Presentation at 17th COCSSO, 8-9th

February, 2010, Tiruvananthpuramby

Economic Statistics Division(Central Statistical Organization)

Snapshot of Economic Censuses conductedGiganticity of EC operationsLessons learnt from the 5th ECProgress so far and decisions takenUses of Economic Census DataRecommendation of Parliamentary Standing Committee on FinanceBroad cost estimatesMajors issues for Discussion

EC is the complete count of all establishments Except those in Crop production and Plantation

Main PurposeGenerate updated frame of establishments for follow-up surveys

Five ECs have been conducted so far in the years 1977, 1980, 1990, 1998 & 2005Special features of 5th EC

Use of ICR Technology for processing of dataGeneration of a Directory of establishments having 10 or more worker

About 6 lakh villages (24crore HHs) and 4.5 lakh UFS blocks covered ( 5th EC)About 4.2 crore establishments enumerated( 5th EC)

4 lakh persons deployed for enumeration,Three-tier training conducted to train the enumerators and supervisors15,000 training programmes conducted to impart training to the 4 lakh enumerators

4 types of Schedules canvassed,Establishment ScheduleHouse ListAddress SlipEstablishment Abstract

About 3 million scheduled printed covering all regional languagesMore than 10 languages usedNIC-2004 codes given at 4-digit level

Use of ICT technology Designing of schedule suitable for ICR not adopted

Quality of paper for printing not proper (80gsm paper not used)

Resulted in Difficulty of data scanning and digitization

Difficulty in preparation of Directory of Establishments (lack of clarity on instructions in filling address field)

Training not adequateTraining at enumerator levelTraining of personnel engaged for tabulation and NIC Coding

Field Work needs improvementLack of Clarity in Instruction for filling up Address SlipCloser monitoring Greater accountability of enumerators

Inadequate Publicity Extensive publicity

Two Brain-storming Sessions (BS) organized- Apart from officers from Central Govt. State Govt. representatives participatedDiscussions held on:- Present uses and possible uses of EC data-Publicity and availability of EC Data- Revision and Updation of state-wise Directory of Establishments- To be conducted in collaboration with DESs of States and UTs as done during 4th and 5th ECs

Formulation of developmental/welfare oriented plans and programmesOnly comprehensive source of un-organized sector Data.To be used for preparation of Business Register.To study concentration of establishments of different types across regions. To meet information requirement for Parliament including its various committees.Meet requirement of various organization involved in promotion of various sectors

Handloom/ handicrafts

for studying the trends and patterns of industrial diversification. study of regional imbalance in industrialization.cluster development for formation of special economic zones,in market research surveys for facilitating the launch of new industries and products.Preparation of Statistical Atlas at National, state and district level.

“Too much time is taken in releasing the final results of the Economic Census Surveys…..……As the data is used in formulating developmental/welfare oriented plans and programmes, the Committee recommend that the process of releasing the economic census should be done as early as possible. The Committee hope that the 6th Economic Census which is currently being undertaken would be expedited and completed during 11th Five Year Plan itself.”

The field works should be undertaken after the completion of Population Census work, preferably after May 2011. May be got done by States/NSSO during May to October,2011 .ICR technology to be used for processing.Use of ICR facility of RGI Availability and willingness of other agencies to take up this work to be explored.

The schedule should be made simple to facilitate data collection.Results of 6th EC, including directory of establishments should be targeted for release within 6 months of the completion of the field work.

Identification of more uses of EC data at state and district levelsCorrection/Updation of the Directory of establishments prepared on the basis of 5th ECState-level reports published and the pendingCentralized Printing of Schedules for 6th EC

English & HindiLocal Languages

Printing of Instructions in local languages

Recruitment of enumeratorsTraining and supervisionParticipation of Staff from NSSO(FOD)Transfer of fundsLevel of NIC code to be used for data collectionDecoding the addresses from local language to EnglishPost-enumeration checks- Through NSSO (FOD) or Independent AgencyScope of Directory of Establishment

(10 workers or less)

ReportsRecd(9) from

J&K, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh( Prov.), Karnataka, West Bengal, Puducherry.

Image FilesNot Recd(12) from

Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, J&K, Rajasthan, Bihar, Sikkim, Mizoram, Tripura, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Dadra & N.H., Lakshadweep

Utilization certificatesNot received from the following States/ UTs(16)

J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Assam, Chattisgarh, M P, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa and Kerala

Partial receiptOrissa, West Bengal, Nagaland, A & Nicobar, Uttarakhand