRIES UNDER
COLLECTION OF
STATISTICS ACT,1953
*AGRICULTURAL
SURVEYS UNDER
IMPROVEMENT OF CROP
STATISTICS SCHEME
THROUGH SAMPLE
CHECK ON AREA
ENUMERATION ,AREA
AGGREGATION AND
CROP CUTTING
EXPERIMENTS
CONDUCTED BY STATE
AGENCIES INCLUDING
TECHNICAL GUIDENCE
AND TRAINING TO STATE
OFFICIALS
Addl. DIRECTOR
GENERAL
DPD
Addl. DIRECTOR
GENERAL
SDRD
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERALS
DPD
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERALS
SDRD
SELECTION OF SAMPLE
FOR THE SOCIO
ECONOMIC
SURVEY,DEVELOPMENT
OF APPLICATION
SOFTWARE,DATA ENTRY
AND VALIDATION OF
SURVEY
DATA,TABULATION OF
RESULTS AND DATA
PRESERVATION,IT
TRAINING TO OFFICIAL
FROM DPD,FOD AND
STATES STATISTICAL
BUREAUS, PROCESSING
OF RURAL RETAIL
PRICES AND WAGES
AND THEIR PUBLICATION
C S O
NSSO
IS WING
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS WING
FOD
FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION
DPD
DATA PROCESSING DIVISION
SDRD
SURVEY DESIGN AND RESEARCH DIVISION
PLANNING AND
DESIGNING OF SOCIO
ECONOMIC
SURVEYS,TECHNICAL
GUIDELINES FOR FIELD
WORK INCLUDING FIELD
SCRUTINY OF
DATA.FORMULATION OF
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
DATA PROCESSING
INCLUDING VALIDATION
PROCEDURE,
TABULATION PLAN AND
ESTIMATION
PROCEDURE,
,PREPARATION AND
RELEASE OF REPORTS
BASED ON SURVEY
RESULTS, TECHNICAL
ASSISTENCE TO STATE
GOVT. AND OTHER
ORGANISATION,
EXTENSIVE TRAINING
FOR FIELD SURVEY,
DISSEMINATION OF
DATA INCLUDING
DISTRIBUTION AND SALE
OF NSS REPORTS,
DG& CEO DIRECTOR GENERAL & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

ADG
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL
DDG
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
207
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERAL
CPD
SECRETARIAT OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE
OF NSSO,
COORDINATION,
MONITORING OF ALL
SURVEY OPERATIONS,
PUBLICATION OF
SURVEKSHANA,NSSO
BULLETIN, RELEASE OF
NSS REPORTS, SUPPLY
OF DATA/REPORTS TO
USERS, ORGANISATION
OF NATIONAL SEMINARS
ON SURVEY RESULTS.
Annexure--IF
ORGANISTION CHART

COMPUTER CENTRE
MOS(IC)
CSI & SECRETARY
DIRECTOR GENERAL
C.S.O.
DDG
COMPUTER CENTRE
COMPUTER FACILITY FORPROCESSING AND

DISSEMINITATION OF DATA COLLECTED BY CSO
& NSSO
ASSISTANCE TO STATES IN DATA PROCESSING
INCLUDING DATA ENTRYON REQUEST
TRAINING IN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING
AND IT
NATIONAL DATA WAREHOUSEOF OFFICIAL
STATISTICS CREATION AND UPDATION
OF WEBSITE OF THE MINISTY
DIRECTOR
JD - I
TRAINING &
NSSO JOBS
C.S.O.
CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
JD
JOINT DIRECTOR
FOD
FIELD OPERATION DIVISION
DPD
SDRD
NAD
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS DIVISION
PCL
PRICE & COST OF LIVING
JD - II
JD - III
DATA
WAREHOUWE
WEB SITE
COORDN. CSO
JOBS NSC
RECDNS
208
JD - IV
COMPUTER
OPERATION
DATA ENTRY UNIT
ECONOMIC
CENSUS
Annexure-IG
ORGANISATION CHART
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME

(PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION
WING)
MOS(IC)
CSI & Secretary, MoSPI
Addl. Secy.
DDG (PI)
Director
(TPP)
Director
(IPMD)
Director
(MPLADS)
DD
US
Director
(TKM)
DD
US
IPMD - Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division

TPP - Twenty Point Programme
MPLADS - Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
US Under Secretary
DD - Deputy Director
209
DD
US
Annexure-IH
ABBRVIATIONS USED
AS&FA
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY & FINANCIAL ADVISER
ASI
ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES
ASTT. DIR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CSI
CHIEF STATISTICIAN OF INDIA
C S O
CPD
COORDINATION & PUBLICATION DIVISION
C&A
COORDINATION & AMINISTRATION
CORD.
COORDINATION
DG& CEO
DIRECTOR GENERAL & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
DIR
DIRECTOR
DDG
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
DO
DESK OFFICER
DPD
DS
DEPUTY SECRETARY
DY.SECY.
DEPUTY SECRETARY
DY.ADV
DEPUTY ADVISER
DY.C.A.
DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS
DY. DIR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
DY.F.A.
DEPUTY FINANCIAL ADVISER
ESD
ECONOMIC STATISTICS DIVISION
FOD
FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION
HOD
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
HOO
HEAD OF OFFICE
JT. ADV
JOINT ADVISER
JT. DIR.
JOINT DIRECTOR
JCM
JOINT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY
JD
JOINT DIRECTOR
ICT
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION & TRAINING
IPMD
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MONITORING DIVISION
ISD
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS DIVISION
ISI
INDIAN STATISTIC AL INSTITUTE
ISS
INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE
IS WING
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS WING
IWSU
INTERNAL WORK STUDY UNIT
MDG
MILLINIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MPLADS
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA

DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
NAD
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS DIVISION
NCMP
NATIONAL COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME
NSC
NSSO
OL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
O&M
ORGANISATION & METHOD
PAO
PAY & ACCOUNTS OFFICE
PCL
PRICE & COST OF LIVING
PG
PUBLIC GRIENVANCES
R&P
RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
RTI
RIGHT TO INFORMATION
SC/ST
SCHEDULED CASTE/TRIBE
SDRD
SSD
SOCIAL STATISTICS DIVISION
TPP
TWENTY POINT PROGRAMME
TRG.
TRAINING
US
UNDER SECRETARY
SSS
SUBORDINATE STATISTICAL OFFICER
210
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Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation
I
STATISTICS WING
1.
Acts as the nodal agency for planning integrated development of the

statistical system in the country.
2.
Coordination of statistical work with a view to identify gaps in data

availability or duplication of statistical work in respect of Departments
of the Government of India and the State Statistical Bureaus (SSBs)
and to suggest necessary remedial measures.
3.
Laying down and maintenance of norms and standards in the field of

statistics, evolving concepts, definitions and methodology of data
collection, processing of data and dissemination of results.
4.
Advising the Departments of the Government of India on statistical

methodology and on statistical analysis of data.
5.
Preparation of National Accounts as well as publication of Annual

Estimates
of
National
Income,
Gross
Net
Domestic
Product,
Government and private final consumption expenditure, capital

formation, savings, capital stock and consumption fixed capital,
quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product, preparation of National
Input-Output Transactions Table, State level estimates of Domestic
Product
and
fixed
capital
formation
of
supra-regional
sectors,
preparation of comparable estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP)

at current prices.
6.
Compilation and release of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) every

month in the form of Quick Estimates, conducting Annual Survey of
Industries (ASI) and providing statistical information, to assess and
211
evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of the

organised manufacturing (factories) sector.
7.
Development of Environment Statistics, development of methodology,

concepts and preparation of National Resource Accounts for India.
8.
Organization and conduct of periodic All India Economic Census and

follow-up sample surveys.
9.
Conducting nation-wide sample surveys on various socio-economic

aspects,
such
as,
employment,
consumer
expenditure,
housing
conditions, debt and investment, land and livestock holdings, literacy,

education, health, family welfare, un-organised manufacturing and
services etc, to provide the database needed for development,
research, policy formulation and economic planning.
10.
Conducting quality checks and auditing of statistical surveys and data

sets through technical scrutiny and sample checks and generate
correction factors and alternative estimates, if required.
11.
Undertaking the processing of survey data collected through various

socio-economic surveys and follow up surveys of Economic Census and
Annual
Survey
of
Industries
by
the
National
Sample
Survey
Organisation and the Central Statistical Organisation.

12.
Dissemination of statistical information through a number of regular or

adhoc publications to Government, semi-Government or private data
users / agencies and dissemination of data, on request, to United
Nations Agencies like United Nations Statistics Division, Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, International Labour
Organisation and other relevant international agencies.
13.
Giving grants-in-aid to registered non-governmental organizations and

research institutions of repute for undertaking special studies or
surveys, printing of statistical reports and finance seminars, workshops
or conferences relating to different subject areas of official statistics.
212
14.
Functioning as the Cadre Controlling Authority and dealing with all

aspects of managing the Indian Statistical Service including all matters
pertaining to training, career planning and manpower planning.
15.
The Indian Statistical Institute and ensuring
its
functioning
in
accordance with the provisions of the Indian Statistical Institute Act,

1959 (57 of 1959).
16.
Compilation and release of monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Urban Non-Manual Employees.
17.
Undertaking methodological studies and pilot surveys for evolving

better sampling techniques and estimation procedures including small
area estimates.
II
PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION WING
18.
Monitoring of Twenty Point Programme.
19.
Monitoring of projects of ` 150 crores and above.
20.
Monitoring of the performance of Infrastructure Sectors.
21.
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).
22.
Coordination and policy issues relating to National Common Minimum

Programme excluding sectoral policies allocated to other Ministries /
Departments.
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Annexure-III A
Project, Seminar/Conference/Workshop and Travel Grant Assistance
Sanctioned during 2012-13
Sl.
Name of the Organization/
No.
Beneficiary
Purpose
Amount (`) /
1.
Gandhigram Rural Institute,
Project on Determinants of Women
` 3,46,237/- (1st
Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamil
s Empowerment and its Impact on
instalment)
Nadu
Standard of Living
Sanctioned
Total Cost: ` 13,84,950/2.
Development Initiatives,
Project on The impact of
` 3,65,500/- (1st
Industrial Estate, Jharsuguda,
Remittances from Migrant Workers
instalment)
Odisha
on their Families and Local Economy

