Government of Rajasthan

RAJASTHAN STATE STRATEGIC STATISTICAL PLAN

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS (DES), GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN, YOJANA

BHAWAN, JAIPUR 2011

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur

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RAJASTHAN STATE STRATEGIC STATISTICAL PLAN (RSSSP)

Government of Rajasthan

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS, GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN, YOJANA BHAWAN,

JAIPUR 2011

Jal Mahal, Jaipur

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………………… 5 2 CHAPTER 1 : BACKGROUND AND PROCESS……………………. 28 3 CHAPTER 2 : CURRENT DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE

STATISTICAL SYSTEM…………………………………………………

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4 CHAPTER 3 : WHERE WE ARE ? : ASSESSMENT OF

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT SYSTEM……… 60

5 CHAPTER 4 : RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THIRTEENTH

FINANCE COMMISSION ON STATISTICAL STRENGTHENING

145 6 CHAPTER 5 : WHERE DO WE WANT TO REACH ? : THE

VISION, STRATEGIC GOALS, PRIORITIES AND

STRATEGIES………………………………………………………………..

148 7 CHAPTER 6 : HOW DO WE REACH THERE ?:

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN & MECHANISM OF

IMPLEMENTATION……………………………………………………….

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8 CHAPTER 7 : AT WHAT COST ? COST AND FINANCING

PLAN………………….……………………………………………………… 193

9 CHAPTER 8 : WHEN ? TIMELINE & MONITORING AND

EVALUATION OF THE RSSSP…………………………………………..

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10 REFERENCES……………………………………………………………… 215 11 ANNEXURES……………………………………………………………….. 217

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LIST OF ANNEXURES

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1 DATA GAPS CITED IN THE JPS STUDY AND SUGGESTED REFORMS

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2 UNITED NATIONS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS

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3 AVAILABILITY & REQUIREMENT OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DEPARTMENTS

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4 STATUS OF BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICES OF RAJASTHAN

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5 STATE STATISTICAL CADRE WITH ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

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6 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT OF GAZETTED POSTS

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7 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT OF SUBORDINATE POSTS

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8 MONTHLY PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION CALENDAR-MPIC

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9 COPY OF THE LETTER OF PARTICIPATION (LOP)

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10 COPY OF THE OFFICE ORDER FOR CONSTITUTION OF STATE HIGH LEVEL STEERING COMMITTEE (SHLSC) ON APRIL 29, 2010

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11 MINUTES OF THE REVIEW MEETING HELD ON MAY 31, 2010

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12 RECORD OF DISCUSSION OF THE MEETING TO REVIEW THE DRAFT RAJASTHAN STATE STRATEGIC STATISTICAL PLAN (RSSSP) HELD ON AUGUST 3, 2010

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13 A BRIEF TRIP REPORT ON THE VISIT TO DELHI TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT RSSSP ON AUGUST 19, 2010

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14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE USERS’ WORKSHOP HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

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15 TRIP REPORT OF THE VISIT TO GUJARAT DURING SEPTEMBER 28-30, 2010

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SHLSC MEETING 266

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ANNEXURE 1 & 2 OF THE MoU 269

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) The Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Govt. of India, the nodal agency in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) is implementing the India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) formulated with the assistance from the World Bank for strengthening of Indian Statistical System as follow up of the some of the measures suggested by the National Statistical Commission for improving the statistical system with primary focus on strengthening of State Statistical System. Under this project, a study titled, “Study Reports on identifying specific requirements for strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus” was carried out in all the States. A Synthesis Report on identifying common & specific requirements for strengthening of State Statistical Systems has also been prepared based on these reports. There has been an Official release of National Strategic Statistical Plan (NSSP), which is a medium-term Vision, Policy and Strategic Framework for the future course of Development of the National Statistical System. The Guidelines for preparation of detailed State Strategic Statistical Plans (SSSPs) have been prepared at the National Workshop held in January, 2009. The Letter of Participation (LoP) was signed by State and was sent on August 5, 2008. As per one of the conditions of the Letter of Participation (LoP)), the State has to prepare a SSSP. The State Government’s commitment in the LoP is presented below:

Rajasthan State Statistical System and DES In 1956, the Statistical Bureau was re-organized into the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES). This was done to extend the scope and coverage of data collection in response to the needs of development and planning. In 1960-61, for the first time, tabulation work was started using mechanical devices in the Directorate. In 1963, the work of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), which was with the ASI unit of the Industry Department in 1958, was merged with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. In 1969, Govt. of India promulgated the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969 and under this act, Births and Deaths Registration was made compulsory in all the States and Union Territories. DES, Rajasthan was appointed as the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths under section 4 (i) of

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the Act. 1969. On July 28, 1984, DES was declared nodal agency, which was revised on May 13, 2009. In this, the Govt. of Rajasthan declared the Director, Economics and Statistics as a nodal agency for statistical matters for all Govt. Departments at the State level. The Statistical Activities at DES are as follows: Finance Statistics

1. Budget Study 2. State Income and State Domestic Product (SDP) estimates 3. District Domestic Product (DDP) 4. Gross Fixed Capital formation 5. Contribution of Local Bodies in State Domestic Product 6. Census of State Govt. Employees 7. Comparative Study of States Finance 8. Classification of State Budget

Vital Statistics

1. Ensuring registration of birth and death events 2. Compilation and Publication of Birth and Death Registration Statistics 3. Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) Statistics

Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) Statistics

1. Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2. Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

NSS

1. National Sample Surveys on different subjects and issues in different rounds

Economic Census Statistics

1. Conducts and Publishes economic censuses at five years intervals Agriculture & Timely Reporting Scheme (TRS) Statistics

1. Crop Area Statistics, Production Statistics, advance estimates of crop area and production

2. Crop Area Statistics of 20 percent villages Price Statistics

1. The Directorate uses prices for compiling monthly index series of wholesale prices

2. Collection of Retail prices of 33 selected items, retail prices of livestock and livestock products

3. Quarterly retail price information from DSOs on building materials and wages of labourers

Human Development Reports

1. Human Development Index Statistics

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The Publications at DES are as follows: Regular Publications

1. Agricultural Statistics 2. Annual Vital Report 3. Basic Statistics 4. Budget at a Glance, Rajasthan 5. Budget Study, Rajasthan 6. Census of State Govt. Employees 7. Classification of State Budget 8. Comparative Study of States Finances 9. District Statistical Outline 10. Economic Review, Rajasthan in English & Hindi 11. Estimates of Net District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 12. Report on Annual Survey of Industries 13. Report on Timely Reporting Scheme of Estimating Area under principal

Crops in Rajasthan 14. Socio-Economic Statistics, Rajasthan 15. Some Facts About Rajasthan 16. State Domestic Product, Rajasthan 17. Statistical Abstract, Rajasthan 18. Report on Index Numbers of Industrial Production, Rajasthan

Occasional Publications

1. 50 Years of Agricultural Statistics of Rajasthan 2. 51 Years of Wholesale Price Index of Rajasthan 1957-2007 3. A Report on Fifth Economic Census 4. Financial Structure and State Domestic Product of Rajasthan 5. Inter State Economic Indicators 6. Population Facts & Figures, Rajasthan (1961-2001) 7. Some Development Statistics about Rajasthan 8. Women and Men in Rajasthan 9. Human development report Rajasthan (An updates 2008) 10. District Human Development Reports 11. Civil Registration System in Rajasthan : 2001-08

The Projects handled by DES are as follows:

1. Strengthening State Plans for Human Development (SSPHD) 2. Non-Profit Institutions (NPI) Study 3. Basic Statistics for Local Level Development (BSLLD) 4. 5% Post Enumeration Survey (PES) of District Information System for

Education (DISE) Study in six districts of Rajasthan 5. GoI-UN-GoR joint programme on Convergence in five districts of

Rajasthan 6. India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP)

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The State Statistical System is characterized by the following deficiencies:

1. Voluminous data is collected from varied sources, collated and compiled, by different agencies, but not a lot of analysis is being done due to lack of IT and computing infrastructure and skills.

2. There is need to understand the data, analyze and present the data to gain insights and feed into the decision making process.

3. The statistical setup below the district level is too weak to generate organized data at lower administrative levels, although there is a requirement for such data for local governance.

4. There is lack of connectivity and linkage between one level and another and also between the various subsystems.

5. The statistical manpower suffers from lack of training and requisite skills.

6. There is also considerable disparity in the level of development of the state systems, with some States having fairly well developed systems, whereas there are others with very weak ones.

7. The statistical systems of the States need urgent attention in terms of capacity building to become more decentralized and, at the same time, responsive to the public needs.

8. The key areas for building up the capacity would be to improve the infrastructure resources and facilities especially in the areas of computerization of operations, interpretation of data, databank preparation, networking, etc. and human resource development.

Need and Importance of Strengthening the State Statistical System

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Recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) vis-à-vis ISSP

1. The Finance Commission noted the need to measure Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at market prices consistent with national estimates, instead of at factor cost, as is presently being done.

2. This Commission has elsewhere made recommendations on the need to incorporate environmental considerations into government policy. As part of this effort the estimation of Green GDP/GSDP would be very valuable.

3. Comparable estimates of district income are extremely relevant for measuring intra-state income disparities.

4. For equitable horizontal distribution, the measurement of cost disabilities is important. The cost of services varies across states due to a large number of factors such as geographic location, population size and distribution and demographic characteristics.

5. Measurement of inter-regional trade data would be useful to provide insights in an inter-regional framework.

The Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) The Chapter plan of the RSSSP is as follows:

1. Executive Summary 2. Chapter 1 : Background and Process 3. Chapter 2 : Current Description of The State Statistical System 4. Chapter 3 : Where we are ? : Assessment of strengths and weaknesses of current

system 5. Chapter 4 : Recommendations of the thirteenth finance commission on statistical

strengthening 6. Chapter 5 : Where do we want to reach ? : the vision, strategic goals, priorities and

strategies 7. Chapter 6 : How do we reach there ?: implementation plan & mechanism of

implementation 8. Chapter 7 : At what cost ? Cost and financing plan 9. Chapter 8 : When ? Timeline & monitoring and evaluation of the RSSSP 10. References 11. Annexures

Process followed and the Current Status of RSSSP

1. The Letter of Participation (LoP) was signed by the State Government and was sent on August 5, 2008

2. The Secretary, Planning participated in the National Level Conference of the Ministers-in-Charges of Statistics on September 9, 2008

3. To discuss the issues and follow up on the recommendations of the conference a department meeting was organized under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Planning on November 11, 2008.

4. DES was declared as nodal agency on July 28, 1984 for all statistical matters of the State, which was revised on May 13, 2009 as per the recommendations of 16th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) meeting, GoI.

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5. In order to study the State Statistical System, exposure Visits were made by the officials of Planning and DES to three States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the year 2009. A 3-day brainstorming workshop on strengthening the Statistical System of Rajasthan from February 15-17, 2010 was conducted to discuss the observations of the teams on IT, Office Infrastructure and Training and their valuable suggestions were incorporated in the RSSSP. In this meeting, Officers of the State Statistical Cadre, including the CPOs, DSOs and other officials of Planning, DES and various line departments participated.

6. DES officials participated and presented the Status of the Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) in the Northern States’ Workshop on State Strategic Statistical Plan (SSSP) held during March 25 to 26, 2010 at Faridabad, Haryana

7. In May 2010, the State High Level Steering Committee (SHLSC) for ISSP was constituted under the Chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary, Govt of Rajasthan.

8. A SSSP Questionnaire was drafted and was sent for suggestions and the feedback from the line departments were compiled and incorporated in the RSSSP.

9. A Review meeting was held under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning on May 31, 2010. In this meeting, the heads of the departments and officials of other data generating or producing agencies were invited and suggestions of the participants were incorporated.

10. After incorporating all the suggestions, the Draft RSSSP document was prepared.

11. The Draft RSSSP was briefly discussed by the Principal Secretary Planning with the Secretary and Director General (DG) of MoSPI on August 2, 2010 at Hotel Raj Vilas. A copy of the 1st draft of the RSSSP was shared with the officials of CSO by the Director and other DES officials on August 3, 2010. The process of preparing the RSSSP and the document was appreciated by the officials from CSO and was termed as quite pragmatic and thorough.

12. As a follow up to this meeting, a visit was made to Delhi by a team consisting of officials from UNFPA and DES, Govt. of Rajasthan on August 19, 2010 to discuss the suggestions on the 1st draft with CSO officials. Some observations were given by CSO officials, which were duly incorporated in the draft document.

13. A User’s workshop was organized to understand the needs of the data users and establish a dialogue between data producers and users on September 9, 2010. In this workshop, officials of Govt. departments, corporations, academicians, professionals from Civil Society Organizations and NGOs participated and shared their views.

14. Based on the recommendations of the CSO officials, a team of officials from Govt. of Rajasthan and UNFPA went on a visit to DES Gujarat during September 28-30, 2010 to study the IT system with a view to incorporating it in the RSSSP to strengthen the state statistical system.

15. Finally, DES officials had a discussion with officials of individual departments regarding their suggestions to improve the 20 key statistics during November 1 to 3, 2010

16. This was presented and explained by the Demographer from UNFPA on January 10, 2011 in a meeting of the “State High Level Steering Committee (SHLSC)” constituted under the chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan. It was approved.

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The expected focus areas of SSSP

1. Human Resources (HR) Development Plan/Strategy 2. Training Needs Assessment and Plan 3. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Assessment and

Strategy 4. ICT Hardware and Software Specifications 5. Strategy for Improving Coordination 6. Advocacy Plan 7. Data Dissemination Policy 8. A Programme to Review Ways to Improve Administrative Records and

their Use for Statistical Purposes Major Inputs to strengthen the statistical system Sl. No.

Inputs Description

1. Office Infrastructure at DSO and BSO

In the State, out of the 33 districts, only Jodhpur has its own District Statistical office while others are functioning either in two rooms or one room or on verandahs. So, it is proposed to have buildings in all the remaining 32 districts. In order to strengthen the decentralized system of data collection and analysis, it is proposed to have a similar statistical cell/ office at the block level. So, 249 buildings are proposed for the same. Alongwith the office buildings, some infrastructure will be there like; the provision of Refrigerator, water cooler and modular furniture. Establishment of a Block Statistical Office (BSO) In order to collect, compile, monitor the data collection from the Gram panchayat level and for its required aggregation and demand based disaggregation for the use in planning programmes and policies for the grassroots, a Statistical Cell is being proposed at the block level, in which, there will be a Statistical Officer, two Statistical Assistants and two Computors with adequate office premises in all the 249 blocks of the State. The total personnel requirement is 1,245.

As per the NSC recommendation of “In view of the renewed importance of the Block Statistical Organisation in the context of local area planning, the State Governments should bring it directly within the fold of the States’ Statistical System by either transferring the organisation to their Directorates of Economics and Statistics, or by making it responsible for its statistical work to the Directorate and bringing it under the Directorate’s technical supervision through the district statistical organization” there is a need of block statistical cell or office.

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2. Renovation in DES

The following works are planned for the renovation of the building of DES:

• Construction of training hall in DES • Renovation of the library • Renovation of the EDP cell of DES with furnishing and

replacement of electrical fixtures • Renovation of the Publication Store of DES with

furnishing • Renovation of the Record Room of DES with

furnishing • Renovation of Stores of DES with furnishing • Reception, Display and Receipt Centre • Renovations of office cabins • Garage for official vehicles • Parking shed

3. IT infrastructure

Installation of IT infrastructure at DES, DSO, BSO, CPO, Planning and Other line departments Wifi for connectivity in Planning department and DES Use of softwares for Data Analysis and Dissemination The data generated from various sources will be analysed by using SPSS software. In order to present the data in a more comprehensive manner and user-friendly manner, Arc GIS (GIS) software will be used. Use of Softwares to manage the data generated by the system of administration and library Personnel Management Information Software (PMIS) software will be used to keep track of personnel being trained. Library software will be used to manage the cataloguing and retrieval of books in the library. The IT sector in the state needs a lot of inputs for improvement. In order to manage the IT infrastructural development for the improvement in the State Statistical System, an agency with experience in implementing IT infrastructure from the grassroots to the State level will be hired for the project period which will do handholding with the officials of the Directorate and different levels like; the district and block level to implement the project and handover it to the State Government. The grassroots data from the GPs, Tehsils and 249 blocks, will be collected through notebooks installed with inbuilt data entry modules of formats and questionnaires for different official statistics and surveys and will be uploaded to the web portal at the independent State data centre under the control of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The compilation and analysis of data will be done at the district level and finalization will be done at the DES for further analysis, publication and data dissemination.

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4. Training of Statistical Personnel

In order to sensitize the officials in use of data for planning and in order to improve the statistical and analytical skills of the statistical personnel, the statistical personnel need to be trained in the following areas:

1. Sensitization workshop on sources and use of data in decentralized planning and decision making process for senior officials

2. Orientation on official statistics for senior officials 3. Induction Training on official statistics : computation of

indices and estimation in agriculture, state income, NSS and civil registration system & Accounts

4. Refresher trainings 5. Statistical Analysis with hands-on training in computers 6. Specialized training on Demographic techniques 7. Specialized training on Survey, sampling methodology,

programme monitoring and evaluation 8. Specialized training on Softwares like SPSS, Devinfo 9. Other new project related trainings 10. Financed courses in premier institutions 11. Organization of Seminars and Conferences 12. Exposure & learning visits 13. Training on CRS and MCCD for Staff engaged in civil

registration and MCCD 14. Training of grassroots workers to operate notebooks to enter

data with questionnaires and preloaded formats for collection of data and its uploading

15. Training in Communication skills, report writing, presentation and dissemination skills.

5. Statistical Capacity Building with professional consultants in DES and DSOs

DES has been declared the nodal agency for all statistical matters in the State. So, DES has to review data collected from different sectors and approve the data before it is released. In order to build the capacity of DES and DSOs and handhold for a period of five years to review, comment and approve the data, the following experts and specialists are proposed for a period of six years at the State headquarters and the District Statistical Offices: Statistical Capacity Building at the State level (DES Headquarters) There is a need for the following specialists from the following fields to be appointed for a period of six years or the project period:

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Applied Statistics • Subject Specialist / Expert in Econometrics • Subject Specialist / Expert in Demography & Health

(Demographer) • Subject Specialist / Expert in official Statistics • Subject Specialist / Expert in Information Technology (IT)

Statistical Capacity Building at the District level There is a need for the following specialists from the following fields:

• Subject Specialist / Expert in official Statistics & Demography in the districts (Demographer)

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Information Technology (IT) in the districts

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6. Research,

Monitoring, Evaluation and Studies

In order to improve the statistical system, the following types of studies are being proposed:

• Type Studies in different sectors like; the contribution of the unorganized sector in the State’s GDP.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Surveys and Studies • Baseline Surveys to establish benchmarks for evaluation at

a later stage • Mid-term evaluation studies understand the direction of

the implementation • Endline surveys and studies to evaluate the performance of

the programmes against the agreed upon outcome indicators

• Regular monitoring through Management Information System (MIS).

• Studies in the education sector 1. Mid-term estimation of literacy rate : Every three

years after the census 2. Sample survey on estimation of drop-out rate,

retention rate and transition rate : Every three years 3. Impact of various incentive schemes, scholarships,

and computer education : Every three to five years 4. Infrastructure development in school : Every five

years 7. Regional

workshops and Seminars for Statistical Advocacy

• Seminars will be organized to share and disseminate data and participation of different officials in different seminars will be promoted.

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8. Additional

Human Resources Requirement

• The first priority should be to fill up about 1/3rd vacancies of the total strength already present at different levels of the statistical system, which will reduce time lag in data transmission, analysis and publications. If these vacancies are not filled up immediately, this will lead to reduction of the staff strength to about half of the sanctioned strength by 2015.

• In order to facilitate the implementation of this SSSP, there is a requirement of the following additional staff:

1. In order to implement the forthcoming projects and tasks like; ISSP, Training, Research and Studies, a post of JD is being proposed in DES. In all, One JD and 4 SAs have been proposed

2. DSO : At the district level after the reorganization and bifurcation of the earlier districts, the staff position has not been maintained to the optimum level. So, as per the discussion and suggestions based on the assessment of the current status of the DSOs, a common ideal model is being proposed (SO-1, SA-4, SI-3 & Computor-2). In all, 41 SAs, 36 SIs and 44 Computors have been proposed as per the common ideal model.

3. BSO : In all, one SO and two SAs and two computors per block have been proposed

The following posts have been proposed by various line departments in the SSSP questionnaire sent to them:

• In other line departments, the posts of 3 Directors, 18 JDs, 16 DDs, 45 ADs, 146 SOs, 1,286 SAs, 322 SIs and 693 computors have been proposed by the various departments. These will be pursued by the various concerned departments through their own channels

9. Setting up of a High level Technical Committee

A high level committee will be setup to suggest the collection of emerging data and suggest to improve the quality of data in terms of its (1) Adequacy; (2) Relevance; (3) Accuracy; (4) Timeliness; (5) Accessibility; (6) Interpretability; (7) Coherence, Methodological Soundness.

