Why in news?
Delhi is the 26th state where the survey has been
launched, while the process is already on in 20
states and 5 UTs starting since June 2019.
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• For the first time, an IT based digital platform
is being used for data capture, validation,
report generation and dissemination. This will
ensure high accuracy and data security.
o For this, Ministry of Statistics and
Program Implementation (MoSPI) has
tied up with Common Service Centre
(CSC), a Special purpose vehicle under
Ministry of Electronics and IT.
• The process of Economic Census was first
held in 1978. Present Census will provide
disaggregated information on various
operational and structural aspects of all
establishments in the country.
• The census will provide valuable insights into
geographical spread/clusters of economic
activities, ownership pattern; persons
engaged etc. of the establishments engaged in
economic activity.
Additional Information
Major
Statistics in
India
• Central Statistics Office (CSO)- GDP,
Index of Industrial Production, Energy
Statistics, Infrastructure Statistics,
National Income Accounting, Conduct
of Annual Survey of Industries,
Consumer Price Indices for Urban Non-
Manual Employees, Human
Development Statistics, Gender
Statistics, Imparting training in Official Statistics.

• National Sample Survey Office
(NSSO)- Primarily data are collected
through nation-wide household
surveys on various socio-economic
subjects, Annual Survey of Industries
(ASI). Also collects data on rural and
urban prices, crop statistics.
Standing
Committee
on
Economic
Statistics
(SCES)
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation had constituted a 28
member Standing Committee on
Economic Statistics, headed by Pronab
Sen, to improve the quality of data.
• SCES subsumed four earlier standing
committees on labour force statistics;
industrial statistics; services sector;
and unincorporated sector enterprises.
It has 27 members including academics
and industry representatives.
• It will review the existing framework of
data sources, indicators and definitions
of IIP, periodic labour force survey,
time use survey, economic census and
sector statistics, among others.
• The committee has been constituted
to ensure there is convergence about
decision making process so that
quality of data is improved.
Payroll
Reporting
• Payroll data of Employees’ State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for
November showed 19.62 lakh new
additions.
• Since April, 2018 National Statistical
Organisation (NSO) has been bringing
out the employment related statistics
in formal sector across various age
groups and gender.
• It uses payroll data of
subscribers under 3 schemes-
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF)
Scheme, Employees’ State Insurance
(ESI) Scheme and National Pension
Scheme (NPS).
• The report gives different perspectives
on the levels of employment in formal
sector and does not measure
employment at a holistic level.
Consumer
Expenditure
Survey of
2017-18
(NSO)
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI) has decided
not to release survey due to data
quality issues.
• Consumer Expenditure Survey
generates estimates of household
monthly per capita Consumer
Expenditure (Food and Non-food) and
the distribution of households and
persons over the Monthly Per Capita
Expenditure (MPCE) classes. It is a
quinquennial exercise (once in every 5years).