“RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005”

Compendium of Manuals

(Proactive Disclosure under Section-4)

Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan,

Janpath,
New Delhi-110001

Website: http://www.mospi.gov.in

As on 01.03.2024

CONTENTS

Manual 1 The particulars of organization, functions and duties ….. $3-15$
Manual 2 The powers and duties of officers and employees ….. $16-23$
Manual 3 Channel of supervision and level of disposal of cases ….. $24-26$
Manual 4 The norms set by the Ministry for the discharge of its functions ….. $27-31$
Manual 5 List of rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records for ….. $32-33$
discharging functions available with the public authority for the
smooth discharge of its functions
Manual 6 Statement in respect of the categories of documents held by this ….. $34-37$
Ministry
Manual 7 Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or
representation by the members of the public in relation to the
formulation of its policy of implementation.
Manual 8 A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies ….. $39-51$
consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the
purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards,
councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the
minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.
Manual 9 Directory of officers and employees ….. $52-64$
Manual 10 Posts and Pay Scales ….. $65-66$
Manual 11 The budget allocated to each of agency, indicating the particulars of
all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made.
Manual 12 The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the
amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such
programmes.
Manual 13 Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations
granted
Manual 14 Details in respect of the information, available to or held by by this
Ministry, reduced in an electronic form
Manual 15 The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining
information, including the working hours of a library or reading
room, if maintained for public use
Manual 16 List of the designated Central Public Information Officers/Assistant
Public Information Officers and the Appellate Authority ….. $71-73$
Manual 17 Such other information as may be prescribed ….. $82-87$
Annexure-I Organisation Charts ….. $88-92$

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
Right to Information Act, 2005

The particulars of organization, functions and duties

OUR VISION

To be the best and most innovative National Statistical System in the world; and to Effectively Monitor the Programmes and Projects for ensuring efficient use of National Resources.

NSSTA: NSSTA (erstwhile know as NASA) is to be a Center of Excellence in imparting training on Official Statistics and undertaking research activities thereto.

INTRODUCTION

1) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) came into existence as an independent Ministry on 15th October, 1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation. The ministry is the nodal agency for the planned and organized development of the statistical system in the country and coordination of statistical activities among different stakeholders in Government of India, State Governments as well as meeting requirements of the International Agencies. The Ministry has two wings, viz. Statistics Wing, called National Statistics Office (NSO) and Programme Implementation (PI) Wing. The Programme Implementation Wing has two Divisions, namely (i) Infrastructure and Project Monitoring and (ii) Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. Besides these two wings, there is a National Statistical Commission (NSC) created through a Resolution of Government of India and one autonomous institute viz. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) which is declared as an institute of national importance by an Act of Parliament, known as “Indian Statistical Institute Act No. 057 of 1959”.
2) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation attaches considerable importance to coverage and quality aspects of statistics released in the country and uses technology to achieve the same. The statistics released by the Ministry are based on administrative sources, surveys and censuses conducted by the Central and State Governments and non-official sources and studies. The surveys conducted by the Ministry are based on scientific sampling methods and are supervised by the National Statistical Commission. Data is collected through dedicated field staff who are regularly trained in the concepts and definitions of the items and the scope of the survey. In line with the emphasis on the quality of statistics released by the Ministry,

the methodological issues concerning the compilation of national accounts are over seen by an Advisory Committee on National Accounts, industrial statistics by a Standing Committee on Industrial Statistics and price and cost of living indices by a Technical Advisory Committee on Price Indices. The Ministry compiles data sets based on current data, after applying standard statistical techniques and extensive scrutiny and supervision.
3) The Administration Division of the Ministry functions as the Cadre Controlling Authority of offices of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) and Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS) cadres including matters relating to their training, career progression and manpower planning.
4) ISS Division deals with the different types of works like Recruitment \& Recruitment Rules, Joining of DRs, Transfer \& Posting, Promotions, Deputation, Empanelment, APARs, Court Cases, Cadre Review, Grant of NFU/NFSG, RTI and various service matters of ISS Officers.
5) This Ministry also acts as the Nodal Ministry for the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and ensures its functioning in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 (Act No. 57 of 1959). It also administers the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (Act No. 7 of 2009)
6) The Allocation of Business to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Ministry has been designed, created and is being maintained by the Computer Centre within Data Informatics and Innovation Division of NSO of the Ministry. A large number of reports of the Ministry are available on the website for access/use of various stakeholders. System of on-line registration has also been introduced for downloading/viewing the reports.
7) Statistics Day: In recognition of the notable contributions made by (Late) Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the field of economic planning and statistical development, the Government of India has designated 29th June every year, coinciding with his birth anniversary, as the Statistics Day in the category of Special Days to be celebrated at the national level. The objective of this Day is to create public awareness, among the people specially the younger generation for drawing inspiration from (Late) Prof. Mahalanobis about the role of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation.
8) The National Accounts Division (NAD) of the NSO is responsible for preparation of national accounts, which include the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), National Income, Government/Private Final Consumption Expenditure, Capital Formation and Saving along with details of transactions of institutional sectors. NAD annually brings out a publication titled “National Accounts Statistics”, containing these

statistics. NAD releases annual and quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from time to time as per pre-specified schedule given in Advance Release Calendar.
9) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is designed to measure the changes over time in general level of retail prices of selected goods and services that household purchase for the purpose of consumption. CPI numbers are widely used as macroeconomic indicator of inflation, and also as a tool by government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for targeting inflation and monitoring price stability. CPI is also used as deflators in the National Accounts. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) uses CPI, released by MoSPI, as measure of inflation for its bimonthly monetary policy announcement. The NSO, MoSPI releases data on Inflation and CPI on 12th of every month (on next working day, in case of 12th being a holiday). Therefore, time lag in release of this data is only 12 days. The release contains State-wise comprehensive inflation figures for the usage of various stakeholders.
10) International Comparison Programme (ICP) is the largest statistical initiative in the world under the aegis of United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). The World Bank is implementing this programme at global level and Asian Development Bank is the nodal implementing agency at Asia Pacific Region. The main objectives of ICP are to produce Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and Price level indices and to convert volume and per capita measures of GDP into common currencies using PPPs. India has been participating in ICP since 1970 and MoSPI is the nodal agency to represent India in this Programme. The Price Statistics Division (PSD) of National Staistics Office, MoSPI is responsible for providing data to ADB for inter-country validations and compilation of PPP etc. The data for ICP is collected from different sources including Field Operations Division (FOD) of MoSPI, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Engineers India Limited (EIL), administrative data sources available with Ministries etc.
11) The Social Statistics Division (SSD) of NSO developed a National Indicator Framework (NIF) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with identified data sources and periodicity for facilitating the monitoring of the SDGs at national level. The framework is dynamic in nature and is reviewed and refined every year. The division also compiles Environment Account using United Nations System of Environmental Economic Accounting Framework (UN SEEA Framework). The division also collates and compiles statistical information on social, environment and multi-domain statistics and brings out various publications to provide data at one-place to facilitate policy makers and researchers.
12) India is a subscriber to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) and is currently fulfilling the Standards. The Ministry maintains an ‘Advance Release Calendar’ for its data categories covered under the SDDS, which is disseminated on the Ministry’s website as well as on the

Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) of the IMF. The Ministry releases the datasets covered under the Real Sector of SDDS through press notes and its web-site simultaneously.
13) The Ministry is entrusted with the development of indicator framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India to facilitate monitoring of SDGs. The Ministry organises technical meetings on a regular basis on various topics to assess the data-gaps in the system and the quality of statistics currently released. The NSO staff participates in meetings and seminars organized by international and regional organizations, such as, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), on statistical compilations and international practices. India has a strong system of official statistics and is among the leading countries in the area of official statistics. The Ministry’s officials have been associated with international agencies on the development of methodologies, particularly in the areas of national accounts, informal sector statistics, large-scale sample surveys, conduct of censuses, service sector statistics, non-observed economy, social sector statistics, environmental statistics and classifications. The contribution of the Ministry’s officials in international meetings on these subjects has been highly appreciated.
14) Policy Implementation and Monitoring Division (PIMD) has the following functions:
(i).To steer and oversee implementation of various components of the proposed National Policy on Official Statistics through the functional Divisions of NSO/Ministries where ever applicable.
(ii). To put in place a governance structure, i.e., policies, directives guidelines, practices and tools that will support acquisition, management and efficient use of administrative data.
(iii). To Coordinate with other Departments/ Ministries (through the Statistical Advisors) in examining the statistical potential of the administrative records held by those organizations to help in building statistical requirements into administrative system then creation or redeveloping their administrative records system.
(iv). To examine the legal framework that exist with regard to access of data from the custodial organization.
(v). To examine the policies on privacy, information management and sharing of information among government departments.
(vi). To lay down principles and protocols that explicitly addresses the statistical use of data.

(vii). To establish inter-ministerial statistical liaison group as a forum for statistical issues of common interest, including the statistical use administrative data.
(viii). Developing approaches to statistical data integration and promoting common data quality frameworks and tools.
(ix). To explore the potential of linking administrative data to survey data or other administrative data, or linking administrative data longitudinally to promote the concept of statistical data integration.
(x). To facilitate creation of repository of information including meta data about administrative datasets available with all the Ministries/Departments within MoSPI.
15) Economic Statistics Division (ESD) compiling and releasing the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) every month in the form of ‘quick estimates’; conducting the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI); and providing statistical information to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of the organised manufacturing sector; maintains and updates Economic Classifications like the National Industrial Classification (NIC), National Product Classification – Manufacturing Sector (NPCMS) and National Product Classification – Services Sector (NPCSS). Releases annual publication of Energy Statistics, conducts the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI).
16) Computer Centre was set up in 1967 under the then Department of Statistics in the Cabinet Secretariat to meet the data processing needs of various Government Ministries/Departments/Organizations and Public Sector Undertakings located in and around Delhi.

Computer Centre is headed by Additional Director General. The Centre now works mainly on cloud-based IT infrastructure. The Centre also has servers located in the premise on which few of the applications are hosted.

Some of the important functions of Computer Centre are as follows: –

• Design, Development and Maintenance of the Ministry’s website
• CPI Archival Web Portal Software application, developed by Computer Centre, is operational for easy retrieval of CPI data. After the monthly press release, details are uploaded on CPI Web Portal.
• Data Documentation, Archiving \& Dissemination of Microdata and Metadata in International standard using IHSN toolkit. Microdata is Disseminated in different formats – SPSS (.sav), Stata (.dta), SAS (.sas), Statistica (.sta), Dbase (.dbf), Fixed format ASCII (.dat), Delimited text (*.txt).
• NIC Cloud Services (Meghraj) – Benefits of NIC Cloud Services are being harnessed, and various web applications of the Ministry including CPI Rural, CPI

Urban, Online stationery Management, MPLADS, Gatividhi Dashboard – Activity Management System, UDP (Unified Data Portal), International Household Survey Network (IHSN) etc. are hosted on NIC cloud. This minimizes the cost of infrastructure \& manpower and ensures better security.

• Statistical Data Metadata Exchange (SDMX) – SDMX is an international initiative aimed at developing and employing more efficient processes for the exchange and sharing of statistical data and metadata among international organisations and member countries. MoSPI has converted i) the Quarterly estimates of GDP at Current and Constant Prices (viz. 2011-12 prices) for the periods 2011-12 (Q1) to latest Quarter into SDMX format using SDMX-RI (Reference Infrastructure) tool and available on Ministry’s Website. ii) CPI Month wise (from April 2023 to latest month) into SDMX format using SDMX-RI (Reference Infrastructure) tool and is available on Ministry’s Website.
• Compendium of Datasets/ Registries – MoSPI has released the next version of Compendium of Datasets and Registries in India, 2023.
• Gatividhi dashboard has also been developed for use by the senior management of MoSPI in order to track the timely progress of various activities being undertaken by various Division.
• Conducting IT Training – Support NSSTA with well qualified and experienced faculties for conducting IT courses for ISS probationers. Centre provide internship to the students pursuing Post Graduation/Research in Statistics and allied subjects under summer Internship Scheme sponsored by Training division, MoSPI. This Division also provided internship to the students sponsored by various Universities/ Institutions for developing IT related projects.
• Operation of a Mini Data Centre and maintenance of MoSPI’s IT assets.

Website Address (http://www.mospi.gov.in):- The Web-site of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is being maintained by the Computer Centre. The Press Releases are uploaded on the same day. Other materials are also uploaded in the shortest possible time after necessary editing and preparation. The Centre has uploaded all the latest reports brought out by the Ministry (more than 1500) on its website. Any user either within the country or from outside the country can access these reports.

17) PI WING (Programme Implementation Wing):

The Programme Implementation Wing of the Ministry has the following responsibilities: –

(i) Monitoring the performance of the country’s key infrastructure sectors, viz., Power, Coal, Steel, Railways, Telecommunications, Ports, Fertilizers, Cement, Petroleum \& Natural Gas, Road, Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation;
(ii) Monitoring of all Central Sector Projects costing Rs. 150 crore and above; and
(iii) To facilitate and monitor the implementation of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).