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The summary of the availability and requirements of IT and Human Resources is presented in the tables below:

Availability and Requirement of IT

Particulars Requirement Available Computer Printer UPS Computer Printer UPS

DES 120 55 100 70 29 65

DSOs 179 66 80 32 32 32

BSOs 498 249 249 - - -

Other Line Departments including CPOs

348 269 359 429 402 400

ISSP 468 324 459 499 431 465 TFC 677 315 329 - - -

Total 1,145 639 786 531 463 497

Availability and Requirement of Human Resources Required posts Sanctioned Posts

D JD DD AD SO SA SI C D JD DD AD SO SA SI C DES 1 4 1 3 4 4 4 64 14 23 DSOs 41 36 44 33 95 76 22 BSOs 249 498 498

Other Line Departments*

* * * * * * * * 9 12 59 45 40 672 199 314

Sub Total 0 1 0 0 249 543 36 542 10 15 63 49 77 831 289 359

Total 1,371 1,693 D- Director, JD-Joint Director, DD-Deputy Director, AD- Assistant Director, SO-Statistical Officer, SA- Statistical Assistant, C- Computor *Note : In other line departments, the posts of 3 Directors, 18 JDs, 16 DDs, 45 ADs, 146 SOs, 1,286 SAs, 322 SIs and 693 computors have been proposed by the various departments. These will be pursued by the various concerned departments through their own channels Overall expected long term outcomes of the Project The overall outcome is to strengthen the state Statistical System. The other specific outcomes are as follows:

• Improved system of collection of reliable data

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• Improved system of analysis, presentation and dissemination of data • Increase in coverage of collection of statistics including the private

sector • Increase in use of IT in data collection, compilation and analysis • Increase in the number of Trained staff • Increased access to data users • Improvement in the quality, timeliness of data and statistical output • Use of data in decentralized planning and programme implementation

In keeping with IMF's Data Quality Framework, the following attributes of data that are pertinent to the use of information will be improved in the statistics :

1. Adequacy 2. Relevance 3. Accuracy 4. Timeliness 5 Accessibility 5. Interpretability and 6. Coherence of DATA

Faster Data collection and online transmission and reduction in time lag in publications A lot of data is collected for compilation and analysis at the Directorate. It is proposed that considering the voluminous quantum of data, small notebooks will be provided at all the administrative units like Panchayat Samities (Blocks) where softwares will be installed. These softwares will have inbuilt data entry modules in the form of schedules or formats for data collection, which can be uploaded at the nearest computer centre for online transmission to the district level and the State for faster compilation and dissemination of findings. This will reduce the time lag in data compilation, analysis and dissemination. Training will be provided to operate these devices. Expected output of the investment in IT infrastructure The IT infrastructure proposed will lead to faster data collection, collation, compilation, storage, retrieval, analysis and report writing and dissemination of findings reducing the time lag. It will facilitate the process of decentralized data collection from the Gram panchayat level through the Tehsils/ Blocks to the Districts. The collection of data will be computerized from the grassroots level to uploading it to the centralized web portal on the server and will help easier data storage, data warehousing, retrieval and analysis of data. In order to strengthen the analytical skills of the staff, statistical softwares like SPSS will be procured and training will be imparted on its use in data management and analysis. GIS software will be used for better presentation and spatial analysis of the data. Softwares packages for the key statistics will be developed for data entry, data retrieval, data

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analysis and report generation. Softwares for administration, personnel management, file tracking, library and training will be developed, which will reduce time lag in the administrative decision making process. The Staff will be trained to manage data collection, entry, validation, analysis and dissemination data. The output of 20 key statistics considered under ISSP are as follows:

List of 20 key statistical activities considered under ISSP with expected outputs

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Key Statistical Activity

Concerned Department

Expected outputs

1 State Domestic Product Estimates

DES More reliable estimate of GSDP and NSDP SDP estimates will be prepared based on national minimum standards

2 Estimate of Capital Formation and Savings

DES Precise estimate of capital formation and savings will be available

3 Estimates of District Domestic Product

DES DDP estimates of few sectors may be attempted at the district level

4 Estimates of the Contribution of Local Bodies

DES Estimates of contribution of local bodies sector in public administration will be prepared

5 Data on Major Fiscal Variables

Finance Department/ DES

The time lag will be reduced

6 Annual Survey of Industries

DES The time lag in the publication of industrial statistics of organized sector will be reduced, which will help in assessing and evaluating the changes in the growth, composition and structure of this sector The time lag in publication of state level IIP estimates will be reduced, which will help in estimating contribution of the Electricity, Mining and Manufacturing sectors to the GDP of the State. It will be released monthly

7 Index of Industrial Production

DES

8 Crop Area and Production Statistics

DES The time lag in publication of estimates will be reduced

9 Wholesale Price Index

DES The time lag in publication of estimates will be reduced

10 Consumer Price Index

Labour Bureau Shimla

The time lag in data collection and transmission will be reduced.

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Key Statistical Activity

Concerned Department

Expected outputs

11 Health, Morbidity, Mortality and Family Welfare Statistics

Medical and Health Department

1. Studies will be conducted to estimate district level IMR

2. Statistical Surveys to estimate the prevalence of diseases by geographical area and social category to enable focused attention in these areas and social groups for easier access and retrieval

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Education and Literacy Statistics Statistics on Educational Institutions School Enrolment Data

Education Studies will be conducted to estimate inter-censal literacy rates

13 13.A 13.B

Labour and Employment Statistics Labour Statistics Employment Statistics

Labour and Employment

Studies have been proposed make data available unorganized sector

14. Housing Statistics Housing Department

Statistics on housing in addition to statistics collected by the Housing Board will be collected and compiled

15. Birth and Death Registration Statistics and Population

DES Reliable Vital Estimates of IMR and MMR could be made available after the system is improved and the reporting level is around cent percent in case of births, deaths and more specifically in case of infant and maternal deaths

16 Electricity Production and Distribution Statistics

Electricity Department

Energy Statistics will be available in an integrated manner

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Environment and Forestry Statistics Forestry Statistics Water Supply and Sanitation Statistics

Environment Ministry, Water Forestry Department, Resources Department

Estimates of Environmental loss. Contribution of forest in the state domestic products. Contribution of Rajasthan forest in sequestration of Carbon in tonnes per Ha. per Annum. Improvement of quality of forestry statistics

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Key Statistical Activity

Concerned Department

Expected outputs

18 Participation in Surveys of the National Sample Survey Organization.

DES With the technical guidance and support of CSO, NSSO Delhi, software for validation checks at the district level and data pooling to enable increase in sample size for district level estimates could be attempted

19 19.A 19.B 19.C 19.D

Transport Statistics Motor Vehicle Registration Statistics Road Statistics Traffic Accident Statistics Passenger Traffic Statistics

Transport Department Transport Department PWD Department Police Department RSRTC

Survey / study is proposed by the department to address the data gap

20 Statistics for Local Area Planning

Panchayati Raj Department

Village level Data for decentralized planning will be available considering the fact that block level statistical setup is proposed

Note : The gram panchayat level statistical setup may be planned, proposed and implemented, once the Basic Statistics for Local Level Development (BSLLD) project is operational in the whole state. Estimated Budget of the RSSSP In order to implement the proposed implementation plan, the following financial plan is proposed: The total proposed budget is INR 95.94 crore, out of which 60.97 has been allocated to ISSP of GoI and 1.97 crore to the State Government and the rest 33.0 has been allocated to TFC.

Funding Pattern of ISSP* Items Central Government State Government

(Non-NE States) For Civil Infrastructure

95% 5%

For all other items

100% 0%

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Funding Pattern of TFC** 1 crore per district

State Level District Level

Total

Percentage 25% 75% 100%

*ISSP has been accorded the requisite approval by the GoI as a CSS. Strictly speaking, it is not a100% CSS. **At least 75 percent of the grant will be utilised for strengthening statistical infrastructure at the district level not covered by the India Statistical Project and the proposed CSS pertaining to Basic Statistics for Local Level Development (BSLLD). A maximum of 25 percent of the grant can be used for improving statistical infrastructure at state headquarters.

Total Estimated Budget and share of allocation for seven years (in

crore)

Total Govt. of Rajasthan India Statistical

Strengthening Project (ISSP)

Govt. of India

ISSP Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC)

95.94 1.97 60.97 33.00 100% 2.05% 63.55% 34.40%

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Activity wise allocation of the estimated budget (in crore)

Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in crore) GoI

GoR Total ISSP TFC

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 2.00 11.15

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 3.75 - 5.69 C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 10.24 21.76 E In order to achieve the outputs and milestones

as per the proposed guidelines issued by CSO, this amount will be spent for the implementation of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission, especially, Preparation and Maintenance of Business Register at the District level, preparation of local bodies accounts by collecting data on receipts and payments of these bodies, improvement of data in respect of farm activities, softwares, consultants for pooling of central and state sample for generating district level parameters, and promoting the estimation of GDP at market prices, green GDP, measurement of inter regional trade data, cost disabilities, this amount will be spent based on the yet to be released detailed technical guidelines from CSO. Following this release, the detailed item-wise activity work plan and budget will be placed.

17.01

17.01

F Contingency 0.95 0.95

Grand Total 60.97 33.00 1.97 95.94

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Activity wise allocation of the budget (in crores) Share of estimated Budget allocation for 2010-11 to 2016-17 (7 years)

Sl. No. Particulars Total

Govt. of Rajasthan

Govt. of India

ISSP ISSP TFC %

A1 Research Survey & Studies 2.00 2.00 2.08

A2 Technical and Professional Services of Subject Experts/ specialists 5.27 5.27 5.49

A3 Provision of the facility for mobility to enable monitoring and supervision 0.36 0.36 0.38

A4

IEC activities for improvement of Civil Registration System and Preservation, Maintenance and Analysis of Vital Statistics Records 3.52 3.52 3.67

B1 Training & Exposure visits of statistics personnel 3.75 3.75 3.91

B2 Well equipped Training Hall with facilities 1.45 1.45 1.51 B3 Renovation and furnishing of DES 0.49 0.49 0.51 C1 Civil Infrastructure of DSOs & BSOs 39.38 1.97 37.41 41.05

D1 IT Infrastructure in Planning Deptt., DES,CPOs, DSOs & BSOs 19.77 10.32 9.44 20.61

D2 Agency to implement the IT infrastructure and system 2.00 1.20 0.80 2.08

E1

In order to achieve the outputs and milestones as per the proposed guidelines issued by CSO, this amount will be spent for the implementation of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission, especially, Preparation and Maintenance of Business Register at the District level, preparation of local bodies accounts by collecting data on receipts and payments of these bodies, improvement of data in respect of farm activities, softwares, consultants for pooling of central and state sample for generating district level parameters, and promoting the estimation of GDP at market prices, green GDP, measurement of inter regional trade data, cost disabilities, this amount will be spent based on the yet to be released detailed technical guidelines from CSO. Following this release, the detailed item-wise activity work plan and budget will be placed. 17.01 17.01 17.73

F1

Contingency (Meetings, Sitting Fees, Travel, stationery, printing, courier, hiring vehicle, lunch, high tea, fax, email, purchase of magazines, papers, books, photocopy etc) 0.95 0.95 0.99

TOTAL 95.94 1.97 60.97 33.00 % 100 2.05 63.55 34.40

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Para 14.6.32, National Statistical Commission Report, 2001 Timeline As the implementation is phase-wise, a phase-wise plan for monitoring and evaluation is being proposed: The timeline of 7 years (2010-11 to 2016-17) is proposed to be followed and periodic reviews will be done at high level to monitor the progress of these interventions to improve the State Statistical System. As the implementation is phase wise, a phase-wise plan for monitoring and evaluation is being proposed:

Civil Infrastructure Budget for DSOs and BSOs Considering the fact that there are no independent DSO buildings in 32 of the 33 districts in Rajasthan, which are functioning either in two rooms or one room or on verandahs, it is proposed to have buildings in the remaining 32 districts. In order to strengthen the decentralized system of data collection and analysis, it is proposed to have a similar statistical cell/ office at the block level. So, 249 buildings are proposed for the same.

As per the NSC recommendation of “In view of the renewed importance of the Block Statistical Organisation in the context of local area planning, the State Governments should bring it directly within the fold of the States’ Statistical System by either transferring the organisation to their Directorates of Economics and Statistics, or by making it responsible for its statistical work to the Directorate and bringing it under the Directorate’s technical supervision through the district statistical organization” there is a need of block statistical cell or office.

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The Results Chain Monitoring of RSSSP Results Hierarchy

Indicators

Timeframe

Inputs

Deployment of Staff, Establishment of IT & Office Infrastructure

March 31, 2014

Activities

Training & Capacity Building March 31, 2015

Outputs

Statistical Personnel trained in use of computers and data analysis, interpretation of data in official statistics and use of demographic techniques

March 31, 2016

Outcomes

Key Statistics improved and strengthened March 31, 2016

Impact

An improved State Statistical system March 31, 2017

The phase-wise implementation and monitoring of the proposed RSSSP is as follows:

Phase-wise implementation and monitoring of RSSSP Activities State Level District Level Block Level

Capacity building of Human Resources

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Office Buildings and Infrastructure

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

IT Infrastructure 50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Training and capacity building

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Studies

Regular

Improvement in Key Statistics

100% by 2016-17

The above timeline is proposed to be followed and periodic reviews will be done at high level to monitor the progress of these interventions to improve the State Statistical System.

Preparation of the RSSSP document The Demographer from UNFPA played the most important role in the preparation of the Rajasthan State Statistical Strategic Plan (RSSSP) document with the cooperation of the officials of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, other line departments and other stakeholders, the views and suggestions of NSSO and CSO officials and the learnings from the study of the IT infrastructure in Gujarat.

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Chapter 1

Bada Bagh, Jaisalmer

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CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND PROCESS State Profile

Rajasthan is situated in the northern part of India. It is the largest State in India by area constituting 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India and it accounts for 5.5 percent of population of India. Topographically, deserts in the State constitute a large chunk of the land mass, where the settlements are scattered and the density of population is quite low. It is administratively divided into 7 divisions, 32 districts and 39,753 inhabited villages as of Census 2001. Recently, a new district has been carved out in the State namely Pratapgarh in 2008. Currently, there are 33 districts, 244 Tehsils and 249 Panchayat Samities. The State has a population of 56.5 million according to Census 2001. According to the population projections by the technical group on population projections constituted by the National Commission on Population, population Projections for India and States 2001-2026, the projected population of Rajasthan as on 1st July, 2010 is 6.71 crore (67.12 million). The decadal growth rate of population of Rajasthan is 28.41 percent compared to 21.34 percent in case of India. In Rajasthan, there is a slight decline in the decadal growth rate from 28.44 during 1981-1991 to 28.41 during 1991-2001. In the last century (1901 to 2001), Rajasthan’s population has grown by more than five times from 1.03 to 5.65 crore compared to India’s population, which has seen a growth of more than four times, during the same period. The density of population of the State is quite low at 165 persons per sq. km. with large scale district level variations of 13 persons per sq. km. in Jaisalmer to 471 persons per sq. km. in Jaipur. The State’s literacy rate stands at 60.4 percent. The overall sex ratio is of the tune of 921 females per 1,000 males and the sex ratio amongst the 0-6 year population is 909 females per 1,000 males. The sex ratio at birth in the State is masculine in nature at 870 female births per 1,000 male births, which is lower than that of India (904 female births per 1,000 male births) (SRS, 2006-08).The percentage of Scheduled tribes in the State is 12.6 percent. It is one of the High Focus States under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM, 2005-2012). Though, the State has shown some progress on the human development front with the human development index showing progress from a rank of 12 in 1981 to 9 in 2001 amongst the 15 major States (National Human Development Report 2001), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of health are far behind the desired levels. The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), which is considered to be one of the most sensitive indicators of human development lies at 59 infant deaths per 1,000 live births compared to 50 per 1,000 live births in case of India (SRS, 2009). The Maternal Mortality Ratio of the State is 388 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births compared to 254 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in case of India (SRS, 2004-06). It ranks third highest amongst the major States in India. The percentage of institutional deliveries is also dismally low. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is also at a high level at 3.3 births per woman compared to 2.6 at the all

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India level (SRS, 2008) making the National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 goal of reaching the replacement level of fertility of 2.1 TFR and population stabilization a far-fetched dream. According to the projection report of Census 2001 with projections from 2001-2026, Rajasthan is projected to achieve replacement level TFR by 2021. The overall life expectancy of the State is 62.0 years with 61.5 years for males and 62.3 years for females (SRS based abridged life tables, 2002-2006). It has gained 12.8 years between 1970-75 and 2002-06 compared to 13.8 years gain in case of India during the same period. Statistical and political background and context The origin of the statistical system in Rajasthan dates back to 1944-45, when a statistical officer under the Directorate of Public Health was set-up in Jaipur State, one of the princely states for collection of vital statistics. In 1948, after independence, two posts of statistical nature were created in the United States of Rajasthan - one in the Census Department and the other in the Planning Department. In the next year, in 1949, after the formation of the State of Rajasthan as it stands today, Office of the Special Statistical Officer was set up to provide statistics for industrial development of the State. Subsequently, in June 1950, the statistical units existing earlier were integrated to form the Bureau of Statistics, with the Chief Statistical Officer as its Head, assisted by 3 Statistical Officers and a few non-gazetted and non-technical personnel. In 1956, the Bureau was re-organized into the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES). This was done to extend the scope and coverage of data collection in response to the needs of development and planning. In 1960-61, for the first time, tabulation work was started using mechanical devices in the Directorate. In 1963, the work of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), which was with the ASI unit of the Industry Department in 1958, was merged with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. In 1969, Govt. of India promulgated the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969 and under this act, Births and Deaths Registration was made compulsory in all the States and Union Territories. DES, Rajasthan was appointed as the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths under section 4 (i) of the Act. 1969. On November 24, 1984, a mini computer was installed in the Directorate to enter, compile, tabulate and analyse data on socio-economic statistics. On July 20, 1984, the Govt. of Rajasthan declared the Director, Economics and Statistics as a nodal agency for statistical matters for all Govt. Departments at the State level. This was revised vide order no. F-3 (17) DES/ 13192/ dated May 13, 2009 as per the recommendations of 16th COCSSO meeting, GoI. In addition to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, data is collected, collated, compiled and reports are generated by different line departments like; Health & Family Welfare, Education, Agriculture etc.

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Need and Importance of Strengthening the State Statistical System The need and importance of strengthening the Rajasthan State Statistical System has been emphasized by the mention of this in the Budget Speech, 2010-11 by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Hindi Version:

English version: ISSP Project Background In this context as per the recommendations of the National Statistical Commission for improving the statistical system with primary focus on strengthening of State Statistical System, is being undertaken with a loan from the World Bank under the India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) and it will be a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for the State. The Administrative setup and Organizational Structure of DES The Directorate of Economics & Statistics Rajasthan functions under the administrative control of Planning Department of the Government of Rajasthan. A Director heads the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, and is the ex-Officio Deputy Secretary to the Government. The Director is the Nodal Authority for all statistical work in the State and also functions as:

• The Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths • The State Agricultural Statistics Authority (SASA) • The Officer on special duty for Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) National

Sample Survey (NSS) and Survey for Implementation of Agricultural Statistics

• The Controlling Authority for Rajasthan Statistical Subordinate Services.

“In point no. x of para no. 4, the need for preparation of databases in coordination with different departments and strengthening of the process of implementation and evaluation of the schemes and programmes was emphasized by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan”

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The organogram of the Directorate is as follows:

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India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) The Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Govt. of India, the nodal agency in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) is implementing the India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) formulated with the assistance from the World Bank for strengthening of Indian Statistical System as follow up of the some of the measures suggested by the National Statistical Commission for improving the statistical system with primary focus on strengthening of State Statistical System. Under this project, a study titled, “Study Reports on identifying specific requirements for strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus” was carried out in all the States. A Synthesis Report on identifying common & specific requirements for strengthening of State Statistical Systems has also been prepared based on these reports. There has been an Official release of National Strategic Statistical Plan (NSSP), which is a medium-term Vision, Policy and Strategic Framework for the future course of Development of the National Statistical System. The Guidelines for preparation of detailed State Strategic Statistical Plans (SSSPs) have been prepared at the National Workshop held in January, 2009. Roles of various Stakeholders Role of MoSPI, GoI

• To provide regular technical support and suggest ways in which RSSSP will implement the recommendations of NSC and NSSP

• Attend meetings as a stakeholder and technical guiding agency • Examine the progress of the SSSP

Role of Government of Rajasthan

• Formation of the SHLSC • Appointment of International/ National / Regional Consultants • Constitution of Project Management Team • Approval of RSSSP • Signing of MoU

Role of DES, Rajasthan

• Convene stakeholder meetings and workshops • Write to line ministries and departments for identification of requirement for

strengthening their statistical activities • Prepare a detailed report on its statistical activities and requirements

Role of Line departments

• Prepare a note on the current status based on SWOT analysis • Prepare proposal for future requirements with funds for improvement of

statistical activities Role of Media

• Advocate the use of reliable statistics in planning and decision making

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Role of Private & Corporate Sector • Provide data timely for compilation and generation of holistic and quality

reports Role of Data user groups

• Provide data on different sectors • Provide continuous support and feedback and communicate satisfaction

Outcome of the Project

• Improved system of collection of reliable data • Improved system of analysis, presentation and dissemination of data • Increase in coverage of collection of statistics including the private sector • Increase in use of IT in data collection, compilation and analysis • Increase in the number of Trained staff • Increased access to data users • Improvement in the quality, timeliness of data and statistical output • Use of data in decentralized planning and programme implementation

Process of Consultation and Preparation of RSSSP Groundwork Report on strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus : The report on identifying specific requirement for strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus for the Statistical System in Rajasthan (Group – II State) had already been prepared by JPS Associates. National Level Conference of the Ministers-in-Charges of Statistics : On September 9, 2008, a National Level Conference of the Ministers-in-Charges of Statistics in States and UTs was held, in which the then Secretary, Planning participated. To discuss the issues and follow up of the recommendations of the conference held on September 9, 2008, a department meeting was organized under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Planning on November 11, 2008. Letter of Participation (LoP) : The confirmation of participation in this project was done by the signing of the LoP by the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan was send to Govt. of India on August 5, 2008. Under clause 2 (iv), the State Government has to establish a high level steering committee for the project under the chairpersonship with the representative of MoS&PI. The proposal was discussed with level officials and it was suggested that the, when the work under the project starts, it will be meaningful to constitute this committee.

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DES, declared as nodal agency: On the recommendation of the committee to review National Statistical System, DES Rajasthan was declared nodal agency vide order no. F-6 (2) Stat/ 80/ dated July 20, 1984 for the State of Rajasthan for developing an efficient statistical system and coordination of statistical activities of the State. This was revised vide order no. F-3 (17) DES/ 13192/ dated May 13, 2009 as per the recommendations of 16th COCSSO meeting, GoI. Overview of the process including consultation with stakeholders Exposure Visits to three States to Study the Statistical System In the year 2009, three delegations of officials of Rajasthan visited Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat for the study and exchange discussions on the following issues:

• Administrative set-up regarding collection, compilation, presentation and publication of statistical data. Functioning of Directorate of Economics and Statistics and District Statistical Office and innovative measures.

• Use of modern techniques / IT • Work done and future plan regarding strengthening of state plan for human

development. • Gender budgeting and gender sensitization in plan and establishment of

Gender Resource Centre • Process of decentralized planning. • To recommend some measures based on the above mentioned observations

to improve functioning of Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Rajasthan. Andhra Pradesh : November 8-12, 2009

1. Mr. S. M. Raigar, Director, DES, Jaipur (Group Leader) 2. Mr. M.P.Jain, Dy. Director, CMO, Jaipur 3. Mr. Raghunath Meena, Dy. Director, DES, Jaipur 4. Mr. Vikas Yadav, Statistical Officer, DES, Jaipur 5. Mr. M. M Shukla, Statistical Assistant, DES, Jaipur 6. Mr. J. P. Yadav, DES, Jaipur

Maharashtra : November 2-6, 2009

1. Mr. B.S.Jat, Dy. Director, DES, Jaipur (Group Leader) 2. Mr. M.M.S. Udawat, Dy. Director, DES, Jaipur 3. Mr. Darbari Lal, Programmer, Planning Deptt., Jaipur 4. Mr. Rajeev Chaudhuri, Statistical Inspector, DES, Jaipur

Gujarat : November 2-6, 2009

1. Mr. R. L. Gupta, DD (Admn), DES, Jaipur (Group Leader) 2. Ms. Jyoti Mehta, AD, Divisional Commissioner Office, Udaipur 3. Dr. Neetish Sharma, AD, Planning Department, Jaipur 4. Ms. Alka Singh, SPO, CDDP-UNDP, Jaipur

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A 3-day brainstorming workshop on strengthening the Statistical System of Rajasthan from February 15-17, 2010 A 3-day brainstorming workshop was organized by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan. In this workshop, presentations were made by the members of three teams who had visited the three States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra to study their statistical system and the Directorate of human development and gender initiatives in Gujarat. Deliberations were made on them and three groups were formed to recommend means and ways to improve the statistical system of Rajasthan. One of the groups was given the task of suggesting on the development of infrastructure, the other on improvement of Information Technology in the Statistical System and the third group was given the task of suggesting ways to improve the training, research and data analysis aspect in the Directorate.

