- Unlike other govt department secretaries, none represented Statistics Ministry at the interactive session with PM Modi
- Statistics Ministry to make a presentation before Home Ministry
- Statistics ministry main source of data on economic matters for Central Statistics Office (CSO), National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
- At present no real time data on unemployment and other subjects available, policy planners have to use old data
- Officials say investing in garnering updated data will help the Central govt in a big way
- Previous PM Dr Singh took recourse to formation of panels to collect data on various economic matters
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/lack-of-real-time-data-to-impact-policymaking/article6087420.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Central Statistics Office (CSO)
- National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
- Real time data