Subject:- REPORT OF ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS-STATISTICS DIVISION.

S.No Points Progress

1. Legislative

and Policy

intervention

introduced

and

implemented;

In pursuance of Section-6 of the General Statistics (Re-organization) Act 2011(XIV) the

federal government constituted the Governing Council of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

on 30-11-2011.

The 7th meeting of Governing Council, held on 10th January, 2015, has approved the

conduct of Agriculture Census after every five years by combining Decennial

Agriculture Census, Machinery Census and Livestock Census.

In order to stimulate the research activities in the field of National Accounts for adoption

of statistical system by collection, compilation and cross checking of data, 5th meeting

of Governing Council held on 9th December, 2013, approved the Change of Base of

National Accounts from 2005--06 to 2015-16.

In accordance with international standards Change of Base for the computation of Price

Indices has been made which is from year 2007-08 to 2015-16.

The Council of Common Interests considered the Summary dated 17th March, 2015

submitted by the Statistics Division and while approving the Summary decided that the

Census may be held in March, 2016 under the supervision of Armed Forces alongwith

House Listing Census. The funds will be shared from the divisible pool by all provinces

jointly.

2. New

institutions,

bodies and /or

committees

created or

restructured to

design/execut

ed and oversee

implementatio

n;

Due to promulgation of General Statistics (Re-organization) Act, 2011, three attached

departments i.e Population Census Organization, Federal Bureau of Statistics and

Agriculture Census Organization and Technical Wing of Statistics Division has been

merged in to one entity as Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) w.e.f 23rd December, 2011.

Chief Statistician and Members are appointed. This newly restructured organization has

adopted modern techniques for the conduct of census and survey which are also in

accordance with international standards.

The following Committees have been formed for conduct of 6th Population and

Housing Census-2016:

Census Operational Committee

This committee comprises of the following:-

1. Chief Statistician , PBS, Islamabad(Chairman)

2.Senior Joint Secretary, Statistics Division(Member)

3. Member(National Accounts),PBS, (Member)

4. Member(Support Services), PBS, (Member)

5. Provincial Census Commissioner(Punjab/Sindh/KP/Balochistan (Members)

6. Census Commissioner AJ&K/GB, (Members)

7. Sr. Member Board of Revenue, Govt. of Punjab/sindh/KP/Balochsitan/AJK/GB

(Members)

8.Secretary, Local Government department Govt of

Punjab/sindh/KP/Balochsitan/AJK/GB (Members)

9. Secretary, Education, Govt. of Punjab/sindh/KP/Balochsitan/AJK/GB (Members)

10.Director General, PBS Islamabad(Member)

11.Census Commissioner, PBS

Islamabad,(Member/Secretary)

National Census Apex Committee

This Committee comprises of the following:

1. Minister of Finance Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization

(Chairman)

2. Secretary, M/O Defence, Rawalpindi(Member)

3. Secretary, Finance ( Member)

4. Secretary, M/O Interior, Islamabad(Member)

5.Secretary, M/O Information Technology & Technology, Islamabad(Member)

6. Secretary, Economic Affairs, Division (Member)

7. Secretary, Planning & Development Division, (Member)

8.Secretary, Statistics Division ( Member)

9. Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan (Member)

10. Surveyor General, Survey of Pakistan RWP(Member)

11.Chairman, NADRA, (Member)

12. Chairperson, HEC (Member)

13. Principal Information Officer/DG(PID) (Member)

14. Chief Commissioner ICT, Islamabad(Member)

15-20. Chief Secretaries, Government of

Punjab/Sindh/KP/Balochistan/AJK/GB(Members)

21. Executive Director, National Institute of Population Studies(NIPS) (Member)

22. Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics(PIDE) (Member)

23. Director General(Pakistan Manpower Institute(Member)

24.Country Director, Population Council, (Member)

25. Chief Statistician/Chief Census Commissioner(Member/Secretary)

3. Budgetary

allocations

and actual

spending by

the division;

a) Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

S.NO Year Budget Expenditure

1 2013-14 1,423,426,000 1,397,749,000

2. 2014-15 1,761,715,000 1,717,866,128

Council of Common Interest(CCI) in its meeting held on 18-03-2015 has approved the

allocation of Rs. 14.5 billion for the conduct of Population and Housing Census from the

divisible pool by all provinces jointly.

b) Statistics Division

S.No Period Budget Expenditure

1 July, 2013 to June,

2014

46,195,000 45,676,000

2 July, 2014 to June,

2015

51,249,000 49,472,390

4. Major

projects

initiated and

completed

during the

period

PSDP Projects of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Million Rs.