Northern States’ Workshop on State Strategic Statistical Plan (SSSP) from March 25-26, 2010 at Faridabad, Haryana A workshop on SSSP was held at Faridabad from March 25-26, 2010. In this workshop the Director, Economics and Statistics and three officials from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur, Rajasthan participated and presented the status of the preparation of RSSSP in the State. The workshop was conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI), New Delhi and Central Statistical Organisation (CSO). The session began with a welcome address by the ADG, CSO, followed by address by the DG, CSO, who delineated the objectives of the workshop. This was followed by the keynote address by the Chief Statistician of India. There was a presentation by the International Consultant, on the development of a SSSP. Following this, there were brief presentations on the progress of the preparation of SSSPs in the northern states followed by valuable responses, suggestions and clarifications by the Chief Statistician of India and the officials of CSO. The second day started

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with the presentation of Rajasthan State on the progress of preparation of the RSSSP followed by the presentation by other states. The presentation on the status of the Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan was done by Shri Manoj Kumar Raut, Demographer from UNFPA. He also responded to the queries of the CSO officials, State DES officials and the International Consultant from the World Bank. SSSP Questionnaire sent for suggestions In order to obtain suggestions on strengthening of the State statistical system, three sets of questionnaires were prepared for Line Departments, DSOs and DES and sent to different Line Departments, various Groups of Planning Department, District Statistical Offices and Various Units of DES on April 16 & 20, 2010 from the Principal Secretary, Planning and the Director, Economics and Statistics. Constitution of the State High Level Steering Committee (SHLSC) for ISSP On April 29, 2010, a State High Level Steering Committee (SHLSC) for ISSP was constituted under the Chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary.

Review meeting under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning In order to review the status of suggestions received from different line departments regarding strengthening of the statistical system of the state under the ISSP Project, a meeting was organised under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning on May 31, 2010. In this meeting the Director of Economics and Statistics, representative of regional office of NSSO, Jaipur, different officials of the directorate and officials from various line departments were present. The data gaps of different key statistics were discussed in this meeting and suggestions were invited for addressing them. The minutes of the meeting are annexed. Meeting to Review the Draft Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) held on August 2-3, 2010 The Draft RSSSP was briefly discussed by the Principal Secretary Planning with the Secretary and Director General (DG) of MoSPI on August 2, 2010 at Hotel Raj Vilas. A discussion was held on August 3, 2010 at 15:30 hours at Hotel Trident, Jaipur, Rajasthan to review and discuss the RSSSP in the presence of the following officials: Participants:

1. Shri T.V. Raman, DDG, CSO, New Delhi 2. Shri Inderjeet Singh, DDG, CSO, New Delhi 3. Shri G.D. Sharma, DDG, Jaipur 4. Shri S.L. Menaria, DDG, NSSO, FOD, Jaipur 5. Shri Suraj Mal Raigar, Director, DES, Rajasthan 6. Shri Manoj Kumar Raut, Demographer, UNFPA, DES, Rajasthan 7. Shri R.K. Pandey, Dy. Director, DES, Rajasthan

The record of the discussions has been placed in the Annexure.

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Visit to Delhi to discuss the draft RSSSP on August 19, 2010 A team of consisting of following officials from UNFPA and Govt. of Rajasthan went on a visit to CSO, New Delhi to discuss about the draft plan:

Sl. No.

Name Affiliation

1. Shri Manoj Kumar Raut Demographer, UNFPA Rajasthan & Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

2. Shri R.K. Pandey Dy. Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

3. Shri Rajeev Chaudhuri EDP cell, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

The team met the following Officials: Sl. No.

Name Designation and Affiliation

1. Shri T.V. Raman Dy. Director General, CSO 2. Shri Inderjeet Singh Dy. Director General, CSO 3. Shri (Dr.) Niyati Joshi Asst. Director, CSO

The process and the document was appreciated by the officials from CSO and was termed as quite pragmatic and thorough. The following suggestions were given by them :

• Visit to Gujarat DES to study their IT infrastructure • Exploring connectivity options of lease line to districts • Phasing of the budgets and activities related to the 20 key statistics for a period of

5+2 years. • Steps to address the recommendations of the thirteenth finance commission of

Measuring addressing data gaps mentioned in the NSC like; GSDP at market prices, estimating green GDP, comparable estimates of District Income, measurement of cost disabilities and measurement of inter-regional trade data

• Hold another round of the stakeholders meeting and finalize the RSSSP • Prepare for the State High level Steering Committee meeting for its approval and

the preparation of the MoU The proceedings have been placed in the Annexure. Visit to Gujarat to study their IT system during September 28-30, 2010 A team of consisting of following officials from Govt. of Rajasthan and UNFPA went on a visit to DES Gujarat to study the IT system with a view to incorporating it in the RSSSP to strengthen the state statistical system:

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Sl. No.

Name Designation

1 Shri Suraj Mal Raigar Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics,Govt. of Rajasthan, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

2 Shri Manoj Kumar Raut

Demographer, UNFPA Rajasthan & Directorate ofEconomics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

3 Shri Darbari Lal ACP, Planning Department, Govt. of Rajasthan 4 Shri Rajeev

Chaudhuri Statistical Inspector, EDP cell, Directorate ofEconomics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

The team met the following Officials: Sl. No.

Name Designation and Affiliation

1. Dr. T.P. Singh Director, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG)

2. Shri R.J Shah Director, DES 3. Shri K.K. Panchal Addl. Director, (Statistics), Dept. of Health 4. Shri S.K. Hudda Jt. Director, DES 5. Shri Girish Joshi DD, DES 6. Shri V.B. Vedi District Statistical Officer, District Gandhinagar 7. Shri Rathod Research Assistant, DES

L to R : Shri Manoj Kumar Raut, Demographer, UNFPA & DES, Shri Suraj Mal Raigar, Director, DES, Shri Darbari Lal, ACP, Planning Department and Shri

Rajeev Chaudhuri, SI, DES on a trip to Gujarat DES in the context of the Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP)

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The team went to the following Offices:

Sl. No.

Name

1. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Gujarat 2. State Data Centre managed by n (code) solutions, Gujarat Narmada Valley

Fertilizers Corporation (GNFC) and WIPRO company 3. e- Gram Network Operations Centre (NOC) is being managed by Airtel and

HCL. It is owned by the Panchayati Raj Dept. 4. Bhuval Gram Panchayat, e-gram Centre, Gandhinagar District 5. Health & Family Welfare Department, Gujarat 6. Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG)

The trip report has been placed in the Annexure. Preparation of the RSSSP document The Demographer from UNFPA played the most important role in the preparation of the Rajasthan State Statistical Strategic Plan (RSSSP) document with the cooperation of the officials of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, other line departments and other stakeholders, the views and suggestions of NSSO and CSO officials and the learnings of the IT infrastructure in Gujarat.

Officials from DES, Planning Department and UNFPA with Officials from Gujarat DES, and Airtel, WIPRO Officials at E- Gram Vishwagram Network Operations

Centre (NOC )

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Chapter 2

Samode Palace, Jaipur

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CHAPTER 2 CURRENT DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE STATISTICAL SYSTEM Description of the system The State Statistical System consists of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and other line departments, which collect, collate, analyze and disseminate statistics. The Directorate of Economics & Statistics Rajasthan functions under the administrative control of Planning Department of the Government of Rajasthan. The Director is the head of the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, and is the ex- Officio Deputy Secretary to the Government. He is supported by three Joint Directors, four Deputy Directors, four Assistant Directors, four statistical officers, one Analyst-cum-Programmer (Kept in abeyance), one Head Legal Assistant and an Assistant Accounts Officer with supporting subordinate statistical assistants and other staff. In addition to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, data is collected, collated, compiled and reports are generated by different line departments like; Health & Family Welfare, Education, Panchayati Raj, Women and Child development, Women Empowerment, Social Justice and Empowerment, Forest, Agriculture, Irrigation, Tourism etc. The Director of the Economics and Statistics is the Nodal Authority for all statistical work and matters in the State and also functions as: • The Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths • The State Agricultural Statistics Authority (SASA) • The Officer on special duty for Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) National

Sample Survey (NSS) and Survey for Implementation of Agricultural Statistics • The Controlling Authority for Rajasthan Statistical Subordinate Services.

DES has district level presence through its District Statistical Offices (DSOs) in each of the 33 Districts of the State. The District Offices are located in the District Collectorates.

A District Statistical Officer is the head of the District Statistical Office, and he is supported by Statistical Assistants, Statistical Inspectors, Computors. The ministerial staff and fourth class employees assist the District Statistical Officer. The number of staff in each District varies according to the workload in terms of number of GCES, Factories for ASI, samples of NSS, among others.

The main functions of DES are:

1. Collection, classification, tabulation, analysis and presentation of data on various socio-economic aspects of the State in a systematic manner and dissemination of the same through periodic publications

2. Conducting sample surveys and other adhoc field enquiries etc. on various aspects of socio-economic development

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3. Coordinating the statistical activities of various departments of the State Government and rendering them technical guidance

4. Organisation of post recruitment training to statistical personnel

5. Liaison with the statistical organisations of the Government of India and other State Governments.

6. Auditing the statistics generated by line ministries/ departments before it is released/ disseminated and suggesting measures for improving the quality / coverage of data collected.

7. Maintenance / generation of data required in different policy sectors and suggesting measures to improve the quality and coverage of data series in the State

8. Taking measures to avoid duplication in collection and compilation of data 9. Adoption of accepted standards in collection, classification, processing and

dissemination of data both within DES in the line ministries/ departments of the State

10. Identification of data gaps in the availability of statistics in different sectors and suggesting suitable measures for improving the coverage

11. Developing / advising sampling designs and methodology for collection of data by various line ministries/ departments of State

12. Scrutinizing and examining all statistical schemes relating to all departments/ organizations of the State

Functional Units of DES The DES has the following functional units/ divisions: Functional Divisions of DES and Activities

1. Finance and Art Unit: Economic Review and other related art work

2. State Income Unit: preparation of State income estimates and DDP estimates

from time to time

3. Coordination unit : Collection and compilation of the statistical data pertaining to the line departments

4. Economic Census Unit : Conducts Economic Censuses

5. Publication Unit : Publication of the data in various publications like: Statistical

Abstract, Basic Statistics, Some Facts about Rajasthan, District Statistical Outline etc.

6. Vital Unit : Registration of Birth and Death events and related Statistics

7. ASI Unit : Annual Survey of Industries related work

8. NSS Unit: Field work relates to the various rounds of NSS surveys

9. Agriculture and TRS Unit : Agricultural statistics and timely reporting of area

estimates of the principal crops

10. Price Unit : Compilation of Wholesale, consumer expenditure and other indices

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11. GoI – UN joint Programme on Convergence Unit : Implementation of the

activities of the "convergence project in five districts of Rajasthan"

12. Planning Unit : Annual plan and Five year Plan related works

13. Training Unit : Training of staff

14. EDP, Tabulation and Computer Unit: Data processing of NSS reports and TRS work

15. Administration Unit : Overall administration of DES

16. Accounts Unit : It deals with the accounts and book keeping of all non-plan and

plan programmes and schemes and departmental activities. Current Statistical Activities of DES, Rajasthan

1. State Domestic Product (SDP) 2. Capital formation 3. District Domestic Product (DDP) 4. Contribution of Local Bodies 5. Major fiscal data 6. Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 7. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) 8. Crop area and production statistics 9. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) 10. Birth and Death Registration Statistics 11. National Sample Survey

Common Statistical Cadre The State has a common Statistical Cadre governed by the Rajasthan Statistical Service Rules. The Secretary to the Government, Statistics & Planning Department, controls the gazetted cadre while the Director of Economics & Statistics controls the non-gazetted cadre under the State Statistical Service Rules. There is a considerable degree of ‘in-breeding’ in the service both at the subordinate and higher levels of the cadre. This is primarily a result recruitment rules related to entry point recruitment. For example, in the Gazetted cadre, the entry point is the Statistical Officer and for the subordinate service the entry point is Statistical Assistant and Computor. Whereas direct recruitment is in vogue for the posts of computor and statistical assistant in the subordinate cadre, in the gazetted cadre direct recruitment is practiced for the post of Statistical Officer but within the quota fixed for direct recruitment as per the recruitment rules. No cadre review has taken place for over a decade.

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Present Status of IT Resources at DES DES has a full-fledged computer unit. The current availability of IT is presented as follows:

Availability of IT Infrastructure at DES Headquarters

Particulars No. Particulars No.

Hardware System Software 35 Computer 66 (Windows XP/VISTA/98) Laptop 4 Laser jet Printer 26 Application Softwares Laser Jet MFP 3 MS Office (2007/XP/2003) 22 Color Laserjet MFP 3 MS office (2007/XP/2003) (Preloaded) 13 Line Printer 1 DBMS (Foxpro) 1 Dot Matrix Printer 1 SPSS 2 UPS 65 Scanner 1 Web Based Software

(WPI/retail/Building Material Price data/ IIP)

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Digital Sender 1 Anti virus 60 Voice Recorder Device

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Networking and Internet All computers are connected through SECLAN established in State Data Centre, Yojana Bhawan. Internet Connectivity has been provided through a Leased line of State Data Centre (SDC). Video Conferencing One Video Conferencing equipment in established in the Video Conferencing room of DES, having connectivity through National Informatics Centre (NIC), Jaipur. Other highlights of IT infrastructure

• Local networking has been established through SECLAN • Two High end servers are available and installed at the State Data Centre,

Yojana Bhawan. • Two Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Projectors are available in the

Conference hall of DES • Four Laptops are available with DES • One digital Sender is also installed in the EDP unit • Under a UNDP project, a Video Conferencing system has been installed

and it is connected with the districts through NIC.

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• Preloaded operating system is available on every system. • A software for NSS schedules data entry and validation has been provided

by DPD Kolkata for every round. • Connectivity to the internet is available. • There is a website hosted by the Directorate

(www.statistics.rajasthan.gov.in). • In every district, One Computer system with laser printer is present with

broadband connectivity.

District Statistical Setup Duties Assigned to District Statistical Officers The District Statistical Offices are assigned the task of collection of data as required for various statistical activities such as:

• Vital Statistics, • National Sample Survey, • Timely Reporting Scheme, • Various Plan Schemes operating in the District, • Price Collection for various indices like the CPI, Wholesale Price Index,

Animal Product Prices, Prices of Essential Commodities, Building Construction

The DSOs are also engaged for conducting censuses and surveys:

• Agricultural Census, • Economic Census, • Livestock Census, • Agricultural Input Surveys. • Minor irrigation census

The District Statistician is assigned the task of preparation of the publication District Outline that is printed by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics. DSO also prepares a Socio-Economic Review and District at a Glance of the District and other works pertaining to the collection and tabulation are also assigned to DSOs by the local administration, for example:

• Land Record • Election Data • Famine Relief works • Collection of Annual Survey of Industries Returns, • Conducting the Crop Cutting Experiments for both the GCES and Crop

Insurance. In addition, the District Collector assigns DSOs the task of data collection for specific purposes, for example elections and census.

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Data Collection Mechanism The District Statistics Offices, under the Directorate of Economics and Statistics are engaged in collection of primary as well as secondary data at regular intervals and maintenance of appropriate database for planning purposes. The collection of Primary data is done through the Statistical Assistants as well as the Statistical Inspectors through execution of selected sample studies. The sample unit may be a house, a village, an industry, an enterprise and the method of collection of requisite primary data is usually in the form of reports received in prescribed proformae or personal interview or combination of both. Secondary data is collected from various organisations like the District Level Offices under various Departments as well as non-government organisations on various socioeconomic aspects relating to the district. The secondary data collected by the District Statistics Offices are usually the primary data collected by other agencies as well as the information generated through their administrative process. Besides, secondary data relating to the district are also collected from important publications of major studies conducted like the population census, economic census, livestock census, agriculture census etc. The data collection mechanism in respect of certain items is discussed hereunder: Collection of Primary Data (a) NSS: The field work under various rounds of NSS on 50:50 matching sample basis is done through the Statistical Investigators posted at the District Statistical Offices. Soon after execution of the samples under NSS, the filled-in schedules are scrutinised and transmitted to the DES headquarters preferably at the end of each quarter. (b) Housing Statistics: Requisite data in respect of constructions costing more than Rs. 50,000/- is collected from all urban localities having population more than 10,000. Cost of building materials are collected from private contractors engaged in construction activities through urban local bodies and the Executive Engineers of the Public Works Department. Data pertaining to a district is collected by the respective District Statistics Office through its staff from the source agencies. The data so collected after due scrutiny gets compiled and transmitted to the DES at the end of each quarter for onward transmission to the National Building Organisation (NBO). (c) Civil Registration: Registration of Births and Deaths in accordance with the Births and Death Registration Act 1969 and its enforcement by the registering authority. Birth and Death Certificates are issued to the legal guardians or the legal heirs as the case may be. Besides, estimated vital rates, deaths classified by age, cause of death, infant mortality, data on the age and education of mother, order of birth etc are also made available through this activity. (d) Economic Census: Data on the Economic Census is collected through field agencies under the overall coordination and supervision of the District Statistical

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Officer who upon collection of the same, scrutinises the data collected and transmits the same to the DES for further needful action. Collection of Secondary Data (a) Official Statistics: The district level statistical publications, such as the District Statistical Handbook etc are important publications of the district for which necessary data is collected by the DSOs. These publications are usually updated and published at regular intervals and preferably annually. These publications contain a large volume of secondary data collected from different agencies. Some such agencies are discussed below: i. Data on area, population, literacy, housing condition, religion, social groups, sex, age structure, employment status etc for the districts are collected from the Directorate of Census. ii. Data on natural resources like soil, water, stock of minerals, forest cover, environment etc for the districts are collected from district level officers of respective departments. iii. Data on development infrastructure for the districts like road, irrigation projects, industrial infrastructure, health infrastructure, education infrastructure, and infrastructure on transport, communication, tourism, rural development, water supply etc are collected from district level officers of respective departments. iv. Data on production of goods and services and the present level of derivation of utilities as a result of the development endeavour for the districts on Agriculture, Horticulture, Forest, Fishery, Industry, Animal Husbandry, Textiles, Energy, etc are collected from respective district level officers. v. Socio-economic, social welfare and human resources data for the districts on Water Supply, Sanitation, Rural Development, Labour, ST and SC Development, Women and Child Development, Education, Health, Law and Order etc are collected from the respective district level officers. (b) DES Publications: The District Statistics Offices also collect relevant data for the DES for preparation of Districts at a Glance and District wise Socio-economic Indicators. Data for the purpose are collected by the DSOs from different secondary sources and transmitted to the DES for necessary compilation and issue of the publications. Publications of DES Regular Publications

1. Agricultural Statistics 2. Annual Vital Report 3. Basic Statistics 4. Budget at a Glance, Rajasthan 5. Budget Study, Rajasthan

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6. Census of State Govt. Employees 7. Classification of State Budget 8. Comparative Study of States Finances 9. District Statistical Outline 10. Economic Review, Rajasthan 11. Estimates of Net District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 12. Report on Annual Survey of Industries 13. Report on Timely Reporting Scheme of Estimating Area under principal Crops in

Rajasthan 14. Socio-Economic Statistics, Rajasthan 15. Some Facts About Rajasthan 16. State Domestic Product, Rajasthan 17. Statistical Abstract, Rajasthan

Occasional Publications 1. 50 Years of Agricultural Statistics of Rajasthan 2. 51 Years of Wholesale Price Index of Rajasthan 1957-2007 3. A Report on Fifth Economic Census 4. Agricultural Statistics of Rajasthan 5. Financial Structure and State Domestic Product of Rajasthan 6. Inter State Economic Indicators 7. Population Facts & Figures, Rajasthan (1961-2001) 8. Report on Index Numbers of Industrial Production, Rajasthan 9. Some Development Statistics about Rajasthan 10. Women and Men in Rajasthan 11. Human Development Report – An Update 2008 12. Civil Registration System in Rajasthan : 2001-08

Participating State Data Producing Agencies and Line Departments The following data producing agencies and line departments participated in the stakeholder consultations for the preparation of SSSP.

1. Agriculture Department 2. Directorate of Agricultural Census 3. Department of Finance – Tax Research Cell 4. Social Justice & Empowerment Department 5. Food and Civil Supplies Department 6. Medical & Health Department 7. Co-operative Department 8. Planning (Institutional Finance) Department 9. Rural Development 10. Tourism Department 11. Irrigation Department 12. Mines & Geology Department 13. Planning Department – Plan Finance Group 14. Planning Department - Plan Monitoring Group 15. Planning Department - Project Monitoring Unit 16. Planning Department – Manpower Department 17. State Planning Board 18. Department of Local Self Government, Urban Development and Planning 19. Commercial Tax Department

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20. Industries Department 21. Animal Husbandry Department 22. Revenue Board, Ajmer 23. Tribal Area Development, Udaipur 24. Panchayati Raj Department 25. PWD Department 26. Disaster Management & Relief Department 27. Factories and Boilers Department 28. Fisheries Department 29. Women Empowerment Department 30. ICDS 31. Department of Horticulture

The details of the functions, responsibilities and the statistical cells and statistical output of the departments are presented as follows: Agriculture Department The department is engaged in the following non-core statistical activities: 1. Preparation of Forecast of Area Sown on the basis of the seed and fertilizer distributed. 1. Collecting and compiling statistics on: a. Area b. Average yields (particularly of High Yielding Varieties), c. Rainfall d. Weather related parameters e. Soil treatment adoption f. Timely sowing g. Use of hybrid and High Yielding Variety of seeds h. Use of fertilizers i. Use of bio-fertilizer j. Use of micro-nutrients 3. Real time assessment of crop damages due to various reasons, drought, excessive rainfall, locust etc. 4. Input surveys to assess inputs for calculating costs of production and other farm management practices. 5. Licensing authority for supply of seed, fertilizers and pesticides and maintains statistics related to these aspects through returns submitted by suppliers and through Farm Management Studies conducted every season. 6. Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural practices 7. Compiling district and sub-district level data

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The publications of the department are: • District-wise Agricultural Production • Land utilization statistics • Average Rainfall in Rajasthan • 50 years of Agricultural Development • Agricultural Statistical Abstract • Agricultural Statistics at a Glance • Annual Administrative Report Directorate of Agricultural Census Agricultural Census is a quinquennial activity directed at collecting data through census on such parameters as cultivator-specific area cultivated, residential status, periodicity of cultivation, irrigation facilities available and used (frequency), farm inputs used, source of inputs, financing of inputs, government extension facilities availed, among others. The data is collected in formats/returns prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, GoI. While the census is conducted by the Directorate of Agricultural Census, the administrative department for Agriculture Census is the Revenue Department. The Census data and reports are sent to the Revenue Department and also to the Ministry of Agriculture, GoI.