• The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS) is entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). An amount of Rs. 5.00 Crore annual released to the concerned MP of Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Constituency of their Nodal District.
• The main objective of the Scheme is to enable each Member of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets based on the locally felt needs of the people.
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is responsible for prescribing Guidelines on how the Scheme would be implemented and monitored by the various authorities.
• It shall regularly monitor the implementation of the MPLADS, including overall position of funds released, cost of works sanctioned, funds utilized, etc.
• It shall hold a meeting with all the State/ UT Governments at least once in a year to review the implementation of the MPLAD Scheme.

18) $\underline{\text { NSSTA }}$

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA), then National Academy of Statistical Administration (NASA) under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), came into being on 13th February, 2009 for imparting training on Official Statistics and related disciplines and undertaking associated research activities. Its mandate includes imparting training in the field of “Official Statistics” to the statistical personnel, not only of the Central and State/UTs Governments of the country but also of the developing countries in the Asia Pacific region.

The training programmes are meant for different target Groups viz. fresh recruits and in-service officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS), Subordinate Statistical Service (SSS), State Governments Statistical Personnel; M. Stat. Students of Indian Statistical Institute; UG/PG students and Professors of Statistics of different Universities; International Participants; International Students of International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC); SAARC participants and need based/ request based statistical training for State Officials and other developing countries.

19) NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE (NSSO):

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in Ministry of Statistics \& Programme Implementation is responsible for conduct of large-scale sample surveys on All India basis on various socio-economic issues to generate statistics and provide statistical products necessary for various planning and decision- making exercises of the Government. Primary data are collected through nation-wide household surveys on various socio-economic subjects, Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) and price collection for compilation of Consumer Price Index (Rural/Urban/Combined), Consumer Price Index (Agricultural/Rural Labourers) on regular basis and facilitates collection and transmission of price data from manufacturing units/factories for compilation of Wholesale Price Index. Besides these surveys, NSSO also plays a significant role in the improvement of crop statistics through supervision of the area enumeration and crop estimation surveys of the State agencies. It also maintains and updates frame of urban area units for drawing samples from the urban area for the household surveys.

NSSO functions with requisite autonomy in matters relating to data collection, processing and publication/dissemination of results/data based on its surveys. Director General (NSS) is responsible for overall coordination and supervision of all activities of NSSO who is assisted by four Additional Director Generals, each one being in-charge of a separate Division responsible for distinct aspects of large-scale surveys viz. designing \& planning, field work/data collection, data processing and coordination between different Divisions of NSSO.

DIVISIONS OF NSSO

Survey Coordination Division (SCD) headquartered at Delhi coordinates all the activities of different Divisions of NSSO viz. SDRD, FOD and DPD. It also functions as Secretariat to DG (NSS). Besides, SCD is also responsible for organizing National Seminar to discuss the survey results of various surveys conducted by the NSSO. It also publishes the technical journal of NSSO namely ‘Sarvekshana’ which includes research papers on various socio-economic surveys of NSSO.

Survey Design and Research Division (SDRD) located at Kolkata, is responsible for technical planning of surveys, formulation of sample design, designing of enquiry schedules, formulation of concepts and definitions, drawing of tabulation plan, analysis and presentation of results and preparation of survey reports.

Field Operations Division (FOD) with its headquarters at Delhi with Agriculture Statistics (AS) wing in Faridabad and a network of 6 Zonal Offices, 53 Regional Offices and 116 Sub-Regional Offices spread throughout the country, is responsible for the collection of primary data for the surveys undertaken by MoSPI.

Data Processing Division (DPD) has its headquarters at Kolkata. It has six Data Processing Centers located at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi, Giridih and Nagpur. It is responsible for sample selection, software development and processing, online

checking of survey data quality \& tabulation of the data collected through surveys. It also assists the States in providing technical support for their data processing related activities as also through periodic training/workshop and other interactive methods. Industrial Statistics (IS) Wing also works under this Division. The main function of IS Wing is finalizing sample design, data validation, data processing and finalizing results of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) which is one of the sources of Industrial Statistics in India. The ASI data are collected and maintained through dedicated ASI Web Portal which leads to data accuracy and time saving. The portal helps to collect ASI data in a timely, transparent and reliable manner in a secured environment without any physical movement of the schedules.

SURVEYS OF NSSO

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): PLFS is conceptualized to produce periodic data on key labour force indicators to cater to the need of policy makers and researchers. The objective of PLFS is primarily of two-fold viz. (i) to measure the labour force indicators in the short time interval of three months for the urban areas in the Current Weekly Status (CWS) and (ii) to generate estimates of all important labour force parameters in both usual status (principal status+ subsidiary status) and CWS annually for both rural and urban areas. PLFS is a continuous survey undertaken by the Ministry since 2017 and the result of the survey is released in the form of Quarterly Bulletin (urban) and Annual Report (both urban and rural sectors). The survey is conducted in CAPI platform through tablets by field enumerators. Till now 20 QBs and 6 Annual reports of PLFS have been released. Latest annual report of PLFS for the period July 2022- June 2023 has been released in October, 2023. The following QBs of PLFS have been released in 2023:

Time Use Survey (TUS): Time Use Survey (TUS) has been conceptualized to gauge the time use pattern of individuals to meet the requirement of different stakeholders. The primary objective of Time Use Survey (TUS) is to measure participation of men and women in paid and unpaid activities. TUS is an important source of information on thetime spent in unpaid caregiving activities, volunteer work, unpaid domestic service producing activities of the household members. It also provides information on time spent on learning, socializing, leisure activities, self-care activities, etc., by the household members. The first Time Use Survey (TUS) was conducted during January- December, 2019. Report of that survey named as “Time use in India – 2019” has been released. The next TUS has been launched in January, 2024.

Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE): Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) will provide information on unincorporated sector enterprises of the country to meet the requirements of the stakeholders. ASUSE is designed to have information on the operational and economic characteristics of this sector for effective policy formulation. At the same time, the estimates generated from this survey could be used in National Accounts. The first annual survey, namely, ASUSE 2021-22 was launched from April, 2021 and continued till March, 2022. Thereafter, ASUSE 2022-23 has commenced since October, 2022 and has continued till September, 2023 and its data processing work is in progress. The field work of ASUSE 2023-24 has been initiated in October, 2023.

Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE) has been conceived to estimate key characteristics, such as, Gross Value Added (GVA), fixed capital, Capital formation, number of persons engaged, etc. pertaining to the all-important corporate services sector of the country. The survey also aims to bridge the data-gap of non-availability of comprehensive database of the services sector of Indian economy. A list frame, using GSTN dataset, consisting of corporate service sector enterprises has been developed for this survey.

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES): Information collected in the survey will be primarily used for preparation of weighting diagram through determination of budget shares of different commodity groups in total consumption for compilation of consumer price indices for rural and urban India. In addition, statistical indicators of level of living, social consumption and well-being, and inequalities therein will also be compiled from the data collected in the survey.

HCES 2022-24 has been launched in August, 2022. Field work for the first year of the HCES 2022-24 has been completed, and the survey is continuing from August 2023 for a period of one year.

Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey (CAMS): CAMS aims to cater to the need of requirements of a number of Ministries simultaneously by focusing on generation of high frequency socio-economic indicators combining the requirements of different line ministries in a number of modules of questions. It has been launched in the $79^{\text {th }}$ round of National Sample Survey (NSS) from July, 2022 to June, 2023.

Annual Survey of Industries (ASI): Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is the principal source of industrial statistics in India. The survey is conducted under the statutory provisions of the Collection of Statistics (COS) Act, 2008 (as amended in 2017) and the rules framed there-under in 2011. Results of ASI 2019-20 have been released. Field work for ASI 2020-21 and ASI 2021-22 has been completed. The field work of ASI 2022-23 is under process.

Urban Frame Survey (UFS): Urban Frame Survey (UFS) is regularly conducted by Field Operations Division (FOD) of MoSPI for formation and updation of UFS blocks for providing frame for selection of first stage sampling units in urban sector for use in various Socio- Economic Surveys of NSSO.

Note: Digitization of survey instruments and reduction in time lag in National Sample Surveys: In respect of systemic improvement and timely publication of data, modern IT tools are being adopted for improved data capturing and processing. As a part of this, all the ongoing NSS surveys are now being conducted in CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview), loaded with in-built Computer Scrutiny Points (CSP), for data validation at different stages of data capturing which is a cloud based digital platform ensuring simultaneous data processing. It enables faster validation and improved data quality along with the time cycle involved in publishing the survey result. This technological improvement caused a drastic reduction in the time lag of release of Quarterly Bulletins ( $Q B$ ) of PLFS from nine months to 2-3 months from the completion of field work. The time lag in release of PLFS Annual Report 2022-23 has also been brought down to around 3 months from 8 months of release of PLFS Annual Report 2021-22 from end of survey period.

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF NSSO, MoSPI

SARVEKSHANA:

Sarvekshana, a biannual technical Journal of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has been an important platform for encouraging research and analysis among academia, researchers and officials in the Government, on various socio- economic aspects especially based on the surveys conducted as part of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The 114th issue of NSSO journal ‘Sarvekshana’ has been published in April 2023. The journal carried three research papers on various aspects of Official Statistics. A rigorous process of review of papers by the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) and approval by EAB is followed for admitting papers for publication. Various issues of ‘Sarvekshana’ are available on the website of the Ministry.

NATIONAL SEMINAR:

The Survey Coordination Division (SCD) of NSSO, MoSPI organizes National Seminars at regular intervals, usually after the release of survey reports based on data collected during National Sample Survey (NSS) Rounds, where experts/authors from different disciplines viz. Academia / Researchers/Central \& State Govt. officers and other institutions/Universities are invited to present research papers. Seventeen (17) National Seminars have been organized in reputed Institutes/Universities across the country till 2022-23. The 17th National Seminar covering NSS Survey Results taken up during 76th round (July – December, 2018) and 77th round (January – December, 2019) of NSS was organized at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi during 1st\& $2^{\text {nd }}$ September, 2022.

The National Statistical Commission was constituted on 12th July 2006 to serve as a nodal and empowered body for all core statistical activities of the country and to evolve, monitor and enforce statistical priorities and standards and ensure statistical co-ordination. The Commission consists of a part-time Chairman, four part-time Members and Secretary, Planning Commission as an ex-officio Member. The Chief Statistician of India (CSI) is the Secretary to the Commission. He has a dual role, as he is also the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The Government of India Resolution dated 19th December, 2019 gives the following as the functions of the Commission.
a) To identify the core statistics, which are of national importance and are critical to the development of the economy?
b) To constitute professional committees or working groups to assist the Commission on various technical issues;
c) To evolve national policies and priorities relating to the statistical system;
d) To evolve standard statistical concepts, definitions, classifications and methodologies in different areas in statistics and lay down national quality standards on core statistics;
e) To evolve national strategies for the collection, tabulation and dissemination of core statistics, including the release calendar for various data sets;
f) To evolve national strategies for human resource development on official statistics including information technology and communication needs of the statistical system;
g) To evolve measures for improving public trust in official statistics;
h) To evolve measures for effective co-ordination with State Governments and Union Territory

Administrations on statistical activities including strengthening of existing institutional mechanisms;
i) To exercise statistical co-ordination between Ministries, Departments and other agencies of the

Central Government;
j) To exercise statistical audit over the statistical activities to ensure quality and integrity of the statistical products;
k) To recommend to the Central Government, or any State Government, as the case may be, measures to effectively implement the standards, strategies and other measures evolved under clauses (c) to (h);

1) To advise the Government on the requirement of legislative measures on statistical matters including the statute for the National Statistical Commission;
m) To monitor and review the functioning of the statistical system in the light of the laid down policies, standards and methodologies and recommend measures for enhanced performance.

In order to support the Secretary to the Commission in providing assistance to the Commission in the discharge of its functions, a small secretariat comprising of a Dy. Director General and a

Director with other support staff has been created.

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Powers and duties of officers and staff

COMPUTER CENTRE:

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

Dr. Pankaj Srivastava, DDG (EC and Coord.)
Shri Sanjay Kumar, Director (EC)

Policy Implementation and Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

Member of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION (NSC):

• The Commission has the requisite autonomy to discharge its functions effectively and efficiently. In particular, the Commission has the powers to: –
• require production of any document which in the opinion of the Commission will serve or may serve statistical purposes;
• require statistical agencies and institutions to provide details of statistical activities, including concepts and definitions used, methodologies followed, quality standards adopted, sampling and non-sampling errors, etc. in respect of core statistics;
• require attendance of any person including any public servant on matters connected with core statistics; and
• issuing notices for examination of witnesses and documents or any matters connected with core statistics.
• The powers mentioned above would be collectively exercised by the Chairman/ Members of the Commission.