Development in Odisha
Total Cost : ` 14,62,000/-
3.
National Institute of Public
48th Annual Conference of the Indian
Finance, Satsang Vihar Marg,
Econometric Society at Pondicherry
Special Institutional Area, New
University
` 2,00,000/-
Delhi
4.
5.
6.
Bannari Amman Institute of
3rd National Conference on Issues
Technology, Sathyamangalam,
and Trends in Advanced Computing
Tamil Nadu
(NITAC-2012)
Shyam Institute of Public
9th Bhopal Seminar on Population
Cooperation and Community
and Reproductive and Child Health in
Development, Datia, M.P.
India
Department of Statistics,
Recent Trends in Official Statistics
` 1,00,000/-
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XI Biennial Conference of the
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7.
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8.
9.
10.
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Related Areas
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National Symposium on Statistics
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and its Applications for Young

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214
` 1,00,000/` 2,00,000/` 1,00,000/-
11.
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13.
14.
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Society 2012 (AMES)
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teachers and research scholars in
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` 2,00,000/-
celebration of Dept. Of Statistics

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18.
19.
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20.
21.
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Applications
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of Statistics and Statistical

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215
` 3,25,000/-
` 1,00,000/-
22.
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23.
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` 2,00,000/-
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24.
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25.
26.
27.
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` 1,00,000/-
` 1,00,000/` 3,25,000/-
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Applied Statistics
28.
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` 2,00,000/-
Agenda for Inclusive Growth the

Millennium Development Goals &
Beyond
29.
30.
Dept. of Statistics, Patna
49th Annual Conference of the
University, Patna, Bihar
Indian Econometric Society
Dept. of Statistics, Punjab
21st International Conference of
University, Patiala, Punjab
Forum for Interdisciplinary
` 2,00,000/` 2,00,000/-
Mathematics (FIM)
31.
32.
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Statistics & Mathematics Unit,
provide paper in IMS Asia Pacific
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Rim Meeting, Japan
Dr. Amitava Mukherjee, Dept.
Of Mathematics, IIT Madras
provide paper in The Sixth

Workshop on Applied Probability
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216
` 85,969/-
` 1,20,825/-
33.
34.
Dr. P. G. Sankaran, Dept. Of
Statistics, Cochin University of
provide paper in International
Science and Technology,
Symposium on Business and
Cochin, Kerala
Industrial Statistics
Dr. Prajneshu, IASRI, Pusa, New
Delhi
provide paper in Advances in
` 1,12,267/-
` 17,412/-
Interdisciplinary Statistics and

Cobinatories
35.
Dr. Prasun Das, ISI, Kolkata
` 32,360/-

Conference on Mathematics,
Statistics and Education
36.
Dr. M. Sivaram, Dept. Of Forest
Statistics, Kerala Forest
Research Institute, Peechi,
Statistical Ecology Conference
Rs, 1,01,618/-
Thrissur, Kerala
37.
Dr. K. Manjunatha Prasad, Dept
of Statistics, Manipal University,
provide paper in LINSTAT 2012,
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` 1,20,571/-
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Satistics Conference
38.
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Design of Experiments, IASRI,
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Mathematical Statistics Asia

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217
` 84,139/-
Annexure-III B
Project, Seminar/Conference/Workshop and Travel Grant Assistance
Sanctioned during 2013-14
Sl.
Name of the Organization/ Beneficiary
Purpose
Amount (`)/
Sri Shyam Sundar Shyam Institute of
11th Bhopal Seminar 2013:
Public Cooperation and Community
Contemporary Issues in Mortality
and Health in India
Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Statistics, Science and Society: New
No.
1.
2.
Sanctioned
` 1,50,000/-
` 5,00,000/-
Challenges and Opportunities

3.
7th Statistics Day Celebrations
` 2,00,000/-
5th Statistics Olympiad
` 2,00,000/-
C.R. Rao AIMSCS, Hyderabad, Andhra
` 5,00,000/-
Pradesh
Applications of Game Theory in

Pradesh
4.

Pradesh
5.
Policies and Decisions

6.
Gandhian Unit for Integrated
Livelihood and related issues of
Development Education (GUIDE),
fisher communities in India
` 1,45,000/-
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7.
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National Conference on Advanced
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Development and Applications in

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8.
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development (CCWSD), Bhubaneswar,
Implementing Strategy for Tribal
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Economic Development Statistics
` 1,50,000/-
and Data Gaps in Odisha