Sr.

No. Name of the Project

Approval

Date

Approved

Cost

Allocation

2014-15

Releas

es

2014-

15

Remarks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1

Construction of office

building for statistics

division and its attached

departments at,

Islamabad.

February,

2009 359.690 20.000 20.000

Project

Completed

on June, 2015

2

(Pakistan Social & Living

Standards Measurement

(PSLM) Survey)

03-Oct.,

2014 894.000

150 +

13.401*=

163.401

163.40

1

Project

Completed

on June, 2015

3

Change of Base

National Accounts from

2005-06 to 2015-16

28-Nov.,

2014 279.950

20 + 6* =

26.000 26.000

• In Progress

• Duration of

the project is

three years

4

Updation of Rural Area

Frame for the Conduct of

Census / Surveys

04-March,

2015 249.430 25.000 25.000

• In Progress

• Duration of

the project is

two years

* Additional Demand and Release during FY 2014-15

Pakistan Social & Living Standard Measurement(PSLM) Survey is designed to provide

Social & Economic indicators in the alternate years at provincial and district level. PSLM

provincial level survey 2013-14 was conducted from July, 2013 to June, 2014 in which

data is collected on Education, Health, Population welfare, Water supply & Sanitation

and Income & consumption. Reports have been prepared & placed on PBS website.

Besides, district level survey 2014-15 was conducted from July, 2014 to June, 2015.

Data cleaning is almost completed and tabulation is in progress. The project was now

been brought on the regular budget of the Bureau.

The project, "Construction of office building for statistics division and its attached

departments at Islamabad" which was started in February, 2009 and has been completed

in June, 2015.

A report "Compendium on Gender Statistics of Pakistan 2014 " third update in the series

has been published by the PBS during October, 2014, while "Compendium on

Environment Statistics of Pakistan" is under process and expected to be published

shortly.

5.

Any other

achievement

worth

consideration

The following tasks has been completed during the reference period:-

I. PRICE STATISTICS/INDICES

i. Collection of Weekly Prices & Release of Sensitive Price Indicator

(SPI).

Weekly Prices of 53 essential items from 17 urban centres were

collected. Sensitive Price Indicators (SPI) for 53 essential items with

base year 2007-08 for each Income Group and Combined were

compiled for release according to prescribed schedule on weekly

basis regularly.

Weekly Prices and indices of 28 Kitchen items are calculated

according to prescribed schedule on weekly basis regularly and send

to National Price Monitoring Committee.

Comparison of Sasta Bazar and open market are calculated for 19

Kitchen Items according to prescribed schedule on weekly basis

regularly.

ii. Monthly Consumer and Wholesale Price Indices

Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

related on monthly basis regularly.

II. NATIONAL ACCOUNTS STATISTICS

a. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)/Gross National Income (GNI) (At Current

and Constant Basic Prices) by Industrial Origin for the years 2012-13

(Final), 2013-14 (Revised) and 2014-15 (Provisional).

b. Net National Income at current and constant prices for the years 2012-13

(Final), 2013-14 (Revised) and 2014-15 (Provisional)

c. Expenditure on GDP (At Current and Constant Market Prices) for the years

2012-13 (Final), 2013-14 (Revised) and 2014-15 (Provisional)

d. Estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) by Industrial Origin

at Current and Constant Market Prices in respect of Private & Public Sectors

and General Government for the years 2012-13 (Final), 2013-14 (Revised)

and 2014-15 (Provisional)

e. Composition of General Govt. Final Consumption Expenditure by COFOG

for the years 2012-13 (Final), 2013-14 (Revised) and 2014-15 (Provisional)

f. Compilation of Quarterly Gross Value Added- One quarter lag

(Experimental basis)

g. Work on Finalization of the report of National Health Accounts 2013-14 is

in progress

h. Launching of various surveys/ studies relating to the project of change of

base of national accounts from 2005-06 to 2015-16.

