A three-day state level training cum conference of the 78th round of socio-economic survey by National Statistics Office, Raipur was inaugurated at Hotel Kingsway on Tuesday.
Dr. K Subramaniam, Member, State Planning Commission, Chhattisgarh said these surveys give details on status of development, what are the challenges and expectations and which areas need to be given special attention.
The survey will conclude on December 19.
He emphasised while interpreting or analyzing data, one needs to be particularly alert and unbiased while retaining integrity, accuracy, relevance and timeliness of the data. The survey is for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and development of the tourism industry, he added.
Special Guest Sudarshan Pantode, Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau, stressed on enhancing reliability of data through digital collection of data while taking the target group into confidence.
Roshan Lal Sahu, Deputy Director General, National Statistics Office, Raipur highlighted importance of the survey, stating that the National Indicator Framework and State Indicator Framework are being developed to achieve the SDGs.
Officers and employees of the regional and all sub-regional offices of the National Statistical Office at Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur and Ambikapur and Directorate of Economic and Statistics Directorate, Govt of Chhattisgarh are participating in it.
The 78th round of Socio-economic survey is being organized by the National Statistics Office (NSO) from January 1, 2020 and will conclude on December 31, 2020 on a pan-India level in rural and urban areas of the country on multiple indicators and domestic tourism.