9.
10.
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Statistics and Informatics in
U.P.
Agricultural Statistics
` 2,00,000/-
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31st Annual National Conference of
Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Indian Society for Medical Statistics
` 2,00,000/-
(ISMS 2013)
11.
12.
The
Indian
Society
For
Ecological
Ecosystems,
` 5,00,000/-
Economics, New Delhi
Global
Sustainability
Centre for Study of Social Exclusion
Development in Statistical Methods
` 1,51,000/-
and Inclusive Policy, University of
for
Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka
Groups
218
Data
Change,
Analysis
of
Excluded
13.
Voluntary Integrated Multiple Orphan
Voluntary
& Children Human Activities Need
Orphan & Children Human Activities
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(VIMOCHANA),
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14.
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International
Jammu and Kashmir
Operations
Analytics
Conference
Research
and
on
for
Decision
` 5,00,000/-
Data
Analysis
Methods
15.
16.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada
Recent Advances in Statistics and
University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
their Applications
Pradesh
Economic
Socio-
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` 5,00,000/-
` 5,00,000/-
and
Sustainable Solutions
17.
Institute
for
Mathematics,
Mathematical
Information
Advancement
Bioinformatics,
Technology and Computer Science
Sciences
of
for
Science
` 1,00,000/-
and
Technology (MSAST 2013)
(IMBIC), Kolkata, West Bengal

18.
National
Institute
of
Technology,
Calicut, Kerala
8th International Conference and
` 5,00,000/-
Instructional Workshop on Matrix

Analytic
Methods
in
Stochastic
Models (MAM8 2014)

19.
Ashutosh
College,
Kolkata,
West
Bengal
20.
Advances in Statistics :Techniques
` 1,50,000/-
and Applications
Rayalaseema
University,
Kurnool,
Andhra Pradesh
Modeling and Analysis of Statistical

Design
of
Experiments
` 2,00,000/-
(DOE)
through Taguchi Philosophy

21.
Kerala
Statistical
Institute,
Official Statistics System in India
` 2,00,000/-
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
22.
23.
Sri Shyam Sunder Shyam Institute of
Bhopal Seminar 2014 Contemporary
Public Cooperation and Community
Issues
Development in India
Central
Rajasthan
University
of
Rajasthan,
in
Population
Recent Advances in Statistics and

their
Applications
in
Finance,
Actuarial Sciences and Other Areas
219
` 2,00,000/-
and
` 1,00,000/-
Annexure-IVA
Statement of Budget Estimate (SBE) -2013-14
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(in ` crore)
Sl.No
Scheme
Annual Plan 2013-14(BE)
Outlay
Earmarked
GBS
IEBR
Total
for North
East 2013-14
BE
123.00
00.00
123.00
12.30
43.00
00.00
43.00
4.30
7.00
00.00
7.00
0.70
405.00
00.00
405.00
25.80
578.00
00.00
578.00
43.10
50.00
00.00
50.00
20.00
3.00
00.00
3.00
53.00
00.00
53.00
20.00
631.00
00.00
631.00
63.10
(A) Central Sector Schemes(CS)

1
Capacity Development
Grants-in-Aid to Indian Statistical

Institute
Strengthening Monitoring and

Evaluation for
Projects and Programmes
Economic Census
Total (A)
(B)Centrally Sponsored Schemes(CSS)
1
India Statistical Strengthening

Project (ISSP)
Basic Statistics for Local Level

Development
(BSLLD)
Total(B)
Grand Total (A+B)
Note: ` 3955.00Crore is earmarked for Members of Parliament Local Area Development

Scheme (MPLADS) during Annual Plan 2013-14 (BE).
220
Annexure-IVB
B. Total Plan Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for 2013-14 (BE and RE) for North-Eastern Region
(` in lakh)
Provision for NE during 2013-14
Name of Plan Scheme
2
1. Basic Statistics for Local Level
Development
2. Indian Statistical Strengthening
BE
RE
Actual
NE States
Remarks
Expenditure
5
0.00
0.00
0.00
2000.00
1790.00
266.60
1230.00
1090.00
5.00
5.00
Project (Modernisation of
Statistical System in India)
3. Capacity Development (Total)
957.10
3(a). Capacity Development

(Capacity Development of CSO &
Institutional Development &
0.00
Capacfity Building)
Arunachal
3.(b) Capacity Development
(Capacity Development of NSSO Grant-in-aid to the states for
1225.00
1085.00
957.10
carrying out central NSS sample

work in NER region)
6th Economic Census
Pradesh
246.10
Manipur
298.10
Mizoram
72.00
Sikkim
62.30
Tripura
138.60
Kolkata for
2580.00
2580.00
990.58
NER region
140.00
Meghalaya
241.39
Mizoram
89.07
Manipur
176.41
Arunachal
Pradesh

Capacity Building (P.I. Wing)
GRAND TOTAL
70.00
60.00
6310.00
5950.00
(*) State wise details not received
221
0.00
2480.10
197.12
Tripura
155.71
Nagaland
130.88
Annexure-IVC
A. Total Plan Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for 2012-13 (BE and RE) for North-Eastern Region
(` in lakh)
Provision for NE during 2012-13
Name of Plan Scheme
2
1. Basic Statistics for Local Level
Development
RE
0.00
0.00
0.00
2000.00
3 Capacity Development (Total)
Actual
BE
1110.00
1700.0
0
1090.0
0
NE States
Remarks
Expenditure
1119.63
891.15
3(a). Capacity Development

