Lok Sabha Question No. 4480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Reviewing Data used for Major Economic Indicator
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4480

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## REVIEWING DATA USED FOR MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATOR

## 4480. SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  new  committee  has  been  set  up  to  review  data used for major economic indicators;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the objective behind the move;
- (c) the  details  of  the  appointment  procedure,  constitution  of the committee terms of reference, etc. of the Committee so set up;
- (d)
- the function and powers of the committee; and
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  committee  is  likely  to  submit  its report to the Government?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

(SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) to (d): Yes.  Madam.  A  committee  on  real  sector  statistics, which  include  a  few  major  economic  indicators,  has been  set  up  by  the  National  Statistical  Commission (NSC)  through  an  order  issued  on  05-10-2016.  The committee is expected to cover inter alia the

requirement of statistics for estimation of Gross Domestic  Product,  and  data  governance  for  quality, timeliness  and  credibility.  The  committee  comprises 26  members,  of  which  10  members  are  non-official members,  who  are  experts  in  the  relevant  subject domains. The 16 official members are representatives of  different  Government  Departments  at  the  Centre and  States.  The  non-official  members  would  be  paid sitting fee and travel costs for attending meetings of the committee. The terms of reference of the committee are:

- (1) To review the status on implementation of recommendations of NSC and subsequent committees  of  NSC  to  identify  areas  needing action for improving real sector statistics including Regional  Statistics consistent with System of National Accounts-2008
- (2) To recommend suitable measures to strengthen systems and processes for collection, collation and dissemination of these statistics with possibility for improving timeliness
- (3) To take stock of existing Information Technology deployment for collection of granular data from primary sources and recommend suitable measures to establish/ revamp system for (i) processing and (ii) periodic audit, through deep drive of integrated system and recommend a nodal agency for data repository
- (4) To examine present system for dissemination of data and recommend measures for improvement consistent  with  international  standard,  namely, Special Data Dissemination Standards
5. (e): The committee will have tenure of one year initially.

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