Thursday 31 July 2014

Free Essays for Competitive Exams-Salient Features of Sixth Economic Census

Salient Features of Sixth Economic Census

Covered all States and Union Territories of Indian Union
Fieldwork conducted during January, 2013 to April, 2014 in collaboration with State/UT Governments
Enumerated all establishments engaged in various agricultural and non-agricultural activities excluding crop production, plantation, public administration, defence and compulsory social security
Used Enumeration Blocks (EBs) of Population Census, 2011 as the primary geographical units for collection of data
About 7 lakh enumerators and 3 lakh supervisors deployed to collect information from the entire country comprising about 25 lakh Population Census EBs
About 20,000 training programmes, each with a participation of around 50 persons organized
Certain changes made in the main schedule of enquiry to guard against omission of home-based establishments or those operating from outside household without fixed structure
Data for handicraft/handloom establishments collected for the first time
A Standing Committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Statistician of India & Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) looked into various aspects of work with technical support provided by a Working Group
State Level Coordination Committees under the chairmanship of Chief Secretaries and District Level Coordination Committees under the chairmanship of District Collectors constituted for smooth conduct of the Census
Overall coordination at all-India level and guidance provided by the Economic Statistics Division of CSO (Central Statistical Organization) 

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