Department of Finance – Tax Research Cell A Tax Research Cell has been established in the Finance Department to collect and analyse financial data. The basic data emanates from district treasuries. The outputs of this cell are used for Budget preparation and for review of the State’s financial position. The function of the cell includes study, analysis and tabulation of statistical data received from various departments of the State. This cell collects, tabulates, and analyses data on tax and non-tax revenue of Rajasthan, and of other states, for comparative study of states’ finances. The Cell also analyses data related to progress report of various departments. Social Justice & Empowerment Department The Department collects socio-economic data with respect to socio-economic infrastructure, and welfare programmes of the Government. The Department collects monthly statistics from district offices and NGOs pertaining to welfare schemes with respect SC, ST, OBCs, and physically and mentally challenged social security statistics of old and infirm and Lepers’ Homes, special scholarships, assistance to old, widows and abandoned women, education of SC, ST, OBCs, economic upliftment measures for SC, ST, OBCs, Gadhiya Lohars, among others, social reform schemes such as de-addiction programs, dowry abolition etc. The data is collected by the District offices from their supervisors, and is passed on to the head office. Following two publications are published regularly: Prayas and Pragati- Administrative Report and Special Component Plan of Annual Plan for Rajasthan.

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Food and Civil Supplies Department

The Food & Civil Supplies Department maintains statistics pertaining to Fair Price Shops, Ration Cards, and Allotment and lifting of essential commodities. The statistics also include data with respect to information required under the Essential Commodities Act such as Raids, Investigations, and Ceased Stock etc. The Reports are forwarded by Civil Supplies Inspectors to the District Civil Supplies Officer, and to the Department on monthly basis. Medical & Health Department There is a statistical cell in the department headed by Demographer & Evaluation Officer (Dy. Director Statistics). The statistical cell collects & compiles all types of statistics concerned with medical & health. The monitoring and collection of Statistics is being done by the statistics cell. Co-operative Department The Department maintains data pertaining to Cooperative Societies, Cooperative Banks, and consumer services. Information relates to type of societies, share capital, working capital, balances, investment in securities by type (Govt. securities, Trustee securities), Loan outstanding, Interest payment. The data is sent to the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD). Data is collected on RBI prescribed proforma (table) no.9 to 51 and appendix 1 to 13 from Apex Bank, Land Development Bank, Urban Co-operative Bank, Kraya Vikraya Samitis, Labour Contract Co-operative Societies, Housing Co-operative Societies, Primary Consumer Stores, Wholesale Consumer Stores, Industrial Co-operative Societies, among others. The data is collected in the Districts by the Assistant/Deputy Registrars and is sent by them to the Registrar Cooperative Societies. The time lag is about four years as the data is sent only after the Audit of the Societies and Banks is completed. At present data relating to 2005-06 is being collected. The Department has two publications: Pragati Prativedan and a Nagrik Adhikar Patra (Citizens’ Charter). Rural Development Rural Development Department maintains data pertaining to 22 schemes of rural development including centrally sponsored schemes. The data is collected through surveys done by NGOs, and monitoring of schemes done by monitors appointed by the Ministry of Rural Development, GoI. The data collected and compiled is analysed and reports are prepared on a monthly frequency for CSS and sent to the GoI. The reports on state schemes are prepared with a quarterly frequency.

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Tourism Department The Department maintains statistics relating to tourism in the State. The data available are: number of various categories of Hotels, Guest Houses and Restaurants, including Hotels and Guest Houses run by the Tourism Development Department. The data pertaining to tourists arriving in the State by country of residence, and domestic tourists are also maintained. In addition data relating to the fairs and festivals and the revenue earned in those fairs, approximate attendance of tourists in those fairs and festivals, registration of guides and information relating to projects for promotion of tourism is also maintained by the Department. The publications released are Annual Progress Report and Tourist and Hotel Statistics. Irrigation Department The Irrigation Department maintains statistics regarding potential for irrigation created under various major, medium and minor irrigation schemes under Plans. Information is reported by the executive engineers through the superintending engineers of the four zones to the Additional Chief Engineers, who forward the data to Chief Engineers Office where the data is collated compiled and tabulated. There is a statistical cell in the Department. Mines & Geology Department The Mines and Geology Department collects statistics relating to mining activities in the state. Data is available relating to production of major and minor minerals. Among the major minerals data is maintained for metallic minerals and non- metallic minerals. Mineral based information is collected from District Industrial Units and it is made available District and Tehsil-wise for Government use. Original documents relating to mines lease contacts are also maintained in this cell. Khaniz Bulletin is also published quarterly in the department. Planning (Institutional Finance) Department This Department does the work of coordination between the State Government, Commercial Banks, Reserve Bank and National Bank for Rural and Agricultural Development (NABARD) through the State Level Coordination Committee. The Department also coordinates Plan Formulation and implementation in some departments. The Department maintains data pertaining to the Banking setup in the State and it’s functioning in respect of Poverty Alleviation Programs, Rural Development Programs, 20 Point Program, Loans, Recoveries, Credit, and Client problems etc. Planning Department – Plan Finance Group The Plan Finance Group coordinates plan formulation of the assigned Departments like Irrigation, PHED, PWD, Social Welfare, CAD, Ground Water, Urban Development, Local Self Government, Med. & Health, and Ayurvedic

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Department. For purposes of coordination this Group collects and compiles relevant data. Planning Department - Plan Monitoring Group The Group looks after monitoring of the Plan implementation of the Annual Plans of all the Departments. Planning Department - Project Monitoring Unit The Unit looks after the foreign aided projects and monitors them. The Unit scrutinizes the Project approved by the Inter Departmental High Power Committee for submission to the foreign funding agencies, mainly the World Bank, JBIC Japan, KFW Germany, Asian Development Bank, Swedish Government and the International Development Cooperation, UK. The Unit maintains data regarding : 1. The World Bank funded projects: a. District Poverty Alleviation Project (DPIP) b. Rajasthan State Watershed Structuring Project c. Power Sector Restructuring Project d. Development of District Level Health System in Rajasthan e. State Hospitals Renovation Project 2. KFW Germany funded projects: a. Apni Yojna – Rural Water Supply b. Project Residential Schools for Disadvantaged 3. ADB Funded Projects: a. Urban Infra structure Development Project in six Districts 4. JBIS funded projects: a. Rajasthan Forests and Bio-diversity Project aided by JVIC. Planning Department – Manpower Department The Planning Manpower Department prepares Five year plans and annual plan of the following sectors like scientific services & Research, General Education, Technical Education, Labour & labour welfare, Foreign training & assignments, domestic trainings and estimation of labour force etc. A Factbook on manpower is also published annually in the department. State Planning Board The State Planning Board is an advisory board constituted under the chairpersonship of the hon’ble CM on January 20, 2010 , which advises the State Government on the major subjects of Perspective Planning, Strategic Planning, Area-wise planning, Prioritization of the activities under the State Plan, Centre-

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State relations, raising of resources, suggestions for eradication of regional imbalances, etc. Department of Local Self Government, Urban Development and Planning A Statistical Cell is functioning in the Directorate of Local Bodies for collecting actual data of income/expenditure from Nagar Palikas, preparation of reports pertaining to annual plan, five year plan, and sub-plan for SC etc. Apart from that, monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on state schemes are also prepared in the cell. Survey of BPL families is also conducted by the Cell. Commercial Tax Department The Statistical Cell of the department collects, compiles and analyses data on revenue receipts, tax assessment, and other related parameters like production and sale of big manufacturers. The data is collected in prescribed formats from Zone/Circle/Ward Offices. Industries Department The Statistical Cell of the Industries Department collects data on: · unregistered industrial units · number of industrial units sanctioned by RFC · Interest subsidy scheme · subsidy on DG sets · sales tax intensive scheme · Khadi village industries · handloom and training programme Animal Husbandry Department Animal Husbandry is a major economic activity of the rural people, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions of the Rajasthan. Development of livestock sector has a significant beneficial impact in generating employment and reducing poverty in rural areas. Various livestock development programmes are aimed to increase the productivity of the animals on sound scientific methodology. The main activities and programmes of the department includes:

• Breed improvement programme using superior germplasm • Veterinary health care & Disease Control Programme. • Extension Activities

The Statistical Cell of this department conducts livestock census, among other activities.

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Revenue Board, Ajmer The Board conducts the following statistical activities like; crop cutting experiments; Kharif and Rabi, conducts livestock census in every five years, implementation of food and vegetables scheme, crop insurance scheme, rainfall statistics, agricultural statistics, crop forecasting, advance and final forecast of major crops. Tribal Area Development, Udaipur A number of schemes are being implemented by the Government for the overall development of the tribal population. The TAD is responsible for the all round development of the tribal areas, development of socio- economic, cultural and intellectual status of scheduled tribe, creation, management, direction of development programmes and schemes for the ST and improvement of the lifestyle of the tribal population. The Statistical Cell of the department performs the following functions:

• Formulation and monitoring of TAD Plans and Schemes. • Monitor implementation of State Plans and Central Sponsored Schemes. • Review Progress of point concerned with STs under 20 point programme

Panchayati Raj Department The Planning and Statistical cells of the Department collect socio-economic and infrastructure information from Zilla Parishad Offices in forms prescribed by the Department during the process of monitoring implementation of development schemes. Both the Cells have statistical staff. The details are given below:

• Planning Cell: Headquarters • Planning Cell: Districts • Statistical Cell: Headquarters • Statistical Cell: Districts • Statistical Cell: Panchayat Samiti

Public Works Department The department is mainly entrusted with construction and maintenance of Roads, Bridges and Government buildings etc. The department generates road statistics (according to Nagpur classification), construction and maintenance of road statistics, number of villages connected with roads.

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Disaster Management & Relief Department

The Relief Department came into existence vide state ordinance dated 24.10.1951 to establish the office of the Relief Commissioner. Before this, the relief work was carried out by a branch under the Revenue Department. Famine code pertaining to the relief work was prepared on 30.04.1962 and accordingly the work started. Food and Relief Department was jointly working till 1964 and at the end of year 1964 both the department were separated and Relief Department came into existence separately. In the year 1963-64 and 1964-65 the state faced severe drought which resulted in an enhanced establishment of the department. Keeping in the view the damages by the cyclone in the past few years, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has issued directions to all the states to rename the Relief Department as Disaster Management and Relief Department. On receipting the directions by the State Government the name of Relief Department was changed to DM & Relief Department w.e.f. 30.10.2003.

Relief department is a permanent department of the state administration which is functioning under the Commissioner and Secretary, Relief Department. Head office of the department is of state level and has no subordinate offices or branch. Relief work and activities are being carried out by different departments / organisations like P.W.D., forest department, soil conservation department, PHED, Panchayati Raj Department, Revenue Department, local bodies etc. The statistics relates to the collection of data on natural disasters, affected persons, benefitted persons through relief, facilitate the preparation of the disaster management plan of the State.

Factories and Boilers Department The department ensures the health, safety and welfare of the labour employed in different factories under the different acts like; Boiler act, 1923, Minimum wages act, 1936, Factories act 1948 and registration of new factories and renewal of licenses of the existing factories. The statistics collected by the department relate to the annual statistical returns of factories.

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Fisheries Department There is about 3.30 lakh hectares of water area for fishing in the form of major, medium reservoirs (1.20 lakh hectares), tanks & ponds (1.80 lakh hectares), and rivers & canals (0.30 lakh hectares). The prime objective of fisheries development in the State is to produce quality fish seed, development of fisheries by stocking of fish seed in reservoirs which is the major input for fish production and to earn revenue for the State and provide livelihood to fisherman by increasing fish production in the State. Through fishery activities opportunity of employment is made available to the poor rural youths. The statistics collected by the department relate to fish production, fish seed production, collection of data of fisheries sector from the districts. Women Empowerment Department A separate Directorate for each of Women Empowerment and Integrated Child Development Services have been working since June 2007 for strengthening and better implementation of women and child development programmes in the State. It is implementing programmes that primarily address the socioeconomic Empowerment of Women in the State. For the Social Empowerment of Women and to improve their access to various development initiatives and enable them to understand their own potential, Women Development Programmes are being operationalised in the State. At the field level, the Government has sanctioned the post of ‘Saathin’ at each Gram Panchayat Level who is to be selected by the Village Women Gram Sabha. There is a statistical cell manned by a Dy. Director and other staff, which looks after gender budgeting related activities of all departments and monitoring of different programmes and schemes. ICDS At present, 278 ICDS projects are functioning in the State. Out of these, 41 projects have been implemented in urban area having one lakh or more population, 28 in tribal area and remaining 209 in rural areas. There are 48,340 anganwadi centres (AWCs) and 2,569 mini anganwadi centres have made functional. In this department, there is a statistical cell, which monitors the status of child malnutrition and different schemes and programmes. Department of Horticulture

The department collects information on different horticulture products and monitors different schemes and programmes. It has a separate statistical cell and cadre.

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Chapter 3

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CHAPTER 3 WHERE WE ARE ? : ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT SYSTEM The State Statistical System as a whole The State statistical system consists of Directorate of Economics and Statistics, which functions as the nodal agency for all statistical matters of the State. In addition to the Directorate, the Planning department and other implementing line departments have statistical cells manned by statistical personnel from the State and Subordinate statistical services except Agriculture and Horticulture departments, which have their own independent statistical cells with separate statistical cadres. At the district level, there are 33 District Statistical Offices manned by District Statistical Officers and Assistants. Different line departments have their statistical cells manned by statistical personnel of State and Subordinate statistical services. Scope and areas of improvement in the current State Statistical System The State Statistical system of the State is characterized by the following:

• Voluminous data is collected from varied sources, collated and compiled, by different agencies, but not a lot of analysis is being done due to lack of IT and computing infrastructure and skills. There is need to understand the data, analyze and present the data to gain insights and feed into the decision making process.

• There is a need to enhance the data analysis, interpretation, presentation and dissemination skills. The statistical manpower suffers from lack of training and capacity building

• The Statistical system below the State and district is quite weak to generate reliable, organized and disaggregated data for decentralized planning and local Governance.

• There is a need to improve the current infrastructure resources and facilities for better performance in the area of training of human resources.

• Existence of gaps in availability of needed information;

• Time lag and Delays in publication of results;

• Large and frequent revisions of published results;

• Gross discrepancies between official statistics from different sources;

• Occasional disagreement between tabulated summary results and publicly available basic data from which the summary has been produced; and

• Lack of transparency in statistical operations

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20 KEY STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES The 20 key statistics under ISSP are described as follows: 1.State Domestic Product Estimate The State makes regular estimates of State Gross & Net Domestic Products at current and constant prices and related aggregates like Net Domestic Product per capita, sectoral composition of GSDP etc. Agency The responsible agency for estimation of State Income Statistics is DES. Principal outputs generated The outputs generated annually are: (i) Gross/Net SDP at current prices (ii) Gross/Net SDP at constant (1999-2000) prices (iii) GSDP by economic activity at current prices (iv) GSDP by economic activity at constant (1999-2000) prices (v) NSDP by economic activity at current prices (vi) NSDP by economic activity at constant (1999-2000)prices (vii) Per capita income at current and constant prices Frequency The frequency of data collection is annual. Annual estimates are carried out. In line with the practice at the national level, estimates are released in four stages – Advance, Quick, Provisional and Final. Methodology The first estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP) were prepared in Rajasthan in 1956 for the year 1954-59. This was on based on the methodology developed by the National Income Committee, GoI. The methodology adopted now for estimation of GSDP from various sectors is broadly along the lines prescribed at the national level by the Central Statistical organisation (CSO). The estimates are based on the concept of income originating within the geographical boundaries of the State. Three approaches are being followed for the estimation of the SDP. These are:

1. Production approach- Ag., Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries, Mining, Manufacturing (Registered)

2. Expenditure approach- Construction, partly forest sector 3. Income approach-all other sectors

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adjusting the value of consumption of fixed capital (CFC) for each industry group provided by CSO. The estimates of both GSDP and NSDP are made both at current prices and at constant 1999-2000 prices. The DES prepares the estimates of State Domestic Product for all the 18 Sectors as per the national pattern. For preparing the estimates, concerned Departments collect the primary data through their field offices. For example, for Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Board of Revenue, Agriculture Department, Forest Department, Animal Husbandry Department, Fisheries Department provide the basic data. In respect of Industry & Mining, data is used as available from Annual Survey of Industries, Director Industries and the Mines & Geology Department, and Indian Bureau of Mines. For estimates of Construction Sector, secondary data from the Central & State Govt. Budget, Departmental Commercial Undertakings, Local Bodies, Non-Departmental Commercial Undertakings of both State & Centre, Autonomous bodies Private Limited Companies, other sources such as the Rural Debt & Investment Surveys of the RBI are collected by the DES. Similarly, for Electricity & Power, Transport, Communication, the concerned Departments are approached by the DES to provide the basic data required. For supra-regional sectors, the basic data is provided by the CSO. Barring the commodity producing sectors, and some other secondary and tertiary sectors, the DES depends on the CSO for basic data, which in a number of cases has little relevance for Rajasthan. The basic Unit, for which data is collected for the preparation of estimates of SDP differs according to the Sectors. For Agriculture, the data is collected from field level and estimated from village to district to state level; for Forests, it is from Forest Circle upwards through Range to State level; for Animal Husbandry, it is the number of animals in different categories, in Fisheries, it is the water bodies, in Industries, it is the Factory. For Mines, the basic Unit are the Mines and Quarries. In other Sectors it is the institution or the Household or the Number of workers employed. For supra-regional sectors estimates are prepared by the CSO and provided to the State Directorate. Time lag in release of data The time lag in dissemination of estimates of SDP is as follows:

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• Quick Estimates – 12 Months • Provisional Estimates – 24 Months • Final Estimates – 36 Months Publications The following publication report data on State Income:

Publication Reporting State Income Statistics

Publication

Regular

Periodicity

Latest Publication

Number of Copies

Economic Review Regular

Yearly

2009-10

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Interactions with other agencies DES interacts with various offices in the State Government on a regular basis for obtaining the required data. It also interacts with CSO to obtain ASI data relating to Rajasthan, data on contributions of supra-regional sectors, etc. and in reconciling GSDP estimates with CSO’s own estimates. Statistical Returns used Annual, non-statutory returns are used to collect the data. Some important offices from which data is collected are: 1. Directorate of Agriculture: Crop area, production and inputs 2. Board of Agricultural Marketing : Prices of agricultural commodities 3. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests: Production and value of forest produce 4. Commissioner of Fisheries: Production and prices of fish 5. Local Bodies: Compensation to employees 6. CSO: Supra-regional sectors, various norms, ratios 7. Other Central Ministries: Wholesale price indices, mineral production, etc. IT tools used Six desktop computers are available for this work. Quality of data The limitations inherent in the individual data series that provide input to SDP estimation affect the quality of SDP estimates. The data quality suffers because of use of old indices / ratios related to agriculture and allied fields - for example, old ratios / rates relating to agriculture and livestock is used in computation of SDP as these ratios are not updated by the State.

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2. Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Savings The estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation are compiled for the public and the private sector. The estimates are available from the year 1970-71 onwards. The estimates are prepared for all the 17 Sectors for which the State Income Estimates are prepared. The estimation of savings are not prepared. Agency The agency responsible for collection, compilation and release of the estimates is the DES. Outputs generated Estimates of GFCF for the public and private sector are the principal output which is being published in Economic Review regularly. Frequency The frequency of data collection is annual. Methodology The estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (gross addition to fixed assets in stock during the accounting year) are made as per methodology provided by CSO, by assets, by industry of use and by type of institution. Assets are classified as buildings, roads and bridges, other constructions, plant and machinery and transport equipment. Classification by industry of use follows the standard pattern, viz., agriculture and allied activities, forestry and logging, fishing, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas and water supply, transport, storage and communication, banking and insurance, trade, hotels and restaurants, public administration and other services. As per the methodology, additions to non-reproducible tangible assets such as land, mineral deposits and the natural growth of plants trees are not included. However, outlays on improvements of land and development or extension of mining sites, timber teaks and plantations are taken as part of capital formation. Outlays on incomplete construction works incurred during the year are included. The data sources for obtaining data for estimation of GFCF are: i) GFCF from public part - State Government Departments and Departmental Undertakings: The sources of data is the budget documents of the State Government (covering the administrative departments and their departmental enterprises). As there is no provision for depreciation in the budgets of State Government Departments, no attempt is made to prepare estimates of Net Capital Formation. The GFCF is being computed by two approaches: (i) Expenditure data on construction activity and machinery equipment on building, road and other construction culled out from analysis of state budget by using the software as provided by the CSO, generated tables namely capital finance accounts of

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administration and enterprises, capital formation by type of asset and industry of use (Administration), Estimates of net products from public administration, Capital formation by type of industry of use (DCU) and current expenditure of departmental undertakings, domestic product by industry origin and factor income (DCUs) and borrowing account (ii) for NDCUs expenditure data incurred on construction activities and machinery equipment on buildings, roads and other construction culled out from annual report of NDCUs. ii) Non-Departmental Undertakings: These comprise (a) Government companies in which not less than 51 per cent of the paid up capital is held by government and subsidiaries of government companies, and (b) statutory corporations. The sources of data for estimating GFCF from NDUs are the annual reports/accounts of the concerned Boards/Corporations. Data given in the schedules of fixed assets are used to prepare estimates of GFCF. iii) Local bodies: This data is collected from Panchayats and Municipal bodies annually on capital expenditure. iv) Private Sector: For the private sector, the major source of information is the All-India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS), 2002-03. State level data is also collected from Annual Survey of Industries, Rural Debt & Investment Survey, Livestock Survey and Agricultural Inputs Survey. For private sector construction activities, the estimates are built-up on the basis of balance sheets of construction companies registered with Registrar of Companies in the state. The data in respect of private companies is adjusted for non-reporting. Private Sector Undertakings from which the data is collected are the undertakings and institutions making expenditure on creation of durable assets. Capital formation by Households Basic units and the households are estimated through Sample Surveys. Publications There are no publications specifically on GFCF. However, this data is presented in the Economic Review prepared by DES. The GFCF estimates have been released for the year 2008-09. Time lag in release of data The time lag in data dissemination is 24 months for State and Departmental Undertakings. Interactions with other agencies Interaction takes place annually with non-departmental undertakings, municipalities and District Panchayat Offices, private sector, and CSO for collection of data for GFCF estimation. Statistical returns Data is collected annually in prescribed formats, which are non-statutory.