Intra, Inter and International Coordination Unit (IIICU):

Statistical Strengthening Project Unit (SSPU):

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
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Channel of supervision and level of disposal of cases:

i) Computer Centre:

Assistant Director/ Deputy Director/ Joint Director/ Director/ Additional Director General/Director General / Secretary.

ii) National Accounts Division (NAD):

iii) Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

• Statistical Officers $\rightarrow$ Deputy Director $\rightarrow$ Deputy Director General $\rightarrow$ Additional Director General
• Deputy Director General $\rightarrow$ Additional Director General $\rightarrow$ Director General $\rightarrow$ Secretary.

iv) Price Statistical Division (PSD):

National Statistics Office (NSO): Assistant Director/ Deputy Director/ Joint Director/ Director/ Deputy Director General/ Additional Director General/ Director General/ Secretary.

v) Subordinate Statistical Services Division (SSS):

1. Statistical Officers / Deputy Director / Director or Deputy Secretary / Joint Secretary (Admin) / Director General / Secretary.
2. Statistical Officers / Deputy Director / Director or Deputy Secretary / Joint Secretary (Admin) / Director General.
3. Statistical Officers / Deputy Director / Director or Deputy Secretary / Joint Secretary (Admin).
4. Statistical Officers / Deputy Director / Director or Deputy Secretary.
5. Statistical Officers / Deputy Director.

vi) Programme Implementation Wing

• Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD): Jr. Statistical Officer, Sr. Statistical Officer, Section Officer/ Under Secretary/ Deputy Director/ Joint Director/ Dy. Director General / Additional Secretary/Secretary.
• Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):

1. Deputy Director/ Under Secretary
2. Deputy Secretary/ Director
3. DDG
4. Additional Secretary
5. Secretary

vii) National Statistical Commission (NSC):

In the Secretariat of the Commission, the channels of supervision and accountability are given below:

JSO/ Deputy Director/ Director/ Deputy Director General/ Secretary.
viii) National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
Website-http://mospi.gov.in
Right to Information Act, 2005

The norms set by the Ministry for the discharge of its functions
i) Economic Statistical Division (ESD):

ii) National Account Division (NAD):

iii) Policy Implementation and Monitoring Division (PIMD):

iv) Price Statistics Division (PSD):

v) Subordinate Statistical Services (SSS):

vi) Programme Implementation Wing:

Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):

vii) National Statistical Commission (NSC):

The National Statistical Commission has not set any specific norms for the discharge of its functions. However, the recommendations made by the Commission as and when made are forwarded by its Secretariat to the concerned Government Departments.

The recommendations made by the Commission during a financial year are reported in the Annual Report of the Commission for that year. In accordance with the instructions contained in the Government of India Notification No. 85 dated 1st June 2005 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-III-Section 4, setting out the details of appointment of the National Statistical Commission, the Commission has to furnish its Annual Report for each financial year. The relevant extract of the Notification is given below:
“12. The Commission shall prepare, for each financial year, its Annual Report, giving a full account of its activities during the financial year and forward the same to the Central Government. The Central Government shall cause to be laid the Annual Report together with a memorandum of action taken on the recommendations therein, along with the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations before each House of Parliament. Where any recommendation or any part thereof concerns any State Government, the Commission shall forward a copy of such recommendation or part thereof to such State Governments which shall cause it to be laid before the Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken on the recommendations relating to the State and reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.”
*The Commission submitted its Annual Reports to the Government of India in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and the year wise tabling of these Reports along with Action taken report (ATR) in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is as under:

viii) National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website:-http://mospi.gov.in
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List of rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records for discharging functions available with the public authority for the smooth discharge of its functions

National Statistical Commission (NSC):

The Commission discharges its functions in accordance with the mandate given in the following notifications issued by the Government of India.

• Government of India Notification No. 478 dated $19^{\text {th }}$ December 2019 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-III-Section 4. (Government of India Notification No. 85 dated $1^{\text {st }}$ June 2005 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-III-Section 4 was amended in 2019)
• Government of India Notification No. 465 dated 10th May 2006 published in the Gazette of India,

Extraordinary, Part-II-Section 3- Sub-Section (ii).

The Rules, regulations etc., as are applicable to Central Government employees are applicable to the employees in the Secretariat to the Commission.

Indian Statistical Services (ISS):

ISS Rules, Civil List, Seniority List (already available in official website of M/o Statistics \& PI) \& rules and guidelines issued by Govt of India time to time.

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

General instructions/guidelines issued by the various Central Ministries like Ministry of Finance, Personnel, Parliamentary Affairs etc. from time to time are being followed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in cases relating to Personnel matter, Procurement of jobs, services, etc. and other financial matters.

Subordinate Statistical Services (SSS):

General instructions/guidelines issued by the Govt. of India from time to time.

Member of Parliament Local Area Divisional Scheme Division (MPLADS):

Refer website mplads.gov.in.

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

• Minutes of the Training Programme Approval Committee (TPAC).
• General instructions/guidelines issued by the various Central Ministries like Ministry of Finance, Personnel, Parliamentary Affairs etc. from time to time are being followed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in cases relating to Personnel matter, Procurement of jobs, services, etc. and other financial matters.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website:-http://mospi.gov.in
Right to Information Act, 2005

Statement in respect of the categories of documents held by Computer Centre

Computer Centre:

• Unit level datasets of Socio-economic surveys, National Sample Survey (38th round to 78th), Annual Survey of Industries (1974-75 to ASI 2019-20), Economic Census (3rd to 6th) , Periodic Labour Force Survey data(PLFS 2017-18 to PLF 2022-23 ), IIP, Time use survey are being disseminated freely online to the users in user-friendly format with proper documentation after registration.
• Quarterly estimates of GDP at current and constant prices (viz. 2011-12 prices) upto Q1 of 2022-23 have been converted into SDMX and disseminated through the Ministry’s website.
• Monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data has been converted in SDMX and is available to download from Ministry’s website for the period April 2023 to August 2023.

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

• Instructions of Manual of Economic Census (EC) – 2005 (Procedure to be followed for filling of EC, 2005 schedules), Schedules of EC, 2005 (Items covered under EC 2005), Report on EC, 2005, (Analysis of EC 2005 data),The revised the information of 6th EC and 7th EC and related documents for the same may be accessed on (https://www.mospi.gov.in/all-india-report-sixth-economic-census) \& (https://www.mospi.gov.in/7th-economic-census) respectively.
• All India Index of Industrial Production with Base year 1993-94, 2004-05 and 2011-12 (Time series data on Index of Industrial Production), Energy Statistics (Statistics of production and consumption of the different energy sources viz, coal, crude petroleum, natural gas and electricity), National Industrial Classification, 2008 (NIC, 2008) (Contains codes for coding of economic activities of the available data through different means like surveys etc, and for presentation of data), National Product Classification – Manufacturing Sector, 2011 (NPCMS, 2011), National Product Classification – Services Sector, 2010 (NPCSS, 2010) (Contains codes for coding of economic goods/ services of the available data through different means like surveys etc, and for presentation of data).