(Capacity Development of CSO &
275.00
20.00
100.00
Capacfity Building)
Arunachal
Pradesh
3.(b) Capacity Development

(Capacity Development of NSSO Grant-in-aid to the states for
835.00
carrying out central NSS sample
1070.0
0
Manipur
791.15
Mizoram
work in NER region)
6th Economic Census

Capacity Building (P.I. Wing)
Grant-in-aid to ISI, Kolkata (*)
GRAND TOTAL
2937.00
2937.0
0
0.00
0.00
420.00
420.00
6467.00
6147.0
(*) State wise details not received
222
1661.85
420.00
4092.63
260.55
271.00
68.00
Sikkim
65.60
Tripura
126.00
Assam
1591.44
Sikkim
59.03
Meghalaya
11.38
420.00
Annexure-V
Performance of Monthly Monitored Items under Twenty Point Programme 2006
during the period April 2012 to March 2013
ALL INDIA PERFORMANCE
Sl.
Item Name
Units
Targets
Achievements
No.
Percent
Achievemen
ts
w.r.t. the
Target
April 2012-
April 2012- March 2013
March 2013
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
1 No. of Job cards issued
Numbers
6327592
2 Employment generated
Thousand
3019851
Lakh `
2637172
Number
98101
332196
339
5 No. of SHGs formed
Number
232445
6 No. of SHGs to whom income
Number
178937
176834
99
Hectare
354885
Employment generated under MGNREGS
Mandays
3 Wages given
Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
4 No. of Individual Swarozgaries
assisted - SGSY*
Self Help Groups
generating activities provided

under SGSY*
7 Land distributed
Minimum
Wages
Enforcement
(including
Farm
Labour)
8 No. of Inspections made
Number
6696
9 No. of Irregularities detected
Number
1335
10 No. of Irregularities rectified
Number
1363
11 No. of Claims filed
Number
329
223
12 No. of Claims settled
Number
489
Number
427
14 No. of Prosecution cases filed
Number
15 No.
cases
Number
16 Food Security:Targeted Public
Tonnes
50468574
44876123
89
Tonnes
10216596
10015644
98
Tonnes
17461314
17961651
103
2657682
88
200000
148199
74
Number
75000
112849
150
Number
25000
17794
71
Thousand
4559
17286
Number
6597231
7704565
117
Number
7018
11355
162
13 No.
of
Prosecution
cases
pending
of
Prosecution
decided
Food Security
Ditribution System (TPDS)*
17 Food Security:Antyodaya Anna
Yojana(AAY)*
18 Food Security:Targeted Public
Ditribution
System
for
Only
BPL*
Rural Housing - Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
19 Houses constructed *
Number
3009700
EWS/LIG Houses in Urban Areas

20 Houses constructed - EWS/LIG*
Number
Rural Areas National Rural Drinking water Programme (NRDWP)

21 Habitations covered (Partially
covered
&
slipped
back)
NRDWP
22 Coverage
of
water
quality
affected habitations (NRDWP)

23 No. of Individual household
latrines constructed
Nos.
Institutional Delivery
24 No. of deliveries in Institutions
Thousand
Nos.
SC Families Assisted
25 SC Families Assisted*
Universalisation of ICDS Scheme
26 ICDS
Blocks
Operational
(Cum.)*
Functional Anganwadis
224
27 Anganwadis Functional (Cum.)*
Number
1344498
1535206
114
Number
300000
1016417
339
Thousand
1541670
1629066
106
992926000
1303476530
131
30000
24487
82
Number
14241
8825
62
Number
336948
529058
157
Million Units
981093
894911
91
No. of Urban poor families assisted under seven point charter

28 Urban Poor Families Assisted
under Seven Point Charter*
Afforestation
29 Area Covered under Plantation
(Public and Forest Lands)*
30 Seedlings Planted
Hectares
(Public and Lakh Number
Forest Lands)*
Rural Roads- PMGSY
31 Length of Road Constructed*
Kilometer

32 No. of Villages Electrified*
Energized Pump sets
33 No. of Pumps sets energized*
34 Electricity supplied*
* Items having monthly targets.
@ No targets were fixed.
Some of items under TPP-2006 namely Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Self help Groups formed under SGSY, Sanitation Programme
in Rural Area and Institutional Delivery are demand driven and no targets are assigned by
concerned nodal Ministries whereas
and
for items like Distribution of Wasteland to the landless
Minimum Wages Enforcement (including Farm Labour), concerned administrative
Ministries are not in position to provide State/UT-wise targets; as such all these items are
being monitored on monthly basis without any targets.
225
Annexure-VI
Performance of Monthly Monitored Items under Twenty Point Programme 2006
during the period April 2013 to December 2013
ALL INDIA PERFORMANCE

Sl.
Item Name
Units
No.
Targets
Achieveme
Perce
nts
nt
Achie
veme
April 2013December 2013
April 2013-
nts
December
w.r.t.
2013
the
Targ
et
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Employment generated under MGNREGS

1
2
No. of Job cards issued

Employment generated
Wages given
No. of Individual
Thousand
Nos.
Thousand
Mandays
Lakh `
2452
1273286
1727676
Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