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IT tools used No IT equipment is available specifically for preparation of these estimates. The PCs available for SDP work are used. Data Quality The data quality suffers due to the following reasons: 1. The follow-up surveys of the enterprises do not provide data for actual addition to fixed assets. It provides the data only for gross assets, which do not satisfy the definition. The different controlling authorities are not able to improve the reporting of data and its quality. It is similar in the case of mining, construction, cooperatives, etc. 2. Data on type of assets is not available, so estimates by type of assets cannot be attempted for the supra regional and private sectors. 3. The private corporate sector covers all enterprises working in the state registered in the office of the Registrar of Companies. But some of these companies are working in other states also. Due to non-availability of data regarding working outside the boundaries of Rajasthan, no adjustment for this is done. Similarly, data in respect of companies registered outside Rajasthan but working in the state is not included as state wise data for these companies are not available.

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3. District Domestic Product (DDP) Agency DES is responsible for preparing and releasing estimates of District Domestic Product. Principal Outputs The principal outputs planned to be generated are: 1. Net District Domestic Product at current prices 2. Net District Domestic Product at constant (1999-2000) prices 3. Per capita Net District Domestic Product at current prices 4. Per capita Net District Domestic Product at constant (1999-2000) prices Recently State Income unit of DES started to prepare Gross District Domestic Product at Current and Constant (1999-2000) prices from 1999-2000 to 2006-07, which has been published in 2008. Frequency The frequency of data collection is annual. Methodology Two approaches are followed. For commodity producing sectors, the value of product is estimated from the quantity produced and its price at District level. Estimates of district income for secondary and tertiary sectors are prepared by allocating the State income among the districts using appropriate indicators. Some of the indicators are state-based and others are provided by CSO. Interaction with other offices The work of gathering data for the estimation DDP involves interaction between DES and DSOs, and between DSOs and a number of district level government offices, production units in private sector, and shops (for collection of prices), among others. DES also interacts with other State Departments who provide district wise production estimates. Publications Following series have been published in the last 5 years

• Estimates of Net District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 1999-2000 to 2004-05

• Estimates of Net District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 1999-2000 to 2005-06

• Estimates of District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 1999-2000 to 2006-07

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Time Lag The time lag in data dissemination is 36 months. IT used IT equipment is available for this work. Quality Data quality suffers as

(i) the required data for secondary and tertiary sectors are not available, which results in inadequate coverage;

(ii) input values are not available district wise; (iii) for many sectors like animal husbandry and forestry the output is

allocated - instead of this the data should be collected District wise for items like cost of repairs and maintenance, marketing charges, livestock feed etc.; and

(iv) no DDP-specific training has been provided to any staff but neverthless they have been provided with CSO manuals detailing the methodology and all the related processes to be followed.

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4. Contribution of Local Bodies to State GDP Contribution of local bodies - Panchayats and Municipalities - to GSDP is estimated and included in the total GSDP estimates. Agency The estimates of the contribution of local bodies are made by DES on the basis of data collected by DES from Panchayat Raj Department and local self government department. Outputs generated The principal output generated is the value of State Domestic Product attributable to local bodies Frequency The frequency of data collection is annual. Methodology The estimate of contribution of local bodies towards GSDP is prepared using the income approach. The compensation to employees is the only factor income that is considered. The budgets of local bodies are collected by DES from DLB. This provides estimates of expenditure by local bodies under various purpose categories. Attempts are made to obtain data from all Municipalities, Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis and a sample of Panchayats consisting of one Gram Panchayat in each block. Time lag in release of data The time lag in dissemination of estimates of SDP is as follows: • Quick Estimates – 12 Months • Provisional Estimates – 24 Months • Final Estimates – 36 Months Publications and latest issues There is no publication exclusively for reporting on contributions of local bodies to SDP. This is included in the public administration sector of GSDP. Interactions with other agencies DES Staff interact with staff of Directorate of local bodies for the collection of required data.

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Statistical returns The data is collected annually and computerised in format designed at state income unit of DES. IT tools used IT equipment is available and is in use. Quality The quality of data suffers due to three main reasons, among others. Firstly, the accounting and bookkeeping of local bodies are poorly maintained, which adversely impacts the quality of data provided by the local bodies to DES. Secondly, there is inadequate response to requests for data. Thirdly, the expenditure of local bodies on outsourced services and activities is not provided by the local bodies to DES.

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5. Major fiscal data relating to Budget Estimates The information on major fiscal variables, viz., revenue and expenditure and fiscal balance is made available through the annual Budget of the State Government. DES prepares a brief Budget document to accompany the detailed Budget documents. Agency

The State’s Finance Department (Budget) is responsible for generating fiscal data related to budget estimates. It monitors state revenue, expenditure, and fiscal balance for the State and compiles and tabulates the required data for monitoring and budget formulation. The DES prepares the economic and purpose classification of the state budgetary data, and analyses the data for purposes of capital formation out of budgetary resources, saving of

the state government and government’s contribution towards the generation of the net state domestic product etc. Outputs generated The principal outputs generated are the annual budget documents released by the Finance Department. DES brings out following publications on an annual basis. These are: 1. Budget Study 2. Budget at a glance 3. Economic and Purpose Classification of Budget Frequency The frequency of data collection, compilation, tabulation, release, and publication is annual. Methodology The Purpose and Economic Classification of the budget is done by DES on the basis of the head wise and purpose wise classification of state Budget data prepared by the Finance Department. This data is analysed along the lines of the

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methodology and software programme provided by the CSO followed at all India level. Budget related publications namely:” Budget Study and Budget at glance” are prepared at the State Income unit of DES. The data incorporated in these publications are approved by FD at the time of budget Session. Time lag in release of data: There is no time lag in data dissemination for the Budget Study and Budget at a glance publications. These publications released the same day on the day on which the State budget is presented in the State assembly. There is a time lag in data dissemination of one year in the publication of economic and purpose classification. Publications The publications related to fiscal data is given in the table below:

Budget Related Publications Publication

Periodicity

Latest Issue

No. of copies

Price

Mode

Economic & Purpose Classification of the budget

Annual

2008-09

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Nil

Print and on website

Budget Study

Annual

2010-11

1000 Nil Print and on website

Budget at glance

Annual

2010-11

1000 Nil Print and on website

Interactions with other agencies For the purpose of the publication released by the Finance unit of DES there is regular exchange of information between DES and FD. Statistical returns No statistical returns are prescribed for the DES publications. IT Tools used The compilation of basic data is computerised. IT tools are available in the Finance and Art unit of DES. These tools are used for data compilation and tabulation etc.

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Quality The data on fiscal statistics is reliable, accurate, and adequate. These are released with negligible time lag. Economic Review Economic Review is a regular publication of DES which is also released at the time of the presentation of the State Budget in the State Assembly. This publication comprises of physical and financial achievement of the important programmes being implemented by various departments in the State. This is an annual publication which also attempts to analyze the performance of the developmental plans and activities carried out in the corresponding year. This information for this publication is collected from various departments. The latest publication was released for the year 2009-10 which is also available on the department’s website.

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6. Annual Survey of Industries

The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is the principal source of Industrial Statistics, which provides statistical information to assess and evaluate the changes in the growth, composition and structure of the manufacturing sector, comprising of activities related to manufacturing process, repair services, generation, transmission etc. of electricity, gas and water and cold storage. These data is widely used, inter alia, in the estimation of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Agency DES Rajasthan is the agency with the responsibility of participating in ASI. The field work of the survey is carried out jointly by the Field Operation Division (FOD) of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) and the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES). Outputs generated

The distribution of factories by variables like employment, fixed capital, inputs (fuel and materials), gross output and gross input and net value added at 2 and 3 digit level of industrial classification of NIC 2004. District level economic aggregates of important variables like number of factories, fixed and

invested capital, employees and emoluments, gross output and net value added.

Frequency

The frequency of data collection is annual for factories covered under the Factories Act 1948.

Methodology

The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) conducts Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) every year for residual sample not covered by NSSO (FOD). The Survey covers Factories , registered under section 2m(i) and 2m(ii) of Factory Act, 1948 employing 10 or more workers and using power and those employing 20 or more workers but not using power in any of preceding 12 months. The District Staff of the DES collect the information from the Factories to be covered and

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obtain a copy of the schedules filled by the factories covered by NSSO (FOD) and thus cover 100% of the Factories for the Annual Report brought out by the DES.

Time lag in release of Data Time lag in data dissemination is 48 months. Publications The data is reported in the Report on Annual Survey of Industries published by DES Interrelationship with Agencies DES interacts with the factories and with the NSSO for the conduct of this survey. Statistical Returns Used The returns supplied by NSSO are used.

IT Tools Used

Only one computer is available for this work. There is a need of at least three more computers with printer facility. Quality The data quality is adequate.

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7. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) As per the recommendation of the National Statistical Commission, a State level coordination committee has been constituted for improvement in the Industrial Statistics in Rajasthan under the Chairmanship of the Commissioner Industries. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics is the Nodal Department. Agency

DES is preparing the Index of Industrial Production with base year 1993-94. Currently, it is being revised to 2004-05.

Principal Output generated

IIP for Manufacturing, Mines and Minerals and Electricity Groups Frequency The data collection frequency is monthly.

Methodology Monthly data on selected industrial products is being collected from selected registered factories and item wise monthly and annual estimates of IIP are prepared The Indices used to be prepared with base 1993-94=100. Currently, it is going to be revised to 2004-05. IIP are prepared for Manufacturing,

Mines and Minerals and Electricity Groups. The weights adopted are value of output at 2-digit level, 3-digit level, and 4-digit level respectively for these groups. The State Directorate does not prepare Index of Industrial Production for the unorganised sector.

Time lag in release of Data Time lag in data dissemination is three months. Publications The IIP report is published annually. Staff Deployed There is no separate staff for IIP estimation. The staff deployed for ASI also work for IIP estimation.

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IT tools No separate IT equipment is available for this work. Quality The data quality is adequate.

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8. Crop area and production statistics

Agency The agency responsible for collection compilation and release of crop area and production statistics are: (i) DES, which is the State Agricultural Statistics Authority (SASA). In the capacity of SASA, the DES is the clearinghouse for all agriculture statistics, i.e., crop forecasts, land utilization, agriculture table's etc. sent to the Ministry of Agriculture, GOI; and (ii) the Board of Revenue that collects statistics of Crop Area and Production and Land Use (Nine fold Classification). Principal data generated

The principal outputs are:

• Land use statistics as per nine fold classification • Estimates of area under kharif, rabi and Zaid rabi crops at State and

District level • Estimates of average yields of major Kharif and Rabi crops. • Indices of the following as per Agricultural Tables prescribed by the Ministry

of Agriculture. These tables are sent to the Ministry of Agriculture:

1. Area 2. Production 3. Productivity 4. Farm Harvest Prices 5. Net Area Sown 6. Gross Area Sown 7. Net and Gross Area Irrigated.

Frequency

The frequency of data collection and estimation of crop area and yield statistics is given below: • Land Use Statistics: Annual • Crop Area and Production Statistics: • Area estimates of principal crops prepared under TRS scheme in each season (Rabi, Kharif, Zaid Rabi) • Four advanced estimates of area, production and productivity is submitted in a year.

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The following statistics are collected by the Board of Revenue :

Crop Area Production and Yield Statistics

Methodology

The Board of Revenue collects statistics of Crop Area Production and Land Use (Nine fold Classification). Crop area estimates are made on the basis of crop area data maintained by the Patwari in the Crop Register (Khasra Register). This data is based on crop area enumeration (Girdawari). The information is verified by the Land Records Inspector (LRI) and is sent to the Tehsildar, who forwards the data to the Board of Revenue through the District Statistical Offices. To get precise

estimates of area under principal crops, crops under irrigated area and under non-irrigated area, area under high yielding varieties and to obtain nine fold classification of land utilization. The Board issues advanced estimates/ forecasts of Area and Production, which after approval of the DES are sent to the Govt. of India.

General Crop Estimation Surveys (GCES) For estimating crop production, the Board of Revenue conducts General Crop Estimation Surveys (GCES) for estimating yield per hectare of major crops. The methodology is to select at least 2-3 villages in each Tehsil for GCES and 10 villages in each Tehsil for the Crop Insurance Scheme (CIS). In the selected villages at least 2 fields (Khasra) are selected randomly. The

crop in demarcated plots is harvested and dried and weighed to arrive at the yield. Data collected from the villages is compiled and collated for the Tehsil/District/State in the prescribed Tables for further processing. The number of experiments conducted by the Board of Revenue for the year 2009-10, for Kharif season is 22,240 and for Rabi Season, it is 18,996. Since the year, 2003-04, a single series system has been adopted in the State. After entry of data collected from villages, the information is prepared at Tehsil/ District/ State level.

Time Lag

There is a time lag of 12 months in release of final estimates for crop area and production. This is due to delay in receiving reports by the Tehsil from the patwaris and sometimes receipt of inaccurate reports from patwaris that have to be referred back to them for corrections and reconciliations as required. This

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results in delays in compilation of reports at the Tehsil level for onward transmission to the Land Records Section of the District Collectorate.

The following schemes are implemented by DES: Timely Reporting Scheme Methodology The scheme of Timely Reporting of Area is implemented by the DES. For this special girdawari is held 15 days prior to normal girdawari in all three seasons, Rabi, Kharif and Zaid Rabi. For preparing the estimates 20 percent villages are selected by linear systematic sampling. The estimates are prepared both by ratio and unbiased method along with break up for irrigated and unirrigated area for each crop in each season. The response for the three seasons Kharif, Rabi and Zaid Rabi has been 97.93 percent, 94.09 percent and 88.37 percent respectively for 2009-10. A total of 8,930 villages were selected. Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS) Methodology Out of the 20 percent villages selected for Timely Reporting Scheme, a sub-sample of 300 non-overlapping villages each for State Statistical staff (state sample) and National Sample Survey Organisation staff (central sample) were drawn for supervision. The selection of villages was done by N.S.S.O. office. The supervision was conducted just after the prescribed TRS area enumeration period and carried out in a month time after the due date for submission of the TRS statements in each season viz. Kharif, Rabi and Zaid Rabi. The supervision carried out was related to (i) sample check on area enumeration and (ii) checking of page totals of Khasra register. Under the sample check on area enumeration, physical verification of crops sown as reported by patwaries was done in four clusters each of five survey numbers in each selected village. The supervisors verified (a) Area of crop reported, (b) Identification of crop sown, (c) Irrigation status and (d) Use of high yielding varieties. Findings are recorded in inspection schedule AS (Agricultural Statistics). 1.0. Page totals of Khasra register were also checked to find out the discrepancies between the entries of area under land use as reported by patwaries and those obtained by supervisors through simple totaling of the area figures in the Khasra register were recorded in inspection schedule A.S. 1.1.

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On the basis of these Schedules, Table A-1 to A-20 are prepared at DES level and sent to National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Faridabad. Use of IT The IT use scenario is as follows:

• DES: There are no computers available in DES for Agricultural Statistics. • Board of Revenue: The Board of Revenue has two Celeron PCs with Printer for

processing Crop Estimation Survey data and the Rainfall data.

Publications

DES, Board of Revenue, and Agriculture Department have regular annual publications reporting crop area and production statistics, and other agricultural statistics.

Inter relationship with Agencies

All the three - DES, BoR, and the Agriculture Department interact among themselves and the DES and the Agriculture Department interacts with the Ministry of Cooperation & Agriculture for operational and theoretical issues related to collection of crop area and production, and other agricultural statistics. Quality The data quality is adequate.

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9. Wholesale Price Index Agency

The DES prepares the Index of Wholesale Prices with base 1952-53 for 59 items. The Index has now been revised with base 1999-2000=100. The Index is being released since January 2005 regularly, after it is duly approved by the State government.

The wholesale prices of selected agricultural, minerals, fuel, power, light & lubricants and manufactured commodities are collected on every Friday from 76 selected centers for 154 items, for which 384 quotations are taken. In all, 29 District Statistical Offices out of 33 districts and 47 Krishi Upaj Mandies (KUM) provide information on prices in respect of their commodities from corresponding markets /

centers. The Directorate uses these prices for compiling monthly index series of wholesale prices for Rajasthan on the basis of weights assigned to various commodities during the base year 1999-2000=100.

The weighted index is broadly classified in following 3 groups:

i) Primary Articles, ii) Fuel, power, light & lubricants, and iii) Manufactured Products. Weighting Diagram

The weights of the items are based on the value of transactions, which consist of (a) value of estimated marketed surplus in the case of agricultural commodities, (b) value of products for sale in the case of non-agricultural products, and (c) total value of turnover for others. Weights have been assigned on the basis of the entire wholesale transactions in the economy. The value of transactions of non-selected commodities has been assigned to the selected items on a pro rata basis.

Within the agricultural sector, individual commodities have been assigned weights on the basis of the value of marketed surplus during the year 1999-2000. The revised series has utilised the estimated-marketed surplus ratios pertaining to the

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base year, a practice that was started from the present series as proposed by the Advisory Committee.

In the minerals group, the allocation of weights to individual commodities is based on the sale value of production during the year 1999-2000. In other case major groups, Manufactured Products and Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants, the weight have been assigned on the basis of sale values, which were obtained from concerned agencies/departments for the year 1999-2000. The weights of other miscellaneous manufactured items, which are dropped, have been distributed pro-rata among other groups within the major group.

Methodology

It is calculated on the principle of weighted arithmetic mean according to the Laspeyre's formula, which has fixed base year weights operating through the entire life span of the series. The index should be calculated on the principle of weighted arithmetic mean. Price relatives are calculated as the percentage ratios, which the current prices bear to those prevailing in the base period, i.e. by dividing the current price by the base period price and multiplying the quotient by 100. The commodity index is arrived at as the simple arithmetic average of the price relative to all the varieties included under that commodity. The indices for the sub-groups/ groups/ major groups/ all commodities are, in turn worked out as the weighted arithmetic mean of the indices of the items/sub-group/groups/major groups falling under their respective heads.

Publications

The WPI is getting reported in the Statistical Abstract annually and it is also published in the occasional DES publication titled, “51 years of Wholesale Price Index of Rajasthan, 1957-2007”. Time Lag The time lag in data dissemination is one month. Inter relationship with Agencies

The DES interacts with the District Offices, Enterprises and the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti and the Fruits & Vegetable Mandi Samiti for collection of prices.

Statistical Returns Used

Non Statutory Returns prescribed by the DES are used. IT Tools Used One Computer is used.

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Development of a web portal for collection of price statistics At present, the prices are collected weekly through District Statistical Offices and Krishi Upaj Mandies by post. It takes much time in transmission of data. In order to reduce this time lag, recently, a web portal has been developed by RAJCOMP to receive prices online. In this software, data entry of weekly retail, wholesale prices, prices of building materials and wholesale prices of livestock products and livestock feed is being done.

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10. Consumer Price Index

This activity is not undertaken by DES. As a part of the all India series, the CPI for industrial workers are worked out by the Labour Bureau, Shimla on the base year 2001 = 100 for Jaipur, Ajmer and Bhilwara Centres of Rajasthan. These indices are worked out on a monthly basis in respect of each centre for six groups viz:

i) Food, ii) Pan, supari, tobacco & intoxicants, iii) Fuel & light, iv) Housing, v) Clothing, bedding & foot wear and vi) Miscellaneous

The prices are collected on weekly basis from 6 markets at Jaipur and 2 each at Ajmer and Bhilwara for items like shoes, clothing etc., where there are generally no weekly variation prices are collected on monthly basis. The field

work for price collection/supervision is basically done by the staff of Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

Frequency The frequency of data collection is weekly. Data Quality The data quality is adequate.

Other Price Statistics

In addition to the above, other statistics like the following are collected:

Weekly retail prices

Weekly retail prices of 39 essential commodities are collected from all the district headquarters through the District Statistical Offices and price review of 22 essential commodities of 7 districts (viz: Ajmer, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur) is sent to Chief Minister office, Food civil supply & consumer affair and Agriculture departments. Weekly retail prices of 22 items of essential commodities of Jaipur center is also sent to Hon'ble Governor.

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Monthly Review of Price Situation

A monthly review of price situation in Rajasthan on the basis of wholesale price index (WPI), consumer price index for industrial workers and retail prices of 33 essential commodities, has been compiled and sent to the Hon'ble Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and other concerned departments of the State Government.

Wholesale Prices of live stock products and livestock feed

Weekly wholesale prices of 86 commodities of livestock Products and livestock feed are being collected regularly from all the district head quarters through District Statistical Offices and compiling on monthly basis. These prices are being used in estimation of State Income and also being sent to CSO, Govt. of India.

Prices of Building material, labour wages and Building construction cost index

The Directorate of Economics and Statistics has been preparing quarterly index (base year 1971=100) for residential building construction material and labour cost for Jaipur centre and also it collects the prices of building materials and labour from 32 districts through District Statistical Offices on quarterly basis and sent to National Building Organization (NBO), Govt. of India.

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11. Health, mortality, morbidity and family welfare statistics The department of Health is organized in four Directorates. These are Directorates of (i) Public Health; (ii) Family Welfare; (iii) AIDS Control; and (iv) IEC. Of these, the first three have a Statistical Cell under them manned by the staff of the common statistical cadre. Agency The responsible agencies are: Health, mortality and morbidity statistics: Directorate of Public Health. Statistics: Directorate of Family Welfare Principal Outputs generated

The principal outputs generated are:

1. Number of Medical Institutions in Rural and Urban Areas;

2. Number of Beds and their Distribution for medical & surgery cases;

3. Number of beds for Men, Women and Children;

4. Distribution of Beds for different diseases - Cancer, Orthopaedic, TB, Maternity, Gynaecological, Skin and VD, Ophthalmologic, Mental, ENT, Infectious Diseases, Children & Others.

5. Number of Indoor and Outdoor patients treated - Men, Women and children 6. Result of Indoor Patients - cured, relieved, died, disease wise 7. Number of Surgical Operations by Disease, sex, cured, relieved, discharged

otherwise, died. 8. Number of Government Employees by sex, status (Gazetted or non-

gazetted), pay scale wise. 9. Maternal Deaths by causes; 10. Medical Certification of cause of Death - number of certificates issued. 11. Snakebite cases by sex and age group; 12. Number of IPD and OPD Deaths by cause and sex. (Monthly) 13. Report on Epidemics. (Weekly). 14. Deaths due to use of Insecticides; 15. Deaths due to dog bites and hydrophobia; 16. Village wise - sub Centre wise Population, Number of people adopting

Family welfare methods, type of method used.