National accounts Division (NAD):

National Accounts Statistics (2023), Supply Use Table (2011-12 to 2019-20), Back-Series of National Accounts (Base 2011-12, 1950-51 to 2011-12), National Accounts StatisticsSources and Methods (1980, 1989, 2007 and 2012), Changes in Methodology and Data Sources in the New Series of National Accounts Base Year 2011-12, State wise and Economic activity wise estimates of GVA/GSDP, NVA/NSDP and per capita income at current and constant price (base 2011-12)for the year 2011-12 to 2018-19, State-wise and crop-wise Estimates of value of output from Agriculture (1960-61 to 1970-71, 1970-71 to 1980-81, 1980-81 to 1990-91), State-wise Estimates of value of output from Agriculture and Livestock (1990-91 to 2002-03), State-wise Estimates of value of output from Agriculture and Allied Activities (1999-2000 to 2005-06), State-wise Estimates of value of output from Agriculture and Allied Activities (2004-05 to 2012-13), State-wise and Item-Wise value of Output from Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (2011-12 to 2020-21), Annual and Quarterly estimates of GDP at current and constant prices, 2011-12 series, Report of the Sub Committee on Unorganised Manufacturing \& Services Sectors for Compilation of National Accounts Statistics with Base Year 2011-12, Report of the Sub-Committee On System of Indian National Accounts, Report of the Sub-Committee on Agriculture And Allied Sectors, Final Report of the Sub-Committee on Private Corporate Sector including PPPs, Report of the Committee on Private Final Consumption Expenditure, Methodology for Compilation of the Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in the New Base (2011-12), Press Note issued By Division.

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

• National Metadata Structure (NMDS) For Statistical Products.
• A directory on administrative statistics being released by various administrative Ministries/ Departments on various sectors.
• A directory on the basis of Statutory Returns being filed by various agencies under Government of India to identify possible usages of it as official statistics.

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Statement in respect of the categories of documents held by this Division

1. Current Series (Base 2012=100)- available from January, 2013 onward and Back Series (Base 2012=100)- available from January, 2011 up-to May, 2013, the details of the type of Indices are given below:
   a. Time series of Consumer Price Indices –

• Monthly All India Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors at Group and Subgroup level

• State wise Group Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for all the states/UTs and Subgroup level Indices and inflation rates (in percentage) of major 22 states of India
  b. All India Item level Indices and Inflation rates (In percentage) of the Combined sector.

1. Old Series (Base 2010=100)- available from January, 2011 up-to December, 2014, the details of the type of Indices are given below:
   a. Time series of Consumer Price Indices –

• Monthly All India Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors at Group and Subgroup level.
• State wise Group Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for all the states/UTs and Subgroup level Indices and inflation rates (in percentage) of major 22 states of India.
  b. All India Item level Indices and Inflation rates (In percentage) of the Combined sector

Technical Reports:

1. Report of Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices \& Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL)
2. Document on Changes in Revised series (Base 2010=100 to 2012=100)

These documents are placed on the website of the Ministry also for public access.

Subordinate Statistical Services Division (SSS):

SSS Civil List, Immoveable Property Returns of SSS officers, APARs of SSS officers, SSS Govt. Notifications, Seniority Lists of JSOs and SSOs, Rosters, Database, Records related to Court Cases, Records related to recruitment and Other Miscellaneous Documents etc.

Infrastructure Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

• Monthly review Reports on Infrastructure Performance in 11 key sectors.
• Monthly Flash Report (Latest status of central sector projects costing Rs. 150 crore and above).
• Quarterly Report on all projects costing Rs. 150 crore and above (Latest status of all categories of cases of mega and major).

Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):

Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS): Monthly Statement of release and expenditure of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs under MPLADS (State-wise/MPwise details of release of funds/amount sanctioned/expenditure incurred and unspent balance). Monitoring of implementation \& Progress of scheme; Release of Annual Reports.

Statistical Strengthening Project Unit (SSPU):

Works related to implementation \& monitoring of SSS sub scheme of MoSPI, OOMF of CD scheme of MoSPI, IQAF, etc.

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

• Service Books and Personal files of employees.
• Records related to general administration.
• Training related database.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy of implementation

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

National Metadata Structure (NMDS) is developed by PIMD to provide guidelines for the data producer to adhere to a basic minimum quality standard in order to establish and maintain the quality of data and enhance ease in sharing data. The document Data Dissemination: National Metadata Structure (NMDS) For Statistical Products is available on the https://mospi.gov.in/mospi-innovation-and-dialogue. This division has arrangement for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public, in general. The person concerned/stakeholders may contact the official of PIMD at Policy Implementation \& Monitoring Division, Room No. 610, $6^{\text {th }}$ Floor, Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi – 110001. The working hours for visit are from 09.00 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. (Monday to Friday).

Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):

Under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), the following two Committees viz.,
i. MPLADS Committee (Lok Sabha) The Committee meets as and when required.
ii. MPLADS Committee (Rajya Sabha) The Committee meets as and when required.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website: – http:// mospi.gov.in
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A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public

Details of Committees/Working Group of NSSO

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD)

(*However, the following mentioned boards, councils, committees and other bodies are not constituted by PIMD but it is one of the members of these boards, councils, committees and other bodies)

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public:

IV. Inter, Intra \& International Coordination Unit (IIICU)

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Training Programme Approval Committee (TPAC)

Hindi Section:

प्रस्तुत का.ज्ञा के बिंदु संख्या 2 (क) के संबंध में हिंदी अनुभाग से संबंधित अपेक्षित सूचना निम्नलिखित है।
(क) मंत्रालय (Mospi) में दो समितियां गठित हैं। पहली समिति हिंदी सताहकार समिति है जिसकी वर्ष में दो बैठकें अपेक्षित है। इस समिति की अभी तक दो बैठकें आयोजित की जा चुकी हैं तथा समिति की बैठकों के कार्यवृत्त जन-साधारण के लिए सार्वजनिक नहीं किए जाते हैं।
(ख) मंत्रालय (Mospi) की दूसरी समिति, हिंदी के प्रगामी प्रयोग से संबंधित विभागीय राजभाषा कार्यान्वयन समिति है। इस समिति की वर्ष में चार बैठकें आयोजित करना अपेक्षित है। इस समिति की भी बैठकों के कार्यवृत्त भी जन-साधारण के लिए सार्वजनिक नहीं किए जाते हैं।

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
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Directory of Officers and Employees

Computer Centre:

East Block-10, Sector-1, R. K. Puram, New Delhi

Directory of officers in Data Processing Division (DPD)and Data Processiong Centres (DPCs):
DPC, Bengaluru

DPC, Delhi

DPD(HQ), Kolkata

DPC, Ahmedabad

DPC, Giridih

DPC, Nagpur

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

The updated officials’ list of ESD, MoSPI has been communicated to the computer Centre from time to time for updating.

National Accounts Division (NAD):

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Directory of Officers and Employees:

Indian Statistical Services (ISS) Division:

DIRECTORY OF DIVISIONS OF NSSO

Survey Coordination Division (SCD), Delhi

Survey Design and Research Division (SDRD), Kolkata:

Data Processing Division (DPD), Headquarters Kolkata

Data Processing Centre, Ahmedabad

Data Processing Centre, Bengaluru

Data Processing Centre, Delhi

Data Processing Centre, Giridih

Data Processing Centre, Nagpur

Data Processing Division, IS Wing

Field Operations Division, Headquarters Delhi

Agricultural Statistics (AS) Wing, FOD, Faridabad

Zonal Offices, FOD

North Zone, Jaipur

East Zone, Kolkata

West Zone, Nagpur

South Zone, Bengaluru

Central Zone, Nagpur

North East Zone, Guwahati

Subordinate Statistical Service Division: (SSS):

PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTION WING:

Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

Inter. Intra, International coordination Unit

Training Division:

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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Posts and Pay Scale

Computer Centre:

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

• One Deputy Director is on long leave.

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Posts and Pay Scale:

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Ministry of Statistics \& Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi – 110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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The budget allocated to each of agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed Expenditures and reports on disbursements made

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Details of allocation of budget in BE 2023-24 for NSSTA under Scheme \& Non-scheme both are as below:

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

The budget of PIMD is allocated as per the budget allocation of MoSPI.

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Information on Budget Allocation of PSD, MoSPI under CD Scheme of CSO(HQ).

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes

The Ministry including the National Statistical Commission and NSSTA does not have any subsidy programmes in operation.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation including the National Statistical Commission has no provisions for granting concessions, permits or authorizations.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road
New Delhi-110001
Website: -http: // mospi.gov.in
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Details in respect of the information, available to or held by this Ministry, reduced in an electronic form

Computer Centre:

MoSPI’s website (https://www.mospi.gov.in) provides an integrated digital experience to users. Apart from providing information about Ministry’s role, activities, contacts, etc., the website is a platform having all the statistical publications/ reports, data and dashboards of MoSPI. Advance release calendar of MoSPI products and related press release are put up on the web-site maintaining the Special Data Dissemination Standards. Quarterly Estimates of GDP for Q2 FY 2023-24 released on 30.11.2023 have been converted into SDMX and disseminated through the Ministry’s website. Monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is being converted and disseminated in SDMX format from the website.

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

All publications of the IIP and Classifications Unit and the Energy Statistics Unit of ESD are available in electronic form on the website of the Ministry and are free of cost.

National Account Division (NAD):

Presently all the publication of National accounts Division is available of Ministries website free of cost.

Procedure for procurement of National Accounts data:
For soft copies of publications on national accounts statistics on CDs, users are requested to approach the Additional Director General (National Accounts Division), National Accounts Division, Ministry of Statistics and P.I., Khursheed Lal Bhavan, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001 with:

• A demand draft for the requisite amount (mentioned below), payable in favour of Pay and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics and P.I., New Delhi, and
• A requisition for the data with the undertaking that the contents of the publication will not be passed on either wholly or partially with or without profit to any other data user or disseminator of data with or without commercial purpose.

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Procedure for access:

The above said documents are available on the MoSPI’s official website at ttps://mospi.gov.in/meta-data-standards and are accessible for general public free of cost.

Price Statistics Division (PSD):

Publication in electronic form:

1. Current Series (Base 2012=100)- available from January, 2013 onward and Back Series(Base 2012=100)- available from January, 2011 up-to May, 2013, the details of the type of Indices are given below:
   a. Time series of Consumer Price Indices –

• Monthly All India Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors at Group and Subgroup level
• State wise Group Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for all the states/UTs and Subgroup level Indices and inflation rates (in percentage) of major 22 states of India
  b. All India Item level Indices and Inflation rates (In percentage) of the Combined sector

1. Old Series (Base 2010=100)- available from January, 2011 up-to December, 2014, the details of the type of Indices are given below:
   a. Time series of Consumer Price Indices –

• Monthly All India Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors at Group and Subgroup level
• State wise Group Indices and Inflation rates (in percentage) of Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for all the states/UTs and Subgroup level Indices and inflation rates (in percentage) of major 22 states of India
  b. All India Item level Indices and Inflation rates (In percentage) of the Combined sector Technical Reports:

1. Report of Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices \& Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL)
2. Document on Changes in Revised series (Base 2010=100 to 2012=100)

These documents are placed on the website of the Ministry also for public access.

Subordinate Statistical Services (SSS):

(a) E-Publications:

Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

The information in respect of MPLADS Division is already available in the web portal mplads.gov.in.

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA)

Minutes of the TPAC

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
Website: – http://mospi.gov.in
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The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use

Computer Centre:

Data Preservation and Dissemination: – The Computer Centre of the Ministry has been entrusted with the responsibility of preservation and dissemination of large volume of data generated through various socio-economic surveys, Enterprise Surveys, Economic Censuses, Annual Survey of Industries and these data sets are disseminated online freely from the MoSPI website (www.mospi.gov.in) since April 2019.

Website Address (http://www.mospi.gov.in):- The Web-site of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is being maintained by the Computer Centre. The Press Releases are uploaded on the same day. Other materials are also uploaded in the shortest possible time after necessary editing and preparation. The Centre has uploaded all the latest reports brought out by the Ministry (more than 1500) on its website. Any user either within the country or from outside the country can access these reports.

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Website Address (https://mospi.gov.in/meta-data-standards):-The Division concerned of the Ministry has uploaded all the documents mentioned in Manual 14 on its website. Any user either within the country or from outside the country can access these reports though online visit. The user can download either part or full report if he/she wants.

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

The information at Constituency/ State/ District level about grants and utilization of MPLADS fund and details of works (as reported by the concerned nodal district authorities of the MPs) are in public domain and available on the website: ww.mplads.gov.in

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA):

Library: The working hours of the Library are from 10.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. (Monday to Friday).

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001
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List of the designated Appellate Authority/ Nodal officer/ Central Public Information Officers and the Assistance Public Information Officers for the Ministry:

Computer centre:

CPIO:

Name: Shri K. Khatminthang,
Designation: Under Secretary
Email: k.khatminthang@nic.in
Phone: 011-26105074
Address: East Block-10, Sector-1, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066.

FAA:

Name: Shri Anil Chopra
Designation: Joint Director
Email: chopra.anil@nic.in
Address: East Block-10, Sector-1, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066.

CPIOs in Data Processing Divisions and DPCs outside Delhi:

CPIOs in Data Processing Centre Delhi:

Economic Statistics Division (ESD):

The following officers of ESD have been designated as Central Public Information (CPIO) and First Appellate Authorities (FAA) under the RTI Act, 2005 concerning ESD information.