III. BALANCE OF PAYMENT DATA

PBS continued collection, compilation and publishing data regarding Exports/Imports,

Country-wise Workers Remittances, Month-wise Workers Remittances and Exchange

Rates of Pak. Rupee in terms of single unit of foreign currency.

IV. STOCK EXCHANGE/CAPITAL MARKET DATA

PBS collected and published the data regarding Key Indicator of the Stock Market and

Top Ten Companies by market capitalization.

V. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION STATISTICS

Collection, compilation and dissemination of Transport and Communication statistics

continued as one of the regular activities of PBS. Statistical series on transport and

communication have been updated upto the year 2013-14 by collecting secondary data

from source agencies.

VI. BANKING AND OTHER STATISTICS

Collection, compilation and dissemination of Banking Statistics, Financial Institutions

Statistics and data of Cooperative Societies continued as one of the regular activities of

PBS. All the above data have been updated upto year 2013-14.

VII. SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICAL SERIES

As one of the regular activities of PBS, collection, compilation and

updating of data for the various socio-economic Statistical Series i.e.

Agriculture, Foreign Trade, Balance of payments, Climate,

Education, Energy & Mining, Health, Money and Credit,

Manufacturing, Prices, Public Finance, Social Sector, Transport &

Communication, Stock Exchange etc. with varying periodicity

remained in progress as per regular activity.

VIII. PROGRESS OF CENSUSES/SURVEYS OF PBS

Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey

(PSLM)

PSLM 2012-13,& 2013-14(Social Part) has been completed

and released.

Current field work of PSLM District Level 2014-15 is under

progress and is expected to be completed by the end of

2016.

Labour Force Survey

Labour Force Survey 2012-13 has been Published.

AJ&K Labour Force Survey 2012-13 has been Published.

Pakistan Employment Trends Report 2013 was prepared.

Labour Force Survey 2013-14 Report has been finalized.

Labour Force Survey 2014-15report is in progress & is expected to be

completed by the end of 2016.

IX. CONTRACEPTIVE PERFORMANCE REPORT

First meeting of Technical Committee on Contraceptive performance Report 2013-14

was held on 5th January, 2015 . Objective of the meeting was to review the data of

Contraceptive Performance during 2013-14, percentage increase/decrease in

performance as compared to the previous years and methodology of data compared to

the previous year and methodology of data collection, compilation and analysis.

Following suggestions/proposals are recommended for authentication of the results of

contraceptive performance report:-

- Uniform Reporting System format of Contraceptive Performance Report may be

adopted for supply of data to PBS.

- The reporting institution of Contraceptive Performance Data review the performance

of Provincial Line Departments(PLDs) and Health Department.

- New Contraceptive methods may be reflected separately.

- New International Methods may be used for conversion of actual performance into

couple years of Protection(CYP)/Users and then Contraceptive Prevalence Rate(CPR)

may be calculated.

- The copy of draft report may be e-mailed to the stakeholders, where increase/decrease

in performance is more than 10%. The brief reason of increase/decrease may also be

explained.

X. GEOGRAPHY /GIS LAB

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics introduced Geographical Information System

(GIS) with an objective to bring credibility and transparency in the overall census

data collection system and make it at par with international standards. The GIS

has a role in land surveying, aerial photography, mathematics, photogrammetric,

geography and tools that can be implemented with GIS software.

The following activities have been undertaken by the GIS Lab section.

The block maps received after physical verification of urban area frame of

Rawalpindi, Gujranwala Division and Islamabad districts are being updated in

GIS Lab at Islamabad. The work of data refinement in respect of urban areas of

Sanjwal, Kamra Cantonment &Attock M.C. has been completed.

