MoSPI and NCAER sign MoU for improving official statistical system

Speed Post News Network

New Delhi : The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, and National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), on January 29, 2019, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use new data technologies, knowledge generation and knowledge sharing, and capacity building in the field of Official Statistics.

The MoU was signed on January 29, 2019 in the presence of Pravin Srivastava, Secretary, MoSPI cum Chief Statistician of India, Jyotirmoy Poddar, Director General, Central Statistics Office, Shekhar Shah, Director General, NCAER, and other senior officers of both the organisations in New Delhi.

The MoU would lead to strengthening and  better monitoring of data quality and timeliness of various statistical products and services generated by the Ministry including Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Economic Census, Price Statistics, Index of Industrial Production (IIP), and Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), etc.

The following are the key activities envisaged under the MoU : Business Process Review (BPR) of the existing official statistics system and development of an information and communication technology (ICT) plan for mainstreaming data integration across various domains and agencies, Using technology for survey instruments and processing of data for largescale surveys and data analytics, and Creation of a national data warehouse to integrate administrative statistical datasets available up to the local Government level, according to a PIB release.