Number
73536
211081
287
Swarozgaries Assisted SGSY*

Self help Groups
5
No. of SHGs formed
Number
No. of SHGs to whom
Number
income generating activities

provided under SGSY*
226
@
134168
135462
263765
197

7
Land distributed
Hectare
43266
Minimum Wages Enforcement (including Farm Labour)

8
No. of Inspections made
Number
242
No. of Irregularities detected
Number
10
No. of Irregularities rectified
Number
11
No. of Claims filed
Number
12
No. of Claims settled
Number
13
No. of Prosecution cases
Number
pending
14
Number
filed
15
Number
decided
Food Security
16
Food Security:Targeted
Tonnes
37435935
33703168
90
Tonnes
8439905
8230697
98
Tonnes
12797021
12916087
101
Number
1244339
1228624
99
Number
74992
77581
103
56234
81
Public Ditribution System

(TPDS)*
17
Food Security:Antyodaya
Anna Yojana(AAY)*
18
Food Security:Targeted
Public Ditribution System
(Only BPL)*
Rural Housing Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)

19
Houses constructed IAY*

EWS/LIG Houses in Urban Areas
20
Houses constructed
EWS/LIG
Rural Areas National Rural drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

21
Habitations covered (PC and
Number
Slipped back) NRDWP*
227
69878
22
Coverage of water quality
Number
15219
7196
47
affected habitationsNRDWP*
23
No. of Individual household
Thousand
latrines constructed
Nos.
3658
Institutional Delivery
24
No. of deliveries in
Thousand
Institutions
Nos.
12461
SC Families Assisted
25
SC Families assisted under
Number
674119
1008637
150
Number
3850584
1510318
39
Number
7045
6967
99
Number
1352078
1328260
98
271171
241
SCA to SCSP & NSFDC

26
SC Students assisted under

Post-Matric Scholarship
Universalisation of ICDS Scheme
27
ICDS Blocks Operational

(Cum.)*
Functional Anganwadis
28
Anganwadis Functional
(Cum.)*
No. of Urban poor families assisted under seven point charter

29
Urban Poor Families
Number
112470
Thousand
1112
Assisted under Seven Point

Charter*
Afforestation
30
Area Covered under

Plantation (Public and
1420
128
Hectares
Forest Lands)*
31
Seedlings Planted (Public

and Forest Lands)*
Lakh
Number
Rural Roads- PMGSY
228
7226
1095
9
152
32
Length of Road
Kilometer
14435
15362
106
Number
2300
2128
93
Number
248012
43088
174
Constructed*
33
No. of Villages Electrified*

Energized Pump sets
34
No. of Pumps sets

energized*
35
Electricity supplied*
Million Units
741139
70754
8
*
@
Items having monthly targets

No targets were fixed
Some of items under TPP-2006 namely Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Self help Groups formed under SGSY, Sanitation
Programme in Rural Area and Institutional Delivery are demand driven and no
targets are assigned by concerned nodal Ministries whereas
Distribution of Wasteland to the landless and
for items like
Minimum Wages Enforcement
(including Farm Labour), concerned administrative Ministries are not in position to

provide State/UT-wise
targets; as such all these items are being monitored on
monthly basis without any targets.

The item SC families assisted has been bifurcated and with effect fr.
September 2013 is monitored on two parameters. In items where quarterly/ annual
targets have been provided by the Ministries concerned, monthly targets have been
worked out on prorata basis.
229
95
Annexure VII
Infrastructure Sector Performance
( April 2013 - March 2014)
(Figures are quick estimates and provisional)
Sl.
No.
Sector
Unit
April 2013 - March 2014

Target
Actual *
April 2012March 2013

Actual
% Variation Over
April 2013April 2012March 2014
March 2013
Target
Actual
Power
BU
975.00
967.15
912.06
-0.81
6.04
Coal
MT
604.55
565.64
556.40
-6.44
1.66
Finished Steel
MT
NA
92.97
89.62
3.74
Cement
MT
NA
256.04
251.95
1.63
Fertilizers
Lakh
Tonne
179.72
160.91
157.35
-10.47
2.27
Petroleum
i) Crude oil
ii) Refinery
iii) Natural Gas
MT
MT
MCM
39.40
222.97
38454
37.78
222.70
35390
37.86
219.21
40679
-4.11
-0.12
-7.97
-0.23
1.59
-13.00
Roads - Upgradation of NH
I) NHAI
ii) State PWD & BRO #
Km
Km
3000.00
1291.60
1901.00
1438.22
2844.00
1484.48
-36.63
11.35
-33.16
-3.12
Railways
MT
1055.35
1053.55
1009.89
-0.17
4.32
Shipping & ports
MT
NA
555.50
545.79
Tonne
865209
870024
824711
0.56
5.49
Tonne
611438
572202
581510
-6.42
-1.60
Lakh
456.15
470.55
429.22
3.16
9.63
Lakh
1221.86
1224.73
1161.21
0.23
5.47
10
11
Civil Aviation
i) Export Cargo handled
at major Airport
ii) Import Cargo handled
at major Airport
iii) Passengers handled
at International Terminal
iv) Passengers handled
at Domestic Terminal
Telecommunications
i) Addition in switching
Capacity(Fixed+wireless)
ii) Provision of net new
wire line connections
iii) Provision of net new
wireless connections
1.78
Lakh line
NA
20.54
-8.47
Lakh No.
NA
-17.15
-19.58
Lakh No.
NA
367.11
-513.70
# : Includes widening to four/six/eight lanes & two lanes and strengthening of existing weak pavements.
* : Provisional
BU : Billion Units
MT: Million Tonnes
NA : Not Available
MCM : Million cubic metre
BRO : Border Road Organisation
Km : Kilometre
230
Annexure - VIII
Month wise List of Completed Projects Costing
`150
Sl.
No
Project Name
Crore and above during 2013-14

