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What is the news?
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently dissolved the 14 member Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES). It said that SCES had a mandate, overlapping with the Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys (NSS).
About Standing Committee on Economic Statistics (SCES)
Established: In 2019 by the MoSPI
Nature: A temporary committee formed to address immediate and critical issues in statistics.
Funding: Funded by the Government of India through the MoSPI budget allocations.
Aims and Objectives
- To advise the Union government on survey methodology, including sampling frame, sampling design, and survey instruments, and
- To finalise a tabulation plan of surveys.
About Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys (NSS)
The Steering Committee for National Sample Surveys (NSS) was formed recently to oversee survey-related issues of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
Established: In July 2023 based on the recommendations from the National Statistical Commission (NSC).