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17. Live birth, Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Couple Protection Rate. 18. Immunization provided. 19. Monthly Report on Maternal & Child Care - number of cases attended,

immunization provided etc. - centre wise. Frequency The reports are received monthly from the field and are compiled monthly, quarterly and annually. Methodology Health Statistics: Data is collected on indoor/outdoor patients, patient beds, sex-wise classification of 159 diseases, age and sex-wise classification of 18 diseases and category-wise classification of surgery cases. This classification has about 3300 columns and information is collected from Hospital CHC, PHC Dispensary of GoR. Information is also collected and prepared for various seasonal diseases. Coding and collection of about 25,000 Death Certificates is also done annually.

The basic unit of collection of statistical data is the Sub-centre (SC). A monthly report is generated in the prescribed format. These monthly reports prepared by SCs then submitted to PHCs where these reports are consolidated and forwarded to CHC, which in turn sends the monthly consolidated reports to the Chief Medical and Health Officer. The reports from the CHCs and hospitals received by the Chief Medical and Health Officer are

consolidated at the District level and submitted to the Directorate Medical Services. The State level reports are prepared, Similarly various national programmes i.e. Blindness Control, NVBDCP (National Vector Born Disease Control Programme), Leprosy, (Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme) IDSP , T.B. Control, NREGA & famine etc are being operated in the state for which data related with implementation, term base status as weekly , monthly or annual progress is generated in the same manner. Monitoring of information is done by programme officers at district level and sent to the state through on-line for further analysis comparisons, revision of plans and finalization of term-base reports in the prescribed formats as required by the programme. Sub centers prepare the report from 25th of previous month to 24th of the current month and submit them at PHC level meeting held on every 25th of the month. All PHCs submit their report in CHC meeting on 1st / 2nd of the month. All Districts submit their reports to the concerned programme officer (like NLEP, AIDS, TB,

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and NPCB) by 10th of every month. Information relating to family planning activities and immunization are sent to the government of India followed by a detailed report. Medical statistics include number of (i) indoor and outdoor patients treated for different diseases; (ii) communicable and non-communicable disease cases; (iii) TB and malaria cases; (iv) number of cataract operations done; (v) active and new cases of leprosy; (vi) attacks and deaths due to epidemics like dysentery, Jaundice, (vii) Disaster Management Heatstroke, Cold wave, Famine organising camps for treatment & distribution of medicine, (viii) Activities of Drug Control i.e. inspection, sample collection & test reports, Court cases, seizure of Medical shops, shortage of medicines & spurious drugs etc. Family Welfare Statistics:

The Director, Directorate of Family Welfare and Public Health is responsible for collection, compilation and dissemination of data pertaining to reproductive and child health viz., immunization, anti- natal care, delivery, post-natal care, family welfare, child health and demography. Data on family welfare programmes are collected and compiled at the SC level in the prescribed format and monthly reports prepared. These reports are forwarded to PHC, which consolidates the reports received from all SCs. The consolidated PHC reports and reports of CHCs are sent to block CMO and from there to the Chief Medical and

Health Officer who in turn prepares District report and sent it to the State. The State level report is prepared and sent to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, with a copy to the Principle Secretary, Health and Family Welfare. The monthly report covers family welfare related data viz. (i) anti-natal care, (ii) natal care, (iii) pregnancy outcome, (iv) postnatal care, (v) maternal death, (vi) immunisation, (vii) Vitamin A administration, (viii) childhood diseases, (ix) infant and child deaths, (x) contraceptive services, (xi) abortions, (xii) facilities including availability of transport, X-ray machines and cold chain equipments. It also covers the progress achieved under national programmes viz. Tuberculosis, Malaria, Leprosy, Blindness, Disabilities and Family Welfare & Reproductive Child Health (RCH). Quarterly and Annual reports are also prepared. Under the FW programme, the department has developed an online reporting and name based tracking of all pregnant women & child for providing services. This

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system operates from sub center to state. Presently all medical institutes are reporting their monthly reports through this online reporting system. The pregnant women & children are being tracked name wise at all level. The department of health & FW has web based intranet system called HEALINGS for reporting of various programmes. (iii) AIDS Control Statistics for HIV positive cases are collected from AIDS control centres, located in each district and major govt. hospitals. These reports are sent by the Centre directly to the Project Director AIDS Control, where compilation of HIV positive cases are done at the state level. Publications The department of health & FW has its website www.rajswasthya.nic.in & www.nrhmrajasthan.nic.in and all major item report is being published on the website. Presently department has very less paper publications and more emphasis is being given to online sharing of information. The Directorate of Medical & Health brings out an Annual Administration Report and the data is provided to DES for publication. Time Lag In the present reporting system of Health & FW Department, there is no time gap in reporting system. All major reports are received through online reporting system. IT Tools used The Directorate is computerized and there are PCs at all Block CMO offices, all CHCs and district hospitals and about 80 24X7 PHCs level duly networked with the central server and the networked printer with facilities for online information. The software is provided by the NIC under an MOU. Quality The data suffers due to poor response rate on some health parameters. Also, there are a few exclusions, for example, non accreditated medical practitioners in private sector and voluntary/non-government organizations since there is no law or Act for controlling of private hospitals & nursing homes and there is no registration of these institutions under any govt. law. Yet the department is collecting data on morbidity, mortality, pre-natal and post-natal health care services from private institutions. Also, the absence of benchmark surveys with respect to prevalence of diseases in the community limits the utility of data generated.

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12. Education and literacy statistics

Agency The agencies responsible for collection and compilation of education related statistics are:

Level Name of Agency Type of statistics Elementary Directorate Elementary Education,

Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Elementary Education, Jaipur

School statistics and administrative data School statistics (DISE) and programmatic data

Secondary Directorate Secondary Education, Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Secondary Education, Jaipur

School statistics and administrative data School statistics (SEMIS) and programmatic data

Higher Education

Directorate of College Education Higher Education statistics (Graduation, Post graduation and higher level courses)

Literacy programme

Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education, Rajasthan

Programmatic data

Process : Elementary level:

The Directorate Elementary Education, Bikaner collects school statistics based on formats and schedules prescribed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, New Delhi. School information is collected annually based on 30th September in prescribed format (S-1) filled by the Head Master of the school and they are collected by Block Elementary Education Officer (BEEO). The collected information is manually compiled at block

level after scrutinizing and sent to district level. At the district level, a post of one statistical assistant is sanctioned and s/he is responsible for all this exercise. The information received from block level is once again scrutinized and compiled at the district level and they prepare a booklet in the prescribed format and send it to the state level. At the state level, there is a small statistics unit of six persons. They tabulate the information received from district level and publish a report called “Shiksha ki Pragati” annually.

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The Rajasthan Council for Elementary Education (RCEE), Jaipur, which is a state level nodal agency for implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), is collecting school statistics based on format prescribed by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) New Delhi under a project called the District Information System for Education (DISE) of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. All districts of Rajasthan state were covered in DISE in the year 2002-03. School information is collected annually based on the reference period of 30th September. The Prescribed format is filled by the Head Master of the school and they are collected at cluster level and scrutinized by Cluster Resource Center Facilitator (CRCF) and after that it is consolidated at the block level and it is sent to the district level for computerization. At the district level, the MIS in-charge is responsible for this operation under the guidance of Additional District Project Coordinator (ADPC). Data entry of collected school level format is made at district level in a customized software developed by NUEPA with support from UNICEF. District level officers check the entered data thoroughly and the software also helps in identifying errors. They share the final data with RCEE in softcopy (in .db format) and also generate district level tables for SSA planning purpose. The report cards are available at the website : www.rajssa.org. At the state level, the programmer merges all district level data in the state level software and checks the quality of the data. After ensuring the quality of data, they generate state level tables and prepare district and block report card for publication. This data is also shared with NUEPA and they prepare various publications. Online data is also available from school to national level. School report card for each school is made available by NUEPA on following website: www.schoolreportcards.in Earlier both the system (MHRD and DISE) were working in the state but recently Government of Rajasthan took a decision that they will follow only DISE system 2010-11 onwards. Secondary level: The Directorate Secondary Education, Bikaner collects school statistics based on formats and schedules prescribed by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India, New Delhi. School information is collected annually based on 30th September. The prescribed format (S-2) is filled by the Head Master/ Principal of the school and they send it directly to district. The collected information is manually compiled at district level after scrutinizing. At the district level, post of one statistical assistant is sanctioned and s/he is responsible for this exercise. They prepare a booklet of prescribed format and send it to the state level. At the state level, there is a small statistics unit of six persons. They tabulate the information received from district level and publish a report called “Shiksha ki Pragati” annually.

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The Rajasthan Council for Secondary Education (RCSE), Jaipur, which is a state level nodal agency for implementation of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has started collection of school statistics based on format prescribed by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) New Delhi under a project Secondary Education Management Information System (SEMIS). SEMIS has been initiated only from this

year (2009-10), hence it will take some for operationalization. All India School Education Survey:

This is a quinquennial activity. The survey is conducted jointly by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (GoI), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the State Education Department. It covers availability of schooling facilities in rural habitations, physical and educational facilities in schools, incentive schemes and beneficiaries, medium of instructions and languages taught, enrolment particularly of SCs, STs, girls and educationally backward, minority community, teachers and their academic and professional qualifications, library, laboratory, ancillary staff and subject-wise enrolment at +2 stage of education. In addition to this, the enrolment and teachers in unrecognised schools, Alternative Schools and AIE Centers, Oriental Schools covering Sanskrit Pathshalas, Madarsas and Maktabs; Special Schools for children with disabilities, and Pre-primary Institutions are covered. The last survey was based on 30th September, 2002. At state level, State Institute of Educational Research and Training (SIERT), Udaipur was the nodal agency for this survey and National Informatics Center (NIC) helped in computerization. Information at various level state, district, block, village/town, school is available on following website :

http://7thsurvey.ncert.nic.in/

The State does not publish any report and all publications are prepared by NCERT, which is the nodal agency at the national level.

Higher Education:

Statistical information with respect to degree and engineering colleges is submitted by the respective institutions in prescribed forms to the Directorate of College Education where compilation of data is done and sent to the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.

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Literacy Programme :

Statistical information with respect to literacy programme is collected by District Literacy and Continuing Officer on a monthly basis. The nature of the information is programmatic and they collect information of beneficiaries. They send information to the state to the Directorate of Literacy and continuing Education. It does not collect data on literacy rate and it comes only through Census, which is a decadal exercise.

Outputs and Publications

Level Name of Agency

Publication Output

Elementary Directorate Elementary Education, Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Elementary Education, Jaipur

Shiksha ki Pragati (only official purpose) DISE (District and block report card) and also on website

State level time series data : • Projected Child population • No. of educational

Institutions • Enrolment by level and

social group • Gross Enrolment Ratio • Retention rate by level • Number of teacher • Pupil Teacher Ratio

District wise data : • Number of schools by level

and management • Enrolment by class, social

group and management • Number of teacher by sex,

social group, management and training

DISE information is available on infrastructure, enrolment and teachers. Information related to enrolment and teacher is available by management, level, area (rural or urban), social group and age group wise also. Not only raw data but information on indicators is also available. All information is computerized hence standard reports are available and reports can also be generated as required.

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Level Name of

Agency Publication Output

Secondary Directorate Secondary Education, Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Secondary Education, Jaipur

Shiksha ki Pragati (only official purpose) NA

State level time series data : • Projected Child

population • No. of educational

Institutions • Enrolment by level and

social group • Gross Enrolment Ratio • Retention rate by level • Number of teacher • Pupil Teacher Ratio

District wise data : • Number of schools by

level and management • Enrolment by class,

social group and management

• Number of teacher by sex, social group, management and training

Web based software but reports are not available for public

Higher Education

Directorate of College Education

Annual report District wise data : • Number of institutions

by level and management

• Enrolment by class, social group and management

• Number of teacher by sex, social group, management and training

Literacy programme

Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education, Rajasthan

Annual report -

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Frequency and time lag Level Name of

Agency Publication Frequency Time lag

Elementary Directorate Elementary Education, Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Elementary Education, Jaipur

Shiksha ki Pragati (only official purpose) DISE (District and block report card) and also on website

Annual Annual

One year report for 2008-09 is available No time lag Data for 2009-10 is available

Secondary Directorate Secondary Education, Bikaner Rajasthan Council for Secondary Education, Jaipur

Shiksha ki Pragati (only official purpose) NA

Annual Annual

One year report for 2008-09 is available -

Higher Education

Directorate of College Education

Annual report Annual One year

Literacy programme

Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education, Rajasthan

Annual report - -

1. Use of IT No computer is available at the district level in Elementary and Secondary education departments and the Statistical Assistants are also not trained in the use of computer. At the state level Desktop computers are available for compilation and tabulation of educational statistics. There are 7 PCs with the cell, which are used for data compilation and tabulation. As no training on use of computers has been provided to the staff, data compilation, tabulation, and dissemination is adversely impacted upon.

Under SSA, computers have been provided at district level SSA office and the MIS in-charge is outsourced from open market. They get regular training. RMSA is using web based software.

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Quality

The quality of other data, like enrolment suffers on account of: (i) absence of a suitable data checking and validation mechanism; (ii) manual compilation of data at Block and District levels; (iii) institutional records (such as admission registers, attendance registers and stock registers) are not properly maintained at the institutions, as a result of which correct information based on records cannot always be given; (iv) the tendency to give distorted information as it suits the school heads and the administrators; and (v) exclusion of private unaided institutions.

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13. Labour Statistics

Agency

The Department of Labour is responsible for all data relating to Labour. The specific Directorate/Office of this Department that have responsibility for collecting and compiling labour statistics are as given below:

Labour Statistics: The office of the State Labour Commissioner is responsible for labour statistics derived from data collection related to Labour Acts including Payment of Bonus Act, and Child Labour

(Prevention and Regulation) Act, among others.

S.No. Statistical Output Agency Responsible Frequency 1 Membership of Trade Unions

by gender Office of the Labour Commissioner

Annual

2 Industrial Complaints-received and processed

Office of the Labour Commissioner

Annual

3 Industrial Disputes-received and processed

Office of the Labour Commissioner

Annual

4 Quasi Judicial Works in various Acts

Office of the Labour Commissioner

Annual

5 Enforcement of various Labour Laws

Office of the Labour Commissioner

Annual

Time Lag: There is a time lag of 12 months.

Methodology Data on Labour comes from different sources. The details are discussed below:

Labour Statistics: (i) Wages: "The Minimum Wage Act 1948", under this the primary units employing labour is required to submit annual statutory returns to the district level officers of labour, who after scrutiny, compiles it for the region and forwards this annual reports to the Labour Commissioner of the state. At state level,

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annual data is compiled. The state level annual data of “Payment of Wages Act, 1936” is compiled by Chief Inspector of Factories & Boilers, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

(ii) Disputes: Information about Industrial Complaints and Disputes are received by way of disputes raised by individuals or Trade Unions under Industrial Dispute Act 1947. This information is submitted only when any Industrial Dispute arises. Region office wise data is compiled annually. Monthly statistics collected through district level officer every month and compiled at the level of Labour Commissioner’s office.

(iii) Social Security: ESI and PF related data is maintained by respective department of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESI) & Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPF). Social Security related Act e.g., Workman Compensation Act, 1923; Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; officers of Labour Department appointed authority for quasi-judicial work. Data collected through district offices and compiled at the level of Labour Commissioner’s office.

(iv) Bonded Labour: As and when any Bonded Labour is identified, it is reported otherwise a nil report is forwarded every month. Primary unit for this is a Sub Divisional Offices, from where the report is transmitted to the District Labour Officer, and to Regional office and to State Labour Commissioner. Labour Commissioner submits quarterly and half yearly return to the National Human Right Commission.

Statistical returns: Labour Statistics: Statutory statistical returns are used.

Publications: The data is published in the Annual Report of the Labour Department, and DES's Statistical Abstracts.

Interrelationship with Agencies: For purposes of data collection, compilation, and dissemination frequent interactions and consultations take place between DES and the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour (GOI) to whom the reports are sent.

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13B. Employment Statistics

Agency The Directorate of Employment and Training is responsible for employment statistics classified by industry, occupation and sex with respect to the organised sector.

Employment Statistics: The Directorate of Employment and Training is responsible for

employment statistics classified by industry, occupation and sex with respect to the organised sector. These statistics are generated by the

Directorate's Employment

Market Information (EMI) programme. The responsibility for employment data with respect to registered factories is vested with the Office of the Industrial Safety and Health functioning under the State Labour Commissioner. This Office collects and compiles data received through statistical returns prescribed under various Acts like the Factories Act 1948, and Payment of Wages Act, among others.

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Employment Statistics S.No. Statistical Output Agency Responsible Frequency

1 Employment in factories by industry and sex

Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health

Annual

2 Employment in organised sector by industry and sex

Directorate of Employment & Training - EMI

Biannual: Alternating between public and private sector

3 Number of job seekers on live registers of employment exchanges by qualification and other categories like ST, SC, OBC etc.

Directorate of Employment & Training

Quarterly, and Annual

4 Number of candidates sponsored

Directorate of Employment & Training

Quarterly, and Annual

5 Number of placements made

Directorate of Employment & Training

Quarterly and Annual

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Employment Statistics (Contd…) S.No. Statistical Output Agency

Responsible Frequency

6 Number of Employment Exchanges

Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

7 Number of applicants and placement in employment by level of Education

Directorate of Employment & Training

Quarterly and Annual

8 Employment in Khadi and Village Industries.

Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

9 Employment in Mines. Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

10 Employment in Public Sector- Industries and Services.

Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

11 District wise Employment in Public Sector.

Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

12 Number of Government Employees- Pay range wise

Directorate of Employment & Training

Annual

Time Lag: There is a time lag of 24 months.

Methodology Data on Employment comes from different sources.

EMI: Employment data is collected through statutory quarterly returns (statutory for all public sector employers and employers in private sector engaging 25 or more and voluntary for private sector employers engaging 10 to 24) to be furnished to the local Employment and Self-employment Guidance Centre.

Statistical returns: Statutory statistical returns are used.

Publications: The data is published in the Annual Report of the Employment Department, and DES' Statistical Abstracts.

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Interrelationship with Agencies: For purposes of data collection, compilation, and dissemination frequent interactions and consultations take place between DES and the Directorate of Employment and Training and District Employment Exchanges; and the Directorate of Employment and Training and the Directorate General of Employment and Training in the Ministry of Labour (GOI) every quarter.

Quality: The data quality suffers in terms of adequacy, reliability and accuracy. This is due to:

(i) errors in the list frame of factories used by the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health which includes a number of closed factories that cannot be deleted till they get de-registered, and exclusion of new factories as the list frame is not regularly updated;

(ii) lack of completeness of the list frame of establishments with respect to collection of employment data from the organised sector- non inclusion of new factories

(iii) non-response from establishments compulsorily required to render the employment returns;

(iv) exclusion of private sector establishments employing 10 to 20 employees; and

(v) delays in processing data on employment in the organised sector collected and compiled by the Directorate of Employment and Training.

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14. Housing Statistics Agency The responsible agency is the Urban Development & Housing Department Outputs The principal outputs are: • EWS Housing - Number Houses constructed, and allotted by RHB. • LIG Housing - Number of Houses constructed, and allotted by RHB. • MIG Housing - Number Houses constructed and allotted by RHB. • HIG Housing - Number Houses constructed and allotted by RHB. • Allotment of Residential Plots & constructed Houses by the Development Authorities.

Frequency

The frequency of data collection is monthly.

Methodology

Housing Statistics is collected by the

Rajasthan Housing Board in respect of the dwellings constructed by the Board in the Towns and Cities for various categories, such as Economical weaker section, Lower Income Groups, Middle Income Groups and the Higher Income Groups, NRIs, etc. Besides these, the various Development Authorities in respect of allotment of residential plots & constructed Houses, regularization of residential plots on Agricultural Land, and land allotted to colonizers for constructing Housing Complexes.

The housing statistics is collected by the Housing Board from 34 administrative divisions and 9 circles on monthly basis and sent to the Urban Housing and Development Department. Also, the Development Authorities provide data on permissions granted for housing construction on an annual basis to the Urban Housing and Development Department. The two data streams are used by the Department to compile comprehensive data on housing including new construction. This compilation is done at the State level.

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Time Lag The time lag in data dissemination is six months Publications Housing Statistics of RHB is disseminated through its Annual Progress Report, which is published regularly and sent to the State Assembly, AG office and other line departments.

Inter relationship with other Agencies

The Department of Urban Housing and Development interacts with the Housing Board and the Development Authorities in the Districts to collect the data and the progress on various assurances given in the Vidhan Sabha by the Government. Staff Deployed The following staff is deployed by the Urban Development and Housing Department for compilation and tabulation of housing statistics:

• One Statistical Officer • One Statistical Inspector

IT Tools Used

Neither the Urban and Housing Development Department nor the Rajasthan Housing Board have any IT equipment. No hardware and software facilities are available with the statistical cell and no training is given from last 5 years to the existing staff working in the department. All data is compiled and tabulated manually.

Quality

The quality of data is inadequate as rural areas are not covered. The quality of data collected by urban local bodies on housing statistics of urban areas is good as this is based on the administrative records.

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15. Birth and Death Registration Statistics and Population Background : Birth registration is the first birth right of every child. Cent percent Birth registration is one of the major goals of the National Population Policy 2000. But still, civil registration is a major concern all over India. Many states are lagging behind in this area. The Government of India passed an Act regarding registration of Births and Deaths, in 1969, which was enforced in Rajasthan State in April, 1970. For the implementation of RBD Act 1969 in the state, “Rajasthan Registration of Births and Death Rules, 1972” were framed. The state rules were further amended in the year 2000, which were called the Rajasthan Births and Deaths Registration Rules, 2000. Subsequently, in the Rajasthan Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2005, Rule No. 9 of the Rajasthan Births and Deaths Registration Rules, 2000 was amended by substituting the existing expressions of “rupees two”, “rupees five” or “rupees ten” by the expression “rupees one”. These rules were further amended in 2007, which were called the Rajasthan Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2007. The formats 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were revised in this amendment.

Need for a Demography Unit: There is a need to develop a Demography Unit in the Directorate for population statistics generation, estimation and analysis. Though some projections have been carried out in the past, there is still an unmet need to carry out generation, estimation and analysis of population and demographic statistics.