Original
Original Date
Cost
of
Expenditure
commissioning
(` crore)
(` crore)
Cumulative
April 2013
Power
1
NORTHERN REGION SYSTEM STRENGTHENING SCHEMEXXII(POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED) -
08/2013
52.2
04/2003
343.36
315
01/2013
1133
02/2012
1206.1
06/2012
1240.75
03/2008
400.56
03/2009
334.59
02/2010
249.36
209.78
[N18000091]
Railways
2
REINGUNTA-GUNTAKAL(RE)(RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LTD.) [220100260]
168.34
BILASPUR-URKURA (DL)(RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LTD.) [220100321]
151.52
May 2013
Fertilisers
4
NANGAL - AMMONIA PLANT FEEDSTOCK

PROJECT(NATIONAL FERTILISER LIMITED) - [N08000006]
1,478.63
Power
5
765 KV SYSTEM FOR CENTRAL PART OF NORTHERN GRID

PA(POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED) -
1,347.32
[N18000068]
6
765KV SYSTEM FOR CENTRAL PART OF NORTHERN

REGION G(POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA
1,736.36
LIMITED) - [N18000078]
Road Transport And Highways
7
ORAI TO JHANSI (UP-5),NH-25, KM.220.0 TO

KM.170.0(NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA) -
340.68
[240106250]
June 2013
Railways
8
PALWAL-BHUTESWAR 3RD LINE

DOUBLING(NCR)(RVNL)(RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LTD.) -
240.00
[N22000027]
9
PANSPURA-KHARAGPUR 3D LINE(RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LTD.)

- [N22000076]
252.50
231
July 2013
Petroleum
10
North Tapti Gas Field Development(OIL & NATURAL GAS

CORPORATION LIMITED) - [N16000096]
03/2011
912.53
03/2007
1467.53
02/2011
731.93
10/2012
87.63
367.21
03/2015
90.21
658.53
02/2013
198.81
12/2012
4591.9
10/2009
302.7
589.70
Power
11
TEESTA LOW DAM STAGE III HYDROELECTRIC POWER

PROJE(NATIONAL HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
768.92
CORPORATION) - [180100222]
12
CHUTAK HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT (NHPC)(NATIONAL

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION) - [N18000007]
621.26
August 2013
13
INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN ELECTTRICAL GRIDS OF

INDIA AND B(POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA
160.32
LIMITED) - [N18000089]
Railways
14
Madurai-Rameswaram-GC(SOUTHERN RAILWAY) [N22000200]
15
240.00
Krishnanagar-Bethua Dahri doubling(EASTERN

RAILWAYS) - [N22000226]
16
151.65
Dharmavaram-Pakala GC(SAUTH COST RAILWAY) [N22000284]
294.99
September 2013
Petroleum
17
BUTADIENE EXTRACTION UNIT (BDEU) AT

PANIPAT(INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED) -
341.50
[N16000108]
Power
18
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH SASAN ULTRA

ME(POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED) -
7,031.88
[N18000046]
Road Transport And Highways
19
GWALIOR BYPSS, NH-75,3(NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

AUTHORITY OF INDIA) - [N24000088]
300.93
232
Annexure-IX
List of publications being brought out by various Divisions of CSO/NSSO
A.Twenty Point Programme Divsion
1. Annual Review Report of Twenty Point Programme-2006
2. Monthly Progress Report on Twenty Point Programme-2006
3. Monthly Capsule Report on Twenty Point Programme-2006
B.National Sample Survey Office
NSS Report No.
552(66/10/7)
NSS Report No.
553(66/10/8)
NSS KI (68/10)
Employment and Unemployment Situation

among Major Religious Groups in India
Employment and Unemployment Situation
in Cities and Towns in India
Key Indicators of Employment and
Unemployment in India 2011-12
NSS KI (68/10)
Key
Indicators
of
Household
Consumer
Expenditure in India 2011-12

NSS Report No.
Employment and Unemployment Situation in
554 (68/10/1)
India
NSS Report No.
Level and Pattern of Consumer Expenditure
555 (68/1.0/1)
2011-12
NSS KI (69/1.2)
Key Indicators of Drinking Water, Sanitation,

Hygiene and Housing Condition in India
NSS KI (69/0.21)
II.
Key Indicators of Urban slums in India
Sarvekshana
1. 97th Issue of Sarvekshana has been published.

