With reference to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), consider the following statements: 1. It is the primary source of industrial statistics in the country. 2. The survey is conducted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). 3. The ASI extends to the entire country. 4. It does not cover unorganised or unregistered or informal sector enterprises. Which of the statements given above are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. With reference to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), consider the following statements:
1.It is the primary source of industrial statistics in the country.
2.The survey is conducted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
3.The ASI extends to the entire country.
4.It does not cover unorganised or unregistered or informal sector enterprises.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

[A] 1, 2 and 3 only

[B] 2 and 4 only

[C] 1, 3 and 4 only

[D] 1 and 2 only

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation –

Statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct. ASI is the primary source of industrial statistics in the country. It extends to the entire country. It covers all factories registered under Sections 2(m)(i) and 2(m)(ii) of the Factories Act, 1948. The survey also covers Bidi and cigar manufacturing establishments registered under the Bidi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966. All electricity undertakings engaged in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, not registered with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) are also covered under ASI. It does not cover unorganised or unregistered or informal sector enterprises.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The survey is conducted by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Industrial Statistics (IS) wing under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

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