Civil Registration Hierarchy in Rajasthan : In India, in some states, the health department is responsible for birth and death registration, while in some states, the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, while in some states, the Director of Panchayats, Chief Secretary, Administration, Finance Secretary and local administration is responsible for birth and death registration. In Rajasthan, the Directorate of Economics and Statistics is responsible for civil registration. At the state level, the Director, Economics and Statistics is the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths. At the district level, the District Collector is the additional chief registrar of births and deaths. At the block level, the Block Development Officer is the Additional District Registrar of births and deaths. At the village level, the Panchayat Secretary/ Gram Sevak is the registrar of births and deaths. A notifier System has also been introduced in the State. Functionaries like; the Jamadars, midwives,

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ANM, Family Planning workers, Health workers, Health guides have been appointed as notifiers. Notifiers at the village level like the household head, AWW, ASHA inform the panchayat secretary about the births and deaths in the village and the panchayat secretary registers the births and deaths and issues certificate to be collected by the concerned community member. For urban areas, the

jamadars, ward members and the hospitals inform about the births in the nagarpalika and certificate is issued from the nagarpalika. In certain big

hospitals, registration centres have been opened, where certificates are issued. Registration Units: Under the

Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) act 1969 and Births and Death act, Rajasthan, 2000 it is compulsory to register all births and deaths. This is implemented through 9,189 gram panchayats defined as rural units and 188 municipalities or nagar parishads defined as urban units. A Deputy Director heads the vital unit. He is responsible for the compilation and collation of the data related vital registration of births and deaths and annual survey of industries. The annual publication of this unit includes returns of the birth and death registration collected through the Civil Registration System. He is assisted by an Asst. Director. Status of Civil Registration in Rajasthan According to the Civil Registration data, for the year 2006, the level of birth registration for Rajasthan is 81.5 percent and the level of death registration is 72.9 percent compared to 68.3 percent and 63.2 respectively at the national level. The levels of birth and death registration are as low as 17 and 23 percent respectively in Bihar. On the other hand, some states have also achieved cent percent levels of birth and death registration. Amongst the states, Goa is the only state, which has achieved cent percent levels in both birth and death registration. At the national level, during 2004 to 2006, there is an absolute increase of 7.9 percent and 8.0 percent in the levels of registration of births and deaths respectively. In Rajasthan, during the same period, there is an absolute increase of 24.6 percent and 2.5 percent the levels of registration of births and deaths respectively (Agenda Notes of the National Conference of Chief Registrars of births and deaths – 2009, ORGI, Govt. of India).

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Levels of Birth and Death Registration in India and Rajasthan (in %), 2004-06

Sl. No.

Year India Rajasthan

Birth Registration

Death Registration

Birth Registration

Death Registration

1 2004 60.4 55.2 56.9 70.4

2 2005 62.5 55.0 65.3 65.9 3 2006 68.3 63.2 81.5 72.9

Source : Agenda Notes of the National Conference of Chief Registrars of births and deaths – 2009, ORGI, Govt. of India. Amongst the states, with regards to percentage of birth registration, nine states and four union territories have achieved cent percent registration as per CRS, 2006. With regards to levels of death registration, one state and three union territories have achieved cent percent registration.

Medical Certification of Causes of Death (MCCD)

Under this scheme, medical certificates of death, incorporating the cause of death (MCCD) as per ICD-10 classification of WHO are collected from public and private hospitals by the Chief Registrar through statutory returns prescribed under Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969. MCCDs are collected from civil and district hospitals, and community health centers. In addition private hospitals are also required to send MCCD to the Chief Registrar. The certificates are collected centrally at the Chief Registrar's office in Jaipur in respect of all urban units and rural hospitals in the State, scrutinised and compiled for the State and sent to the Registrar General of India. The 1961 Conference on Improvement of Vital Statistics endorsed the gradual introduction of scheme on Medical Certification of Cause of Death only in limited areas with support by legal sanction (as subsequently provided in the Registration of Birth and Deaths Act of 1969). ORGI initiated scheme on MCCD under Civil Registration System during the Third Five Year Plan. It was in operation in some of the states in the beginning of 70s. It has got statutory backing under sections 10 (2), 10 (3), 17 (1) b and 23 (3) of the Registration of Birth and Deaths Act, 1969. Under this scheme, a certificate of cause of death is issued by the Medical Officer at the time of death. These certificates are scrutinised and coded by the Director, Medical & Health Services and compilation and analyzed by the Directorate. MCCD provides cause-specific mortality profiles and is a key indicator for analyzing the health trends of the population in a scientific manner. The information is of considerable use to public health planners, administrators, medical professionals and research workers.

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Methodology

Process of civil registration: There are three forms for the collection and registration of births and deaths. Live births are registered in the births form, deaths are registered in the deaths form and still births are registered in the still birth form. The forms have two sections; the legal part and the statistical part. The legal part is kept at the gram panchayat office in case of rural areas and in the nagarpalika in case of urban areas and the statistical part along with a tabular compilation is sent to the panchayat samiti in the rural areas, where it is compiled by the PEO and sent onward to the DSO alongwith a tabular compilation of the data. In the urban areas, the data from the nagarpalika is sent to DSO. The DSO sends them forward to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics for final compilation and publication.

Principal Statistical Outputs

The principal outputs are:

• Data on registered births and deaths and estimated vital rates

• Data on deaths classified by age, cause of death

• Data on age and education of mother, order of birth.

Frequency

Civil registration system: The frequency of data collection is monthly, and that for release of data is monthly and annual

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) : The collection frequency is monthly, and release frequency is annual.

Forms used

1. Form 1: Birth Report (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal part and statistical part.

2. Form 2: Death Report (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal part and statistical part.

3. Form 3: Still Births (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal and statistical part

4. Form 4: MCCD report from hospitals (Statutory) 5. Form 4A: MCCD report from private practitioners (Statutory)

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Publications

The publications reporting on the results of Civil Registration System & Medical Certification of Cause of Death Scheme are given in Table below:

Publications Related to Births and Deaths Statistics

Sl No.

Publication Periodicity Latest Issue

1 Annual report on the working of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969

Annual 2009

2 Annual Vital Statistics Report

Annual 2009

3 Civil Registration System in Rajasthan : 2001-2008

Occasional 2010

Nationwide Campaign for distribution of birth certificates : As per the direction of the Registrar General of India (RGI), birth registrations of children upto the age of 10 years were done and birth certificates were issued under the national campaign launched from August 2005. During the 2nd phase of the campaign, 3.6 million birth certificates have been distributed upto February 1, 2009 in Rajasthan (Agenda Notes of the National Conference of Chief Registrars of births and deaths – 2007, ORGI, Govt. of India).

In addition, the processed vital rates received from the Registrar General of India under the Sample Registration Scheme are published in the regular statistical compilations of DES.

Use of IT tools

The IT tools available for Civil Registration System and Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) are:

• Six Desktop computers • One Laser Printer

Data transmission from the field to District to headquarters continues to be through mail.

Time Lag

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD): The time lag in release of data is 24 months

Principal Outputs

The principal outputs are:

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• Data on registered births and deaths and estimated vital rates • Data on deaths classified by age, cause of death • Infant mortality data • Data on age and education of mother, order of birth Frequency

Civil registration system: The frequency of data collection is monthly, and that for release of data is monthly and annual

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD): The collection frequency is monthly, and release frequency is annual.

Methodology

Civil Registration System: The vital events are registered by the Sub-registrars or the Registrars within a prescribed period of its occurrence.

For rural areas, village registers are maintained at Block level and updated every month after receiving the reports from the village level registrars. In rural areas, the Sub-registrar submits a summary of number of registered events - births, deaths, infant deaths, and still births - to the Additional District Registrar of the respective Block. At the Block level, the number of events registered is scrutinized and compiled for the Block. A simple monthly abstract is sent to the District Registrar by 10th of the following month. The rural registration activities are reviewed, supervised and inspected by the BDO and the District Registrars, and occasionally by the Chief and Deputy Chief Registrars. In case of urban areas, the local Registrars of Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Palika record vital events which are maintained in registers in their respective offices. These Registrars compile monthly abstract of number of events registered in their respective jurisdictions and send it to the District Registrar. The urban registration activities are reviewed, supervised and inspected by the District Registrars, and occasionally by the Chief and Deputy Chief Registrars

The reports of vital events received from rural and urban areas by the District Registrar are scrutinised and compiled for the District and sent to the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths in the State (DES) so as to reach him by the 15th of the following month. The District reports are further scrutinised and compiled for the State for transmission to the Registrar General of India so as to reach by the end of the following month.

Being a legal record, the village registrars maintain and keep birth, death and still birth registers for a period specified in the Registration Rules, 1999. After that, the records are transferred to Additional District Registrar for preserving as a permanent record. In the urban areas, the registrar maintains and preserves the records at his own level.

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD): Under this scheme, medical certificates of death, incorporating the cause of death (MCCD) as per ICD-10

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classification of WHO are collected from public and private hospitals by the Chief Registrar through statutory returns prescribed under Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969. MCCDs are collected from civil and district hospitals, and community health centers. In addition private hospitals are also required to send MCCD to the Chief Registrar. The certificates are collected centrally at the Chief Registrar's office in Rajasthan in respect of all urban units and rural hospitals in the State, scrutinised and compiled for the State and sent to the Registrar General of India.

Statistical Returns The statistical returns used for Civil Registration System & Medical Certification of Cause of Death Scheme are:

1. Form 1: Birth Report (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal part and statistical part.

2. Form 2: Death Report (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal part and statistical part.

3. Form 3: Still Births (Statutory) - contains two parts, legal and statistical part 4. Form 4: MCCD report from hospitals (Statutory) 5. Form 4A: MCCD report from private practitioners (Statutory)

Publications

In addition, the processed vital rates received from the Registrar General of India under the Sample Registration Scheme are published in the regular statistical compilations of DES

Use of IT tools

The IT tools available for Civil Registration System and Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) are:

• Three Desktops • One Printer

Data transmission from the field to District to headquarters continues to be through mail.

Interaction with other agencies

Civil Registration System: The DES Rajasthan is in regular interaction with the Registrar General of India and also with District Registrars. The District Registrars in turn interact closely with the Registrars and Sub-Registrars.

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD): The registration units in medical institutions and health care centers interact with DES and the Department of Public Health and Family Welfare.

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Quality

The quality of data on births and deaths suffers due to incomplete coverage by the Civil Registration System. The coverage under registration of births is below 90 percent and under deaths it is below 80 percent. Thus, the Registration of vital events is still not complete. The recording efficiency, in terms of registrations as a percentage of SRS estimates, is low. The situation is better in urban areas as compared to rural areas. This is a result of several factors including a general lack of awareness in the public about the statutory requirements and procedures of registration lack of adequate numbers of birth and death certificates in rural areas, and high percentage of domiciliary deaths and births with the household becoming responsible for statutory reporting of events. To improve awareness about births and deaths registration, the District Statistical Offices, who are also the District Registrars, are taking at least one camp in urban areas to distribute Births & Death certificates to the households, who have got the event registered.

Further, while reliable estimates of birth and death rates, and infant mortality rates at the state level are obtained from the Sample Registration Scheme, district-wise vital rates are not available.

Another factor impacting adversely on quality of data on vital events is considerable delay in reporting of statistics from the local registrars that eventually delays the compilation of vital statistics at the State level. This delay is due to inordinately long time taken for intermediate tabulation at the district and town/municipality levels because of inadequate staff and manual compilation and tabulation of data.

As concerns Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), the reports are not received regularly and from all indented hospitals. While some estimates of IMR are available from SRS, the only available estimate of MMR is from the 1998 Health and Family Welfare surveys. In the absence of completely reliable data on certified cause of deaths, estimation of maternal mortality rate is very difficult. The incidence of maternal mortality being low, deriving reliable sample estimates requires a very large sample size. Recommendations by the Demographer from UNFPA to improve the Civil Registration System in Rajasthan

1. Continuous Mass Awareness campaign through T.V./Radio etc. is required to create demand of Births and Deaths Certificates.

2. Identification of low performing districts and to provide computer to these districts.

3. Trainings of all registration functionaries should be organized at district, block and gram (village) panchayat level regularly.

4. NGO’s should be involved in civil registration work at Block level and Gram Panchayat level.

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5. Capacity building of the staff in analysis of data related to birth and death registration and sex ratio at birth.

6. Comprehensive analysis of data related to birth and death registration

needs to be done.

7. Sensitization of the Officials at state, district, GP level and PRIs in understanding the current demographic scenario of Rajasthan and the importance of birth and death registration and infant and maternal mortality could be done through state, district, block and panchayat level meetings in selected tribal districts with power point presentations and wall charts in local language about the current status of infant, maternal mortality and the level of birth and death registration.

8. In order to match the computation of expected events and the level of percentage of birth and death registration of the State at the National level, the population projections of the State of Rajasthan may be used and for the districts may be updated by the ratio method with the input population projections for India and States, Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections Constituted by the National Commission on Population, Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI) for comparison at the State and National level. In this report, the population projections for most of the States have been done using the Component Method of Population Projection, which is the most preferred method of projection compared to the mathematical methods of population projections. The component method of population projection takes into account the entire gamut of population change including fertility (births), mortality (deaths) and migration.

9. Block level analysis needs to be done to arrive at number of low performing blocks in the low performing districts to facilitate further focused intervention.

10. Surveys and studies needs to be carried out to understand the causes of low registration of still births, infant and maternal deaths.

11. IEC campaign to improve awareness and sensitize the community regarding the use of birth and death registration. Use of local folk media to communicate the message of importance and significance of birth and death registration.

12. There is a requirement of a Software for data entry of the three forms of Birth, Death and Stillbirth with provision for entry of more than 2.2 million record entries per year. The software should have provisions for data entry, validation and generation of reports at state, district, block, urban local bodies, panchayat and village levels. This software can enable generation of data of deaths by five year age groups needed for age specific death rates, which is now available only for 10 year age intervals, for the construction of life tables. Life tables can be used to compute survival ratios for component

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method of population projection, life expectancy at birth and under five mortality rate at the district level. Certain important indicators can be computed like; Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB), Stillbirth Rate (SBR), Percentage of institutional births, Percentage of institutional deaths, Crude Birth Rate (CBR), Crude Death Rate (CDR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) from the software with the gradual improvement in the level of reporting.

13. There is information available on the place of residence of the mother who has given birth to either a live or stillbirth, or the person who is dead, which if entered and compiled, could be used to recompute the level of percentage of birth and death registration and indicators of IMR and MMR.

The analysis of the trend and time series data of CRS for the last eight years from 2001 to 2008 for Rajasthan in the publication prepared by the Demographer from UNFPA in the seminal publication titled, “Civil Registration System in Rajasthan: 2001-08” revealed the following:

1. There is a high under enumeration of infant and maternal deaths compared to SRS vital rates, though not strictly comparable.

2. The age-wise distribution of CRS compared with age-wise distribution in SRS revealed that the registration of deaths at higher ages is higher compared to the lower ages

Source : Civil Registration System in Rajasthan: 2001-08 Study commissioned by UNFPA with Govt. of Rajasthan to validate civil registration data in Rajasthan Considering the extreme importance of the Civil Registration System, a study on the Audit and Validation of Vital Registration Data in Rajasthan was undertaken by UNFPA and Govt. of Rajasthan. This Study was commissioned to ORG Centre for Social Research, New Delhi. This study examined the coverage and flow of information related to the process of registration of births and deaths, collation and transfer of information to the higher levels by the responsible authorities and attempted to understand community awareness and their perceived value of vital registration that impede universal registration of birth and deaths. The study was conducted in the sampled four districts of Alwar, Barmer, Kota and Sri Ganganagar. The districts were chosen on the basis of best performing and poor performing districts. The study found that there is quite low level awareness regarding vital registration and issues in transmission of records and gaps in filling up of forms. There is no system of digitizing records.

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Comparison of Survey Estimates with Annual DES Estimates- Birth & Death Registration

Districts Birth Registrations - Survey

Estimates(Weighted) (2007-2009)

Birth Registrations - Annual DES

Estimates (2007)

Death Registrations - Survey

Estimates(Weighted) (2007-2009)

Death Registrations - Annual DES

Estimates (2007)

Ganganagar 71.9 90.8 76.6 69.3 Alwar 80.3 71.2 56.6 63.0 Barmer 54.3 55.0 58.8 36.4 Kota 82.6 85.8 73.1 83.7 All 72.4 80.3 68.0 71.6

The study estimated the level of registration of births and deaths and following the application of weights, they were compared with the annual estimates of level of registration of births and deaths published by DES. The birth registration estimates in case of districts Barmer and Kota had negligible variation but in case of Ganganagar, the survey estimate was lower than that estimated by the Directorate while it was the other way round in Alwar district. It was found that nearly seven out of ten deaths in the state were registered and interestingly, the survey estimates matched well with the Directorate estimates at the state level while it was not so at the district level due to less number of registered deaths captured in the survey. The survey results for two districts of Ganganagar and Barmer were higher than Directorate results while it was the other way round for Alwar and Kota districts. Due to small sample of deaths at the district level, it is cautioned not to compare district level weighted results as well. The level of awareness regarding birth and death registration was found to be quite low. Overall, four out of 10 respondents were aware of birth registration and expectedly, awareness was higher in urban than in rural areas. The overall awareness of death registration was around 37 percent and was over half in case of urban areas.

The other observations were that there is a quite poor maintenance of records at the block level. Block officials simply compile statistical information from the registration forms and send a compiled report to district officials. The district officials in turn send all the compiled statistical tables from the statistical part to the concerned state department at the end of the year. Further, a copy of the information is also not retained. All the records of statistical parts are just passed on to the state office without verification or any value addition and this give an impression of functioning similar to that of a post-office. At the state office, records of statistical part of each vital event registered at the primary level in the entire state are stored in a room in jute or polythene sacks/bags with no identification particulars and is difficult to access even simple information. It was reported that human resource crunch in the department was the main reason for not maintaining the records properly.

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The following were the recommendations of the study: Recommendations of the study 1. The Panchayat or Gram Sevak is currently completing the registration process

in the stipulated time, if the household comes to them voluntarily. However, for households who are not coming, no efforts were made to educate them. If the village officials proactively participate in registering and distributing the certificates, there will be enormous change in the level of vital registration. Concerted awareness building exercise through mass media along with interpersonal communication through related departments, panchayat and village level functionaries should be systematically initiated

2. The hub point for the VRS activities should be the Panchayat office and the Gram Sabha in rural areas and nagarpalika/municipalities in urban areas.

a. VRS monitoring should form part of the agenda of the routine meetings and should be made mandatory.

b. Provision of a notice board in front of all the vital registration offices and panchayat/ nagarpalika offices can be made and registration details can be displayed and update each month

c. Laminated VRS certificates can be distributed so that the durability can be ensured.

3. Furthermore, with increasing institutional deliveries due to JSY, the role of

health department becomes more prominent and hence there is a need to piggy-back and use the health department through proper coordination mechanism. A dialogue at the policy level between planning, ICDS, PRI and health departments may be necessary to work out the mechanisms of registration and issuance of certificate. This has to be followed up by orientation of concerned officials and functionaries and inter-departmental review meetings should be initiated at pre-determined intervals for speeding up the registration process

4. Perhaps twice in a year, certificate distribution mela can be organized

by the government. In the mela, structured propaganda can be made to enhance the awareness of registrations and diffuse the benefits of registration. Poster campaigns or street plays can be organized. The main theme of the propaganda or fulcrum of the campaign should be on – WHY- why there is a need for registration of vital events and HOW- how to register and procure the certificates. In addition, the unissued certificates in block/ district level can be given to the Panchayat Secretary for distributing at the village level.

5. Corrections in the forms are imperative and the processes of

computerization with adequate software are a necessity. Further, it is suggested that all the concerned officials and staff should be explained/trained about the importance of the auditing and keeping the records at every level from top to bottom properly. Further provision to keep copies of the statistical parts of the vital events at block and district level before sending to state office should be made or there is a need to

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computerize from the block level onwards. Computerization will actually help in reducing the work load at the state level and enable good quality data with minimum error.

6. A Central Monitoring and Evaluation Team (CMET) may be setup at the

state office in order to monitor and evaluate the vital registration system in Rajasthan. This team can independently do a sample household survey for identification of vital events in the districts and subsequently trace the events. The CMET can also monitor all the activities related to vital registration system like registration, flow of records from the hospitals to the municipality and from lower levels to district and state, functioning of notifiers and engage themselves in documentation and dissemination work. In a nutshell, there is a need to develop unique identification number for each vital event, computerize right from block level upwards and use the same for transmission to different administrative levels.

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16. Electricity production and Distribution

Agency

The electricity production and distribution is carried out through the following five Companies: 1. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan

Nigam Ltd., Jaipur - for generation of electricity.

2. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur - for bulk transmission of electricity.

3. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur- for distribution of electricity. 4. Rajasthan Rajaya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. Ajmer - for distribution of electricity 5. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran

Nigam Ltd. Jodhpur- for distribution of electricity 6. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd. 7. Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission

The first two companies have published annual reports and the 3 distribution companies have published consolidated annual progress reports. RRECL also publishes annual progress report. Rajasthan Rajya Vidhut Prasaran Nigam also publishes annual progress report regularly.

Outputs Generated

The principal outputs generated are:

1. Length of Distribution Lines. 2. Installed Capacity (Own + partnership projects+ allocation from Center). 3. Power Consumption by Categories: • Domestic • Commercial • Industrial • Public Lighting; • Agriculture; • Public Water works; • Others 4. Number of consumers served by Categories. 5. Villages Electrified 6. Dhanies electrified 7. Number of wells energised.

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Frequency

Data on power generation is available on a daily basis from the concerned companies. Electricity distribution statistics are available on a monthly basis from the power distribution companies.

Methodology

Power Generation: Data on generation of electricity originates from individual power stations, who provide data on generated power to the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd., Jaipur. This is done on-line on a daily basis. The power generation statistics are compiled on a monthly basis and provided to the Department of Power. In case of emergencies the data on generation is provided to the Department of Power on a daily basis. The Company also compiles data on power generation on an annual basis, which is transmitted to the Power Department and published in the Company's Annual Report.

Power Distribution: Power distribution is managed by three companies with distinct regional responsibilities - Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur (for bulk distribution of electricity); Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur; Rajasthan Rajaya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. Ajmer; and Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. Jodhpur. To have an efficient distribution system, the State has been divided into Regions, circles, Divisions and Distribution centres. Each distribution centre has a number of billing offices, where the meter readers report consumption of electricity by an individual consumer. This reporting is done on a bimonthly basis. Though billing to consumer is done once in two months, about half of them are covered in a month, and another half in next month. Hence power consumption statistics is generated every month.

The billing offices compile statistics on consumption of electricity and transmit it to their respective distribution centres from where it is sent to the Distribution Company through respective Divisions, Circles, and Regions after compilation and consolidation at the respective levels. The four Distribution Companies compile the power consumption data at their respective jurisdiction level and transmit this to the Power Department where the data is compiled at the State level.

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Statistical Returns

Power generation data is on-line. Data on power consumption is reported in a non- statutory form prescribed by the Company in which category wise consumption of power is compiled. Reporting of the progress of rural electrification is done through a monthly progress report (non-statutory).

Publications

There is no statistical publication on power generation and distribution. However, such data is published in the Annual Reports of the Department of Power, and the various companies listed above.