National Accounts Division (NAD):

Indian Statistical Services (ISS):

As per office order No-I-34011/1/2009-RTI dated 19.12.2023

Survey Coordination Division (SCD):

Central Public Information Officers (CPIO) of NSSO

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD):

Price Statistical Division (PSD):

Subordinate Statistical Service Division (SSS):

First Appellate Authority:

Shri Sunil Kumar Jassal, Dy. Secretary
Email id: sunil.jassal@gov.in
Address: 523, $5^{\text {th }}$ Floor, MoS\&PI, K.L. Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-01

CPIO:

Shri Mohammad Tayyab, Deputy Director
Email id: mtayyab.edu@gov.in
Address: 414, $4^{\text {th }}$ Floor, MoS\&PI, K.L. Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-01

Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD):

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS):

National Statistics Commission (NSC):

CPIO

Dr. Chiranjeevi Gudala, DD,
National Statistical Commission Secretariat,
Level-4, East Block-6,
R. K. Puram, Sector-1,

New Delhi-110066
e-mail id: deputydirector-nsc@ mospi.gov.in

Intra, Inter and International Coordination Unit (IIICU):

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA):

First Appellate Authority: Dr. Jitendra Singh Tomar. Director, NSSTA
CPIO: Sunil Kumar Patel, Deputy Director, NSSTA

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath Road, New Delhi-110001 website:- http://mospi.gov.in Right to Information Act, 2005

Such other information as may be prescribed

MPLADS

All other information as may be prescribed by Government of India for dissemination shall be collated, tabulated, compiled, collected and provided in the form of manual from time to time.

MANPOWER OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS DIVISION (ESD), MoSPI

ADG= Additional Director General,
DDG= Deputy Director General,
JD= Joint Director,
$\mathrm{DD}=$ Deputy Director,
$\mathrm{AD}=$ Assistant Director,
SSO=Senior Statistical Officer,
JSO=Junior Statistical Officer.

Organisation Chart of National Accounts Division (NAD):

ORGANISATION CHART of NSSO

Policy Implementation Monitoring Division (PIMD) : Organization Chart

National Statistics Commission (NSC):

National Statistical Systems Training Academy (NSSTA):

Dos and Don’ts for Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)

Dos

The Central Public Information Officer shall:-

1. Deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to such
   persons.
   [Section 5 (3)
   of RTI Act, 2005]
2. Take assistance, if required, of any other officer for proper discharge of his/her duties.
   [Section 5 (4 \& 5) of RTI Act, 2005]
3. Accept request in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language of the concerned area, accompanying the prescribed fee and where such request cannot be made in writing, the Central PIO shall provide all reasonable assistance to the person making the request orally to reduce the same in writing. [Section 5 (6)(1) of RTI Act, 2005]
4. Transfer the application or part of it to the public authority concerned if subject matter of the
   application is not related to this Ministry under immediate intimation to the applicant within five days
   from the date of receipt of the application.
   [Section 5 (6)(3)
   of RTI Act, 2005]
5. provide information as quickly as possible and in any case within 30 days from the date of receipt
   of request or reject the request for any reasons as specified in Section 8 \& 9 of RTI Act, 2005. Where
   the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same shall be provided within 48
   hours of the receipt of the request.
   [Section 7(1) of
   RTI Act, 2005]

1. be deemed to have refused the request, if the information sought for is not provided within 30
   days from the date of receipt of request.
   [Section 7(2) of RTI Act, 2005]
2. intimate the applicant the details of the enhanced fee, if any, in addition to normal fee.
   [Section 7(3) of RTI Act, 2005]
3. assist to enable access to the information, including assistance for proper inspection, where access
   to the record or a part thereof is required to be provided specially to the sensorily disabled persons.
   [Section 7(4) of RTI Act, 2005]
4. allow access information in the printed or in any electronic format on payment of prescribed fee.

No fee shall be charged from the person who is below the poverty line.
[Section 7(5) of RTI Act, 2005]
10. provide information free of charge, if a public authority fails to provide information within 30 days
from the date of the receipt of the request.
[Section 7(6) of RTI Act, 2005]
11. consider the representation, if any, made by a third party, before taking any decision.
[Section 7(7) of RTI Act, 2005]
12. intimate the requester, the reasons for rejection, the period within which an appeal against rejection may be preferred and particulars of the appellate authority, in case the request is rejected.
[Section 7(8) of RTI Act, 2005]
13. provide information in the form in which it has been sought unless it would disproportionately

divert the resources of the public authority or would be detrimental to the safety or preservation of the
record in question.
[Section 7(9)
of RTI Act, 2005]
14. provide the information related to decision of Council of Ministers, the reasons thereof, and the
material on the basis of which the decisions were taken, after the decision has been taken and the matter
is complete, or over.
[Section 8(1) (i)
of RTI Act, 2005]
15. provide such information which cannot be denied to the Parliament.
[Section 8(1) (j) of RTI Act, 2005]
16. allow to access information relating to the Official Secrets Act, 1923 and any of the exemptions
permissible in accordance with sub-section (1) of section (8) of RTI Act 2005, if public interest is
involved and disclosure of which do not affect the protected interests.
[Section 8(2) of RTI Act, 2005]
17. provide any information relating to any occurrence, event or matter which has taken place, occurred or happened twenty years before the date on which any request is made.
[Section 8(3) of RTI Act, 2005]
18. reject a request for information if the request for providing access is involved the matter relating to
copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.
[Section 9
of RTI Act, 2005]
19. serve a notice to the applicant, if access to a part of the record which is exempt from disclosure,
intimating (a) that only part of the record requested; (b) reasons for decision; (c) the names and

designation of the person given the decision; (d) the details of the fee’s calculation to which the
applicant is to deposit; and (e) his or her right to review the decision regarding non-disclosure of part of
the information, the amount of fee charged or the form of access provided.
[Section 10 of RTI Act, 2005]
20. disclose, if intends, the information which is confidential in nature provided by the third party
after obtaining the views of the third party in writing or orally within five days from the receipt of the
request.
[Section 11 (1)
of RTI Act, 2005]
21. serve a notice to the third party to make representation against the proposed disclosure.
[Section 11 (3) of RTI Act, 2005]
22. provide information within forty days after receipt of the request if the third party is given an
opportunity to make representation on a decision as to whether or not to disclose the information or
record or part thereof and give in writing the notice of his decision to the third party.
[Section 11 (3) of RTI Act, 2005]

Don’ts

The Central Public Information Officer shall not:-

1. ask an applicant making request for information to give any reason for requesting the information or any other personal details except those that may be necessary for contacting him.
   [Section 6 (2) of RTI Act, 2005]

1. be obliged to give any citizen, – (a) information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect
   the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the

State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence (b) information which has been
expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the disclosure of which may
constitute contempt of court (c) information, the disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature (d) information including commercial confidence,
trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of
a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information (e) information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship,
unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of
such information (f) information received in confidence from foreign Government (g) information,
the disclosure of which would endanger the life or physical safety of any person or identify the
source of information or assistance given in confidence for law enforcement or security purposes (h)
information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of
offenders (i) cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers (j) information which relates to personal information the disclosure of
which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information.
[Section 8 (1) of
RTI Act, 2005]