Lok Sabha Question No. 2869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Conference for Strengthen of Statistical System
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Dr. Prashant Yadaorao Padole, Shri Kripanath Mallah, Shri Narayan Tatu Rane, Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2869

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## CONFERENCE FOR STRENGTHEN OF STATISTICAL SYSTEM

2869. SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

SHRI NARAYAN TATU RANE:

DR. PRASHANT YADAORAO PADOLE:

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

- (a) the  main  objectives  and  achievements  of the  Conference  of Ministers  of  State  Government  in  the  context  of  strengthening  the statistical system;
- (b) the  plan  of  the  Government  to  address  the  specific  requirement identified during the last Conference to make minute assessment at substate level;
- (c) whether  any  new  initiatives  was  proposed  highlighted  during  the Conference; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF  STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI) organized  a  Conference  of  State  Government  Ministers  on  the  theme 'Strengthening of Statistical Systems' on 5 th  April, 2025 at New Delhi. The key objectives of the conference were to highlight importance of producing relevant,  accurate,  &  timely  statistics  at  both  national  and  sub-national

levels  for  various  socio-economic  indicators;  to  emphasize  key  areas  of collaboration/  partnership  for  strengthening  national  &  state  statistical systems;  as  well  as  to  deliberate  on  expectations  and  requirements  of States/UTs to improve their statistical systems.

During the conference, representatives from various States and UTs were sensitized of MoSPI's continual efforts in organizing trainings, workshops, and conferences in collaboration with State Governments and UT Administrations to support the generation of key statistical products at the sub-state (granular) level. These initiatives, the conference being one of them, have significantly contributed to strengthening statistical capacity across States and UTs by creating synergy between the national and state statistical systems, to ensure consistent and quality data collection and compilation of various indicators aligned with standards followed by MoSPI.

- (b) Provision  for  generating  district-level  estimates  has  recently  been incorporated in most of the major NSS surveys by adopting 'district' as the basic stratum in survey sampling design.  Further, the provision of State participation  has  been  introduced  in  NSS  Surveys  to  generate  annual district  level  estimates  of  major  indicators  by  the  States.  These  district level estimates are envisaged to facilitate targeted policy formulation at the sub-state level. Additionally, MoSPI assists States/ UTs by serving as members of committees constituted by the States/ UTs for preparation of various indicators.
- (c) & (d)  Yes Sir.

During the conference, MoSPI released annual publication namely 'Women and Men in India 2024: Selected Indicators and Data' and also launched the website of National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA), which is the training academy of MoSPI. The revamped Micro-data Portal of MoSPI, which currently hosts data of more than 175 socio-economic surveys, was also launched to improve dissemination of micro-level/ unit-level data. In addition,  semantic  search  on  National  Industrial  Classification  Code, developed  during  the  recently  concluded  Hackathon  in  IIT  Gandhinagar during March, 2025 was also showcased during the Conference.

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