National Statistical Commission

Current draft bill that aims to clean up the statistical mess will not empower the National Statistical CommissionIf NSC is really allowed to function as the apex authority on official statistics, it could shake up the statistical system. But the current bill falls short on many counts.

Govt has proposed to give sweeping power to NSC on its authority over non-government agencies, which produce vital dataThe Draft NSC Bill proposes to restructure the composition of NSC

The new national policy on official statistics is based on the recommendations of the NSC and the UNFP of Official StatisticsThe govt recently decided not to release the consumer expenditure survey 2017-18 after an expert panel recommended refining the survey methodology, data quality aspects

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Mohanan dismissed the government’s claims, saying the report was final once the commission had cleared itThe options for me were very few. One option was to keep quiet and continue. I didn’t want to do that, said Mohanan

The allegation by the former chairman of the National Statistical Commission that the govt intervened in release of jobs data only adds to the list of similar attempts in the pastIn the past few years, the Modi government has faced severe criticism for either withholding reports or releasing data that is not rigorous

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and the chief statistician of India Pravin Srivastava, the two government nominees, are the only members left in the commissionMohanan says the NSC had approved the report of the Annual Employment Survey 2017-18 which has not been released

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India's statistical system suffered credibility shocks when the GDP series was released

CSO didn't follow usual method of data release, says NSC chairman