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SURVEY CONDUCTED BY NSO

SURVEY CONDUCTED BY NSO

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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For the purpose of reviewing the framework and to address the issues raised from time to time on the subject results/ methodology questionnaire, etc of all National Sample Surveys conducted by this Ministry, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has constituted the Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys (NSS) vide order dated 14.06.2024 as per the recommendation of National Statistical Commission (NSC). Further, so far as the Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES) is concerned, no such committee exists as on date in MoSPI.The details of Steering Committee for NSS including composition and Terms of Reference are given in the Statement at Annexure.

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Annexure

Thedetailsincludingcompositionandtermsof referenceareasunder:

Prof. RajeevaLaxmanKarandikar, Chairman (NSC)

Chairman

Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy, former Professor, ISI Kolkata

Member

Dr. TathagataBandyopadhyay, former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad

Member

Dr. T. V. Ramanathan, D/o Statistics, S. P. Pune University

Member

Prof. SonalDe Desai, Professor, NCAER, New Delhi

Member

Dr. BiswanathGoldar, former Professor, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi

Member

Dr. Mausumi Bose, former Professor, ISI Kolkata

Member

Prof. S. Chandrasekhar, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of DevelopmentResearch (IGIDR), Mumbai

 

Member

Chief Economic Adviser, DEA or its representative

[Ms. Anuradha Guru, Economic Adviser]

Member

Representative from Reserve Bank of India

[Shri Ravi Shankar, Adviser, RBI]

Member

CEO, NITI Aayog or its representative

[Ms. Anna Roy, Principal Economic Adviser, NITI Aayog]

Member

DirectorGeneral(NSS),MoSPI

Member

DirectorGeneral(Statistics),MoSPI,NewDelhi

Member

ADG, SCD,NSSO,MoSPI,New Delhi

Member

ADG, SDRD, NSSO, MoSPI, Kolkata

Member

Director, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Govt.. of Uttar Pradesh

Member

Director, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Govt. of Karnataka

Member

 

DDG, Survey Coordination Division, NSSO, MoSPI

Non-Member Secretary

 

(Note 1. The Member(s) at Sr. No. 2 to 7 above may be treated as Non-Official Member (s) as on date.

Note 2.It is further clarified that, where the membership is not designation-based in para Α above, such Members of the Steering Committee will be deemed nominated by their names. Members at serial numbers 12 to 17 would be deemed nominated as per their designation. Moreover, Members at serial numbers 9, 10 & 11 would be deemed nominated as per their designation or represented from their respective offices.)

B.  The tenure of the Steering Committee will be for a period of two years. The Steering Committee shall make recommendations to NSC on the matters specified in following Terms of Reference (ToR).

  1. Compositionofthe Steering Committee:

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