2. 98th Issue of Sarvekshana has been finalised for publication.
C. Social Statistics Division
233
1. Women and Men in India 2013,

2. Statistics related to Climate change in India (first issue) 2013.
3. Millennium Development Goals India Country Report 2014.
4. 'SAARC Development Goals India Country Report 2013.
5. Compendium of Environment Statistics 2014.
D. Research and Publication Unit
The Research and Publication Unit regularly brings out the following
publications:
1. Monthly Abstract of Statistics-Monthly
2. Statistical Year Book, India-Annual
3. India in Figures, A Ready Reference-Annual
The volumes of publications released during the year by the unit are:
1. Monthly Abstract of Statistics: July-Dec 2013 released on 27th February
2014
2. Statistical Year Book-2014 released on 1st January 2014
3. India in Figures-2013 released on 29th June 2013
E.
National Accounts Division

1. National Accounts Statistics-2013
2. Sequence of National Accounts- India, 2013
3. State wise Estimates of Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied
Activities 2013
F. Economic Statistics Division (CSO)

1. Infrastructure Statistics, 2013
2. Energy Statistics, 2014
234
Annexure-X
POSITION OF ACTION TAKEN NOTE (ATN) FOR THE YEAR 2012-13
S.No
Year
No. of Paras
/PA
reports
on
which
ATNs
have
been
submitted to
PAC
Details of the Paras/PA reports on which ATNs are pending

No. of ATNs not
No. of ATNs sent
No. of ATNs which
sent
the
but returned with
have
Ministry even for
observations and
vetted by audit but
the first time
Audit is awaiting
have
their resubmission
submitted
by the Ministry
Ministry to PAC.
by
after
vetting
by
been
finally
not
been
by
the
Audit
1.
Performance
Audit
First
ATN
of
MPLADS
Union
submitted
20th
Government
(Civil)
Dec,
and
No. 31 of 2010-11.
None
2011
Second
ATN
Nil
Nil
on
16thMay 2012.
(In both the ATNs,
complete
replies
on 18 paras and
part replies on 41
paras have been
submitted.)
2.
PAC
55th
Report
ATN on all the 33
33
Final ATN in respect
(15th LokSabha) on
paras
was
of all 33 paras duly
MPLADS.
submitted on 13th
vetted by the DG
September 2013.
(Audit)
with
comments
Ministry
has
forwarded
Sabha
of
to
the
been
Lok
Secretariat
(PAC) Branch on 13th

September
2013
with a copy to all

concerned.
235
Annexure-XI
Government of India
Results-Framework Document
Performance Evaluation Report
For
Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation
(2012-13)
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
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Organisation Chart of Ministry of Statistics & Programme

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into

existence as an independent Ministry on 15th October 1999 after the merger

The Government of India through a Resolution dated 1st June 2005

decided to set up the National Statistical Commission (NSC). The setting up

recommendation of the Rangarajan Commission, which reviewed the Indian

supervised by the National Statistical Commission.

India is a subscriber to the International Monetary Funds (IMF) Special

Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) and is currently fulfilling the

The Ministry maintains an Advance Release Calendar for its

data categories covered under the SDDS, which is disseminated on the

The Ministry releases the datasets covered under the

The Ministry organizes technical meetings on a regular basis on

The CSO staff participates in meetings and

seminars organized by international and regional organizations such as the

The Indian statistical

The contribution of the Ministrys officials in

international meetings on these subjects is highly appreciated.

Statistics Day: In recognition of the notable contributions made by

(Late) Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of economic

2013 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, State

Employment Statistics and concerted efforts were made throughout the

The Statistics Wing of the Ministry is mandated with the following

acts as the nodal agency for planned development of the

Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and State

consumption expenditure, capital formation, savings, estimates

maintains liaison with international statistical organizations, such

International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian Development Bank

the Food and Agriculture

International Labour Organisation (ILO), etc;

compiles and releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

organises and conducts periodic all-India Economic Censuses

large scale all-India sample surveys for creating the

database needed for studying the impact of specific problems for

disseminates statistical information on various aspects through a

Government, or private data users/ agencies, and disseminates

Organizations and research institutions of repute for undertaking

The Programme Implementation Wing of the Ministry has the following

monitoring of the Twenty Point Programme (TPP);

monitoring the performance of the countrys eleven key

Telecommunications, Ports, Fertilizers, Cement, Petroleum &

monitoring of all Central Sector Projects costing `150 crore and

Development Scheme (MPLADS).

The Administration Division of the Ministry inter alia:

functions as the Cadre Controlling Authority to manage the

training, career and

manpower planning; and

1.10 The Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme

National Statistical Commission

National Statistical Commission was reconstituted during 2013-14 as

Prof.Rahul Mukerjee, Member with effect from 20th July 2013

The GDP at factor cost at constant (2004-05) prices in 2013-14 has

The GDP at current prices for the year 2013-14 is estimated to be `

At current prices, the Gross Saving Rate is estimated to be 30.1 % of

The rate of Gross Capital Formation has reached a level of 34.8 % in

CSO has participated in the eighth round of the International

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of the Asia-Pacific region has been

The monthly All-India Indices of Industrial Production (IIP) with base