The changes occurred during the splitting of big Enumeration blocks have been

updated in the computer printouts of Rawalpindi, Multan, Khanewal, Vehari,

Sahiwal ,Lodhran, Pakpattan, Okara, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar

Khan, D.G Khan, Layyah, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh, Gujrat ,Hafizabad, Chakwal,

Jehlum, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur, ,Sialkot, Narowal,

Toba TekSingh,Faisalabad and Bhakar districts of Punjab Province , Karak

district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bhimber and Mirpur district of AJ&K have

been sent to Data Processing Section for updating. After Updation, the changes

/ corrections have been rechecked and finalized.

The set of circle maps (ammonia copies) of Rawalpindi, Chaklala and Murree

Hills cantonment have been prepared for supply to the concerned Cantonment

Executive Officers.

The set of mauza maps (ammonia copies) with delimitation of Rawalpindi,

Taxila, Gujar Khan, KotliSattian ,KallarSaiddan and Kahuta tehsils of

Rawalpindi district have been prepared and supplied to the Regional field office

Rawalpindi in respect of PSLM and Labour Force Survey.

Due to creation of new tehsils/talukas, computer printouts of mauza/deh lists of

Lahore district of Punjab Province, Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Thatta and newly

created district Sujawal of Sindh province have been updated and sent to DP

section for updation.

It is first time in the history of Census taking in Pakistan that Digital maps of

urban areas will be used in Census 2016.

XI. QUANTUM INDEX OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTREIS

Quantum Index of Manufacturing Industries were released on monthly basis

regularly.

XII. PROGRESS OF DATA PROCESSING CENTRES

Data Processing of the on-going Surveys of PBS remained in progress as

regular activity of DP center.

XIII. SUPPLY OF DATA

As one of the regular activities of PBS, supply of data to Government/Semi-

Government Organizations and other national & international agencies continued

during the reporting period.

XIV. PBS NEWSLETTER

The PBS Newsletter has been brought out to publicize various activities of

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th issues have been published in

the reporting period covering all important activities of PBS.

XV. LOCAL TRAININGS

Various officers/ Officials of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics have attended

different trainings /courses at Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Training Wing,

Secretariat Training Institute, Pakistan Computer Bureau and Pakistan

Manpower Institute, Islamabad etc.

A training course on scanning of ICR forms imparted by DRS Team UK based

Company has been successfully completed from 30th October to 2nd November,

2013 at PBS, Lahore and from 03-06 November, 2013 at PBS, Islamabad.

XVI. FOREIGN TRAININGS

50 officers have been sent abroad for various training /seminars/sessions of different

international organization etc. aimed to improve functioning of PBS during the period.

To monitor punctuality/attendance in office DFID (Bio metric system) has been

introduced in PBS,HQ Islamabad.

6. Steps Taken

for the

Welfare of

Staff/ General

Public

The following steps have been taken for the welfare of public which are as under: -

• All type of data has been placed on the website of PBS

WWW.PBS.GOV.PK for the convenience of general public.

• Data pertaining to previous censuses / surveys is also available in the PBS

Library for use of general public.

• Provision of Census Data to the National / International Organization /

Researchers / Policy Plan Maker / Students free of cost.

• Internship being provided to the nominated student in the field of data

collection / processing / dissemination.

• Establishment of Day Care Centre for the working women of PBS.

• Establishment of Mosque in the office premises.

• Installation of Filtration plant for safe drinking water.

• Provided reasonable parking facility for Officers / Official and visitors.

7. Challenges in

the

achievement

on governance

parameters.

To achieve the goals of Population and Housing Census 2016 and keeping in view the

of law and order situation of the country, the assistance of Pakistan Armed Forces is

required.

Moreover, out of 1045 sanctioned positions of PBS (PCO Wing) continuation of 800

posts have been received and remaining 245 posts are in process with the Finance

Division for continuation for the year 2015-16.

Further, the department is facing acute shortage of staff.