Time Lag

The time lag in data dissemination is 12 months

Staff

All the above companies have their separate set up of statistical sections

Use of IT Transmission of data on power generation from power stations to Rajasthan grid is on line. Billing data is being computerised. Quality The data on electricity generation and consumption is accurate and reliable.

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17. Environment Statistics (including Water Supply and Sanitation and Forestry statistics)

17A. Forestry Statistics

Agency

The Forest Department is responsible for collecting and releasing data on Forests.

Outputs Generated

The principal outputs generated are:

1. Classification of forest area by management and legal status. Percentage forest area w.r.t. geographical area & per capita forest area in Ha.(Decadal & Yearly)

2. Area under plantation 3. Seedling distribution

4. Length of forest roads 5. Wild life census of

Rajasthan, National Park & Sanctuaries in Rajasthan.

6. Details of revenue and expenditure

7. Production of major forest produce

8. Information on sawn and round timber.

9. No. of JFM committees

Methodology

Forest Guards and Forester are amongst the grassroots functionaries involved in collection and compilation of forest statistics. Forest statistics are collected from the field by Forest Guards and Foresters and sent to the Range Forest Officer, where range level data is compiled and sent to the sub-division headed by an Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF). Statistics at the sub-division level are compiled by the ACF and transmitted to the Division headed by a Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF). After compilation of data at the Division level, the same is sent to the Region headed by a Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF). The data is scrutinised and compiled for the Region by the Office of the CCF and sent to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), where compilation of state level statistics is done.

Concerning statistics related to sales and revenues from Forest Depots, the Depots are required to submit monthly report to the Deputy Conservator of Forest on stocks at the beginning of the month, arrivals of forestry produce in the Depot during the month, and sales during the month. Details of stocks and arrivals are

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given in physical terms, while that of sales are provided both in physical and financial terms. This information is compiled for the District, and Depot-wise as well as District- wise reports are sent to the concerned Chief Conservator of Forests in the respective regions where regional level compilation is done and sent to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests for state level compilation.

The data is collected through a number of annual non-statutory returns. Some of the important returns are:

• Forest area of Reserved, Protected and Unclassified Forest under the charge of Forests Department

• Outturn of Timber and Firewood (Cu.m. solid) • Outturn of Minor Forest Produce • Account of Timber and Other Forest Produce cut or collected by Govt. Agency

and brought to depot and sold locally or otherwise • Summary of Revenue and Expenditure • Information on Depot Sale result of firewood and Charcoal for the Year • Information on prices realized at department/FLCS sale of minor • Forest produce information regarding wholesale prices of timber • Information regarding sawn timber • Information regarding round timber • Information regarding wholesale prices of firewood and charcoal prevailing at

various market centres for the quarter ending June/December (Half-yearly) • Information regarding wholesale prices of minor forest produce • Prevailing at various market centers during the year • Information about plantation activities in the area

Publications

Forest statistics are disseminated through following publications:

• Rajasthan Forest Statistics 2009 (every two years) - Forest Department • Administrative Report 2009-10 (Annual) - Forest Department • Forest News - published monthly by the Forest Department • Harit Rajasthan ( Rashtriya Gramin Rojgaar Guarantee Yojana) 2009-10 • Forest Department • Rajasthan ki Paudhashalaye (Hariyali ka Aadhar) 2009-10 (Annual) • Forest Department

Time Lag

The time lag in data dissemination is 18 months

IT Tools Used The Department is computerized fully with facilities for video conferencing and networking with the Chief Conservator of Forests in the Regions. But no IT tool is

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used for statistical work, and compilation and tabulation of data is mostly done manually.

Quality

The quality of forestry statistics suffers because of inadequate supervision of data collection operations at the Beat level, and manual data compilation and tabulation. Moreover, the full scrutiny and validation of the data at the Range and Regional levels is inadequate, which further accentuates the accuracy and reliability issues. There is also inadequate coverage as some relevant social forestry linked parameters like head loads of firewood, wood used as cooking fuel, among others are excluded. However, the data related to the economic activities of the Department, for example, the data on sale of minor produce and timber are of adequate quality.

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17B. Water supply and sanitation statistics

Agency

The Public Health & Engineering

Department is responsible for collection, compilation and dissemination of data on drinking water and sanitation in rural areas. The responsibility for data collection on sewerage and solid waste management, and Common Medical Waste treatment in bigger towns and cities is vested with the

Director Local Bodies.

Principal Outputs

The principal outputs generated are:

1. Number of villages covered by water supply fully/partly/not covered 2. Number villages by source of water supply - hand pumps, traditional

sources 3. Number of Rural schools covered by water supply 4. Monthly physical and financial progress reports on water supply and

sanitation under 20-Point Programme, Swajaldhara Scheme, reports under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Scheme and Minimum Needs Programme, Prime Minister's Scheme announced on 15 August 2002, School reports, and monthly reports on sanitation

5. Type of water supply in towns and cities: a. Piped b. By hand pumps and by powered pumps c. Diggis and Tanks

6. Information about projects for treatment of water for salinity and fluoride. Methodology

In the case of rural areas, statistics on drinking water and sanitation are collected through monitoring of implementation of several schemes that are currently under way in the State, and ad hoc surveys conducted from time to time. Junior Engineers at the Sub-division level are in charge of project implementation and in the process of project implementation collect information

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on available assets in villages, and works under way. Supervision is done by the Assistant Engineer to whom all data/information collected by the Junior Engineer is submitted for compilation at the Sub-division level and onward transmission to the Executive Engineer at the District level. This is scrutinized and compiled for the District and sent to the Superintendent Engineer in the concerned Division (for Rural Areas) and Project Division, headed by s Superintending Engineer for Urban areas. The statistics is compiled for the division and sent to the Chief Engineer of the concerned Region, where it is scrutinized and consolidated, and sent to PHED, where the data is compiled for the State.

Statistics on drinking water and sanitation are also generated through the monitoring of school-specific schemes by the Village Panchayats and maintained by them. The data collected by the Panchayats is not shared with anyone in either PHED or other State government departments/agencies. As concerns urban areas, the process of collection and compilation of statistics up to the District level is similar to that of rural areas as described above. The data compiled at the District level is sent to the Project Division headed by a Superintendent Engineer. This data is scrutinized and tabulated separately for Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils, and the Nagar Janpaths and sent to the Chief Engineer of the concerned Region, where the data is checked and forwarded to PHED where it is further checked and compiled for the State.

The due date of receipt of the monthly reports by the State Headquarters is 5th of the following month. Usually, the reports are received in the Department by 10th and by 15th the reports are sent to the Planning Department and Central Government.

Publications

There are no separate publications on water supply and sanitation statistics. These statistics are, however, published in the Plan documents, Economic Review

of Rajasthan and various statistical compilations of DES. The Public Health Engineering Department however brings Annual Administration Report, which gives details about the departmental activities and also statistical data.

Use of IT No IT equipment is available for the statistical work. The monthly reports

flow is through normal mailing system.

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Timeliness There is a time lag of one year in release of data on water and sanitation issues. Publications Data is disseminated through the Department's Annual Report. The PHED brings out Annual Administration Reports in which the data for Drinking water supplies are published.

Quality

The quality of data generated on drinking water and sanitation is inadequate in terms of adequacy, reliability and timeliness. This is due to limited scrutiny and supervision of village surveys through which data is collected; and delays in data availability caused by multiple layers through which the survey data is sent to the Department without significant value addition by the intervening functionaries - Assistant Engineer, divisional Executive Engineer and the Circle Superintending Engineer. The data is collected on an ad hoc basis and released with a time lag of 18 months.

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18. Participation in National Sample Survey

Agency DES participates in the NSSO’s programme of surveys by canvassing NSS schedules for various rounds on equal matching basis. The data so collected for the state sample are required to be processed at the DES and reports brought out. Principal Data Generated Processed results are printed in the form of reports for various rounds. Frequency Generally a round consists of twelve months but some rounds were of six months due to certain reasons. Methodology

DES collects the data from the households in the state sample through its own field inspectors. The questionnaires, concepts, etc. used are the same as those of NSSO used in the central sample. The state sample size for rural and urban areas is equal to Central sample. Field inspectors submit the filled in schedules at DSO office to be sent to the concerning NSS

supervisor. In Rajasthan, the District Statistical Officers conduct NSS survey as per the directions of the DES to collect data. Supervisors are posted at Divisional Headquarters to supervise field work along with scrutinize the data and send checked schedule to Directorate where the data is again hundred percent scrutinized deeply. Data entry, Validation and Tabulation is performed at DES level by using the software provided by NSSO. The First Stage Units (FSUs) to be surveyed are selected by the NSSO office in Kolkata. Complete enumeration is done in the whole sample FSU. In case of large FSU selected hamlet groups/sub blocks are enumerated as per norms of that round. The required number of household/unit is selected randomly. DES conducts pre-survey state level training for the field staff. The field work of

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inspectors is supervised and monitored by NSS supervisors, District Statistical Officers and officers from DES headquarter. The field work of 66th round (July 2009 to June 2010), Schedule 1.0 of Consumer Expenditure, Schedule 10- Employment and unemployment has been completed. The data collection for the 67th round (July 2010 to June 2011) schedule 2.4 of Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) is under progress. State report on Household Consumer Expenditure of NSS 61st round has been published and report writing work for employment and unemployment 61st round is under progress. Data entry and validation from 62nd to 64th round have also been completed. Data Entry and validation of 65th round is in progress. It is proposed that one Laptop, internet connectivity and necessary software may be supplied to each field inspector so that web based survey may be possible. It will help to save expenditure on stationary (schedules etc.), transportation and data entry operators. Time lag NSSO has agreed to provide Tabulation software for state sample to DES, therefore if Tabulation software is provided by NSSO within one year of completion of field work of that round, then report of that round can be released within one year. A separate cell for report writing is to be formed so that report writing work may be completed timely and time lag may be reduced. Publication A report on “Household Consumer Expenditure in Rajasthan” based on state sample data of 61st round has been released in the month of August 2009, while second report of this round “Employment and Unemployment is to be released shortly. Use of IT DES has 13 Desktop computers and one printer earmarked for NSS data entry and validation work.

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19. Transport statistics Agency The following agencies are responsible for generating data on transport: Transport Statistics: The Transport Department has the responsibility for statistical activities related to transport statistics. The Commissioner of

Transport is the nodal agency for registration of all types of motor vehicles.

Road Statistics: PWD is responsible for road length statistics. Road Accidents: The Police Department is responsible for data on road accidents

Passenger and Goods Traffic: The Rajasthan Road

Transport Corporation is responsible for statistics related to transportation of passengers in State owned buses.

Outputs Statistical Outputs – Transport

Sl. No.

Statistical Output Responsible Agency

1 Number of registered motor vehicles by type Commissioner of Transport

2 Number of newly registered vehicles - do - 3 Number of Drivers' and Conductors' licenses

issued - do -

4 Revenues through taxes and fees - do - 5 Length of roads by categories/type of surface

Roads & Bridges wing of PWD Department Public Works Department

6 Motor Vehicle accidents Police Headquarters

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Frequency

• Data on registration of vehicles and revenue are collected and compiled each month.

• The frequency of data collection on road length is annual. • Road Accidents data and passenger transportation data is compiled on a

monthly basis.

Methodology

Data on Registration of Vehicles: The data on registered vehicles, and other related parameters are compiled by the Regional and District Transport Offices and sent to the Commissioner of Transport by courier every month, where the data is consolidated at the State level, tabulated, and reports generated. The State report is sent to the Government of India. The data is also published in the Annual Progress Report and Statistical Abstract.

Data on Roads lengths (PWD): The data on road lengths consisting of National Highway, major District roads, other District roads, village roads, and Railways roads are collected and compiled by the Assistant Engineer posted in a sub Division. The data is then sent to the Executive Engineer posted in a District who scrutinizes the data and transmits the same to the Superintendent Engineer posted in a Division where the data is consolidated and tabulated for the Division and sent to the Chief Engineer at the State level.

Data on Public Transport System: The Depot Managers of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) collect data on passengers carried and send the same to RSRTC on a monthly basis. This data is compiled and tabulated by RSRTC, and reports generated. The data is also published in the Corporation's Annual Report.

Data on Road Accidents: Data is compiled by the Police Headquarters on the basis of information received from the District Offices and Police Stations of the Police Department. Statistical Returns Standard, non-statutory forms are prescribed for reporting.

Publications

The Department brings out an Annual Administration Report and Statistical Abstract, wherein transport statistics are published.

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Use of IT

The registration of vehicles and issuance of Driving Licence is online. The Department has a full-fledged Computer Centre connected to their District Offices who provide on line data to the Centre. Processing of data is done on PCs in the Commissionerate.

Time lag in release of data is monthly.

There is negligible time lag in respect of release of data relating to registration of vehicles. The time lag for release of data on road length is 4 months and for road accidents, it is 1 month and that for passengers carried by RSRTC is 24 months.

Quality

With regards to the data on vehicle registration, driving licenses, revenue through taxes and fees, these are reliable and accurate. Road length statistics compiled by PWD are of adequate quality. Road accident statistics compiled by the Police Department and passenger traffic suffers due to inadequate coverage.

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20. Statistics for local area planning

Agency

The responsible agency for collection and compilation of statistics for local area planning are the District Planning Committees, which have been created for the purpose of preparing District Plans.

Outputs

Data pertaining to the following aspects of the economy of the District is being collected:

1. Area, Land use, holding size, cropping pattern, average yield of crops, Livestock, natural resources, degraded forests area, ground water level, etc.

2. Human resources - population, number of villages and towns by population levels, education

3. Employment - agricultural labourers, cultivators, industrial labour, services etc. 4. Poverty levels - details of persons below poverty line. 5. Infrastructure and public services -

(a) Drinking water supply (b) Irrigation, (c) Banking; (d) Cooperatives, (e) Marketing; (f) Health Services; (g) Educational Institutions.

6. Industries- (a) Forest based; (b) Mineral based; (c) Khadi & village industries; (d) Medium and Small Industries; (e) Construction Industry; (f) Wholesale and Retail Trade;

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(g) Transport, Truck, Bus, Taxi, Loading Taxis; (h) Services - Administrative, Banking, Educational and Medical & Health Services.

Methodology

The data on above parameters is collected from secondary sources by the Panchayats and the municipalities and transmitted to the Chief Planning Officer, who compiles and tabulates the data at the District level and prepares the Annual Plans for approval of the District Planning Committee.

IT Tools Used Each Panchayat Samiti has been provided with a computer and plans are being made to transmit the data on line to the respective Chief Planning Officers. However, as of now, data compilation is and tabulation is done manually.

Data quality

Data quality is inadequate as district level disaggregated data is not available with respect to several parameters.

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Adequacy of legislation Statistical legislation is a fundamental pre-requisite for an effective statistical system. The statistical legislation defines the statistical system and roles and responsibilities of the various players in the system and safeguards the system and regulates collection and management of official statistics. Presently legislative support is available for the registration of births and deaths and marriages, labour and employment, factories and boilers, local bodies and other regulatory and enforcement authorities. The Central Government has, in the process of implementing the recommendations of the National Statistical Commission, enacted the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 and repealed the Collection of Statistics Act 1953. The new Act enhances the scope of data collection in the official statistical system of the country. It covers all types of data providers, namely, households, enterprises and establishments, unlike the 1953 Act which covers only industrial and commercial concerns. It provides for modern methods of data collection like E-filing. It empowers not only the Central and State Governments, but also the local governments in data collection. It provides for more decentralized data collection activities, as it enables the appointment of statistical officers in any given geographical unit for this purpose. It also has provisions for using the data only for statistical purposes and for disclosing the data to potential users only, after suppressing the identification details of the concerned data providers. The new Act helps in avoiding unnecessary duplication of survey efforts. The Central Government is empowered to make rules under this new Act. It has consulted Central Government departments, State Government and UT Administrations for suggestions to the draft rules prepared by the Central Government. It is expected that the Act and rules will come into force within a short course of time.

Coordination mechanism among producers of Statistics This mechanism in the state is institutionalized in the form of various committees starting from High Power Committees at State Level down to coordination committees upto block or panchayat samiti level. The state committees on agricultural statistics, crop insurance, birth and death registration etc., are regularly meeting and deliberating for improvement. Some of the district level committees are not regularly convened. Hence this mechanism in the districts needs to be much more effective than it is now.

Mechanism for consultation between producers and users Even though there is no formal machinery for consultation between the producers and private users, the enormous advancement in the techniques of data dissemination ensures accessibility to users. The general publication of the department like State and District at a Glance are in good demand by users, who discuss with concerned regarding the features of the data. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is regularly used by industries, after consultation with the DES to determine the quantum of Dearness Allowance enhancement. There is a need to

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facilitate interaction between the two, through formal mechanisms like data users conferences. Institutional integrity, professional, transparency and ethical principles All the departments in charge of production of official statistics in the State are either in the Government or in quasi Government organizations and under the direct control of the Government. This institutional structure however does not affect the quality of the statistics which they collect, analyze and submit for decision and policy making. The statistical policies, practices, methods and operations are strictly guided by professional principles. The department has the total freedom in the collection, processing and dissemination of data. All the operations are transparent. There is a clear separation of statistical product from its analysis ensuring transparency. For example agricultural production statistics through crop cutting experiments, the data on consumer expenditure through National Sample Survey are all transparent. Statistical cadre There exists a well developed common statistical cadre known as the Rajasthan Economic and Statistical Service under the provisions of the cadre and recruitment rules of the department framed by Government. The cadre strength of the Rajasthan Economic and statistical service is 1693. The State Statistical System (SSS) comprises of a) the Directorate of Economics and Statistics at the state level supported by District level officers in all the districts and staff at the Panchayat Samiti level b) departmental statistical divisions in all the major departments, some of which are supported by respective district level statistical staff. The cadre consists of the posts of Director, Joint Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Statistical Officers, Statistical Assistant, Statistical Inspectors and Computors. Provision is made for both direct recruitment and promotion from one cadre to higher. Currently, all the staff have the minimum prescribed qualifications.

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Recruitment Process and Minimum Prescribed Qualifications

The recruitment process and minimum prescribed qualifications are given in the table below:

Recruitment Process and Minimum Prescribed Qualifications

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Name of the Grade in the common cadre

Appointing authority/cadre

controlling authority

Minimum qualifications

1. Director Pr. Secretary / Secretary, Planning department

100 % Promotion post from JD

2. Joint Director -do- 100 % Promotion post from DD

3. Deputy Director -do- 100 % Promotion post from AD

4. Assistant Director -do- 100 % Promotion post from SO

5. Statistical Officer -do- 1st class PG in Mathematics/

Statistics/ Economics or 2nd class PG in above

subjects with at least one year experience in handling official

statistics. 50% by Promotion and 50% by direct

recruitment by RPSC

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Name of the Grade in the common cadre

Appointing authority/cadre

controlling authority

Minimum qualifications

6. Statistical Assistant DES IInd class PG in Mathematics/

Statistics / Economics.

50% by Promotion and 50% by direct

recruitment 7. Statistical Inspector -do- 100% By promotion

from Computor 8. Computor -do- IInd class Graduate in

Mathematics/ Statistics/ Economics.

100% by direct recruitment

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DETAILS OF REVIEW OF THE POSTS GOVERNED UNDER THE RAJASTHAN STATISTICAL SUBORDINATE SERVICE RULES-1971

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Name of the post

Hierarchies

Pay Scale

Mode of appointment

Function laid down to the post

Job requirement and efficiency

1 Statistical Assistant

Highest in Statistical Sub-ordinate Services

Pay Band-2 (9300-34800), Grade pay (3600)

50% by direct recruitment (b)50% by promotion

Collection, compilation and analysis of Statistical data, Maintenance of permanent record of all Statistical activities. Assisting in research work. Assisting in assessing the impact of various developmental activities, schemes and projects. Preparation of reports and reviews. Designing surveys & preparation of survey instructions. Preparation of forms, standardization of formats, methodology. Reconciliation of discrepancies observed in statistical data. On the spot verification of data content

Pay: should be higher in the grade Rs.1640-2900, because (i) the entire nature of work is different to the work of statistical Inspector.(ii) the Pay Scale should be equivalent to the scale of Statistical Assistant working in the Central Government because the nature of job of the posts is the same. This will increase the working efficiency. (iii) Computer working knowledge should be added in the main qualification to get the work done efficiently, Promptly and accurately. (iv) Training facilities be made available to equivalent about the latest techniques

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in primary records, registers and returns etc. Supervision of work of the field agencies for sample (including N.S.S.). Preparation of manuscripts of publications and proof reading. Arrangements of Final Printing in the Press. Maintenance of final printing in the press.

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Name of the post

Hierarchies

Pay Scale

Mode of appointment

Function laid down to the post

Job requirement and efficiency

2. Statistical Inspector

Middle Level post in the service.

Pay Band-2 (9300-34800), Grade pay (3200)

100% by promotion

Collection of primary data in the field. Filling up of schedules and copying work. Processing of collected information. Internal scrutiny of filled-in returns and removal of discrepancies. Compilation of filled in schedules.

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Name of the post

Hierarchies

Pay Scale

Mode of appointment

Function laid down to the post

Job requirement and efficiency

3. Computor

Lowest post in the service

Pay Band-1 (5200-20200), Grade pay (2400)

100% by the direct recruitment.

Scrutiny of entire statistical data concerning his allotment of work. Compilation of Statistical data after proper checking and removal of discrepancies. Proper maintenance of registers and records. Consolidation. Totaling and verification of entries. Copying work relating to the forms/returns, statements and manuscripts etc. Proper handling of calculating machines.

QUALIFICATION/ EXPERIENCE. Knowledge of computer operation should be added in the main qualification to get the work done efficiently, promptly and accurately.

Organizational arrangements

At the state headquarters the organizational arrangements are fairly adequate in terms of the structure, division of responsibilities, allotment of activities and infrastructure. At the district level the department has district offices headed by the District Statistical Officers (DSO). At the sub district level there are no independent units of the department. Lower level functionaries of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics such as Statistical Inspectors and Computors are placed under the administrative control of revenue and development departments. In the absence of offices of the DES at the sub district level, the directorate has to depend on other departments for collection of agricultural statistics as well as statistics relating to health, horticulture, forest, animal husbandry. Since collection of statistical data is not a core activity of these departments, depending

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on their departmental activities, does sometimes delay the collection of data and therefore of consequent activities. The present organizational arrangements as far as the DES and District Offices are concerned, are sustainable in medium as well as long term subject to the regular filling up of the vacancies as and when they arise.

Management including human resource management

The human resource policies for statistical staff are within the overall frame work of policies of the Government. There is provision to both recruit directly from the open market as well as to encourage the existing staff by promotion in predetermined ratios. All the technical staff are required to have an academic background in Statistics, Economics or Mathematics with Statistics. The skill development and up gradation of the staff are taken care of to a limited extent by need based training programmes both on and off the field. