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'Surprised but not upset’: Former Chief Statistician on sudden stats panel shutdown by govt, hopes for depoliticised data

October 02, 2024 8:22 am

In an exclusive interview with The Indian Express following the abrupt dissolution of the Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS), of which he was chairman, Pronab Sen discusses why the committee repeatedly flagged delays in census data and the potential for restoring the integrity of India's official data.

Former Chief Statistician and former Chairman of the National Statistical Commission Pronab Sen

New Standing Committee on Statistics holds its first meet

July 30, 2023 9:13 am

As per a government release from 2019, the National Statistical Office (NSO) had proposed to conduct the first round of the Annual Survey on Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) during October 2019-March 2020 and next round of ASUSE in April 2020 till March 2021.

Amid doubts, Govt sets up panel to review conduct of surveys

July 18, 2023 8:51 am

The committee has also been mandated to provide guidance to conduct pilot surveys/ pre-testing, if necessary, before finalising schedules for data collection.

Shamika Ravi writes: Statisticians can be wrong

July 13, 2023 2:47 pm

Sampling methodology of our surveys requires urgent upgradation to keep up with the needs of India’s dynamic economy

Pronab Sen: 'Many schemes can be expanded... But states need money... Centre has been tardy in releasing funds'

November 16, 2020 12:06 pm

A noted economist, Pronab Sen was India’s first Chief Statistician. Picked by the government to head the Standing Committee on Economic Statistics, he says quarterly GDP estimates are less representative of the economy than annual estimates, and advises higher fiscal spending for economic recovery

Red flags by data panel chief: ‘Mistrust, attacks may contaminate economic data for next 10 years’

Red flags by data panel chief Pronab Sen: ‘Mistrust, attacks may contaminate economic data for next 10 years’

February 13, 2020 7:02 am

The survey system is already in “deep trouble” and given the increasing instances of such attacks, conducting household surveys with the Census as the frame would be “very tough” going ahead, said Pronab Sen.

Ex-Chief Statistician Pronab Sen: For data credibility, need to fix calendar for its release

January 24, 2020 11:04 am

As of now, the government does have a calender for release of data sets such as national accounts, Index of Industrial Production and inflation. But there are no specific timeline for release of labour force statistics and consumption expenditure surveys.