Lok Sabha Question No. 1628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Achievement of ISSP
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA, HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION. NO.1628 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 th  JULY, 2016

## ACHIEVEMENT OF ISSP

1628. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA : SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM :

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

PROGRAMME

- (a) the key features of  India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) and the expected outcomes under the said project;
- (b) the  status  of  the  project  in  the  States  where  it  has  been implemented including the funds allocated for the purpose during  the above period,  State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the achievements made under the said project since its implementation, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  FOR  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION, [SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA]

- (a) The  India  Statistical  Strengthening  Project  (ISSP)  now  renamed as  Support  for  Statistical  Strengthening  (SSS)  aims  at  improving  the statistical capacity and infrastructure of State Statistical Systems for collecting,  compiling  and  disseminating  reliable  official  statistics  for policy planning at the State and Sub-State levels. The approved outlay for  the  scheme    is  Rs.  650.43  crore.  The  scheme  is  being  currently implemented in 16 States.

(b) & (c) For the 16 currently implementing States, the project is at different stages of implementation. The details of funds allocated, and major achievements as reported by States are at Annexure.

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 1628 FOR 27.07.2016

## Details of state-wise funds allocated, and major achievements made

|   S. No. | State          |   Funds allocated (Rs in crore) | Major Achievements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Karnataka      |                           26.97 |  Two District Statistics Offices constructed  Development of 7 web applications completed  425 computers provided to 176 Talukas and District Statistics Offices  Training for Birth and Death Online Registration completed  Study to compile the estimates of Capital Formation completed  Factories and Boilers Statistics At a Glance prepared |
|        2 | Gujarat        |                           28.47 |  Village Profile and Taluka Atlas portal developed  Eight District Human Development Reports and five Studies completed  474 officers/staff trained  Centre for Participatory Learning constructed and 20 District Data Centres established                                                                                                          |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh |                           14.94 |  Data sets on Urban Housing &Building Statistics compiled  Four Type Studies and two workshops relating to improvement in State Income estimates completed  Statistics for Local Area Planning (2013-14) compiled  1408 desktops provided to District Offices.                                                                                       |
|        4 | Telangana      |                           12.35 |  Statistics for Local Area Planning for 2014-15 compiled  New building for Training Institute and additional accommodation in Directorate of Economics and Statistics constructed  524 desktops and related equipment provided to District Offices  Data for Annual Survey of Industries for 2012-13 compiled.                                       |
|        5 | Tamil Nadu     |                           19.32 |  Building for Directorate of Economics and Statistics constructed  Two Regional Offices, eight District Statistics Offices,11 Divisional Statistics Offices and 227 Block Statistics Offices constructed  32 vehicles purchased.                                                                                                                      |
|        6 | Bihar          |                           20.13 |  57 vehicles purchased.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        7 | West Bengal    |                           20.42 |  Nine District Statistics Offices and Headquarter building constructed  Application Software for Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) developed  Training in computers provided to 40 officers and 60 staff                                                                                                        |

|   S. No. | State                           |   Funds allocated (Rs in crore) | Major Achievements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        8 | Kerala                          |                           14.99 |  Kerala State Statistical Commission established  Adhoc Survey for estimating rates and ratios of animals slaughtered completed  Six State Reports published  Methodology for Wage Index developed  Pilot study for changes in methodology under Establishment of an Agency for Reporting Agricultural Statistics (EARAS),completed. |
|        9 | Mizoram                         |                           15.17 |  Construction of 5 District Offices completed  All District Offices furnished with IT equipment  Statistical data of various line departments analysed  The Below Poverty Line Survey is being completed by September, 2016                                                                                                           |
|       10 | Sikkim                          |                           16.59 |  Statistical Cell established in Tourism and Rural Management Department  Common Statistical Cadre created  Study on Transport of Passengers completed  Two District Statistics Offices constructed  5 studies/surveys completed                                                                                                     |
|       11 | Rajasthan                       |                           34.61 |  295 Block Statistics Offices established  23 District Statistics Office buildings constructed  5500 persons trained  Block Statistical Outline and Block At A Glance released                                                                                                                                                        |
|       12 | Odisha                          |                           28.81 |  Construction of 215 Block Statistical Offices completed  Strengthening of IT infrastructure at Directorate of Economics and Statistics and Block Statistics Offices done  51 trainings conducted  Draft Report on District Level Poverty Estimates prepared                                                                          |
|       13 | Jharkhand                       |                           12.58 |  Building for Directorate of Economics and Statistics constructed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       14 | Manipur                         |                           20.59 |  Administrative block of Directorate of Economics and Statistics building with Auditorium and Hostel constructed  175 desktops provided to District Statistics Offices  Three statistical publications released  Two trainings completed                                                                                              |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh (started in 2015) |                           43.76 |  Construction of two Divisional Statistics Offices under progress  40 laptops, 18 desktops procured  Poverty and Social Monitoring Survey in progress                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       16 | Uttarakhand (started in 2015)   |                           20.28 |  Two Training Programmes completed  Methodology on Composite Indicator to measure Backwardness of Districts, Estimation of District Level Poverty and Analysis of Primary Sector Migration, developed                                                                                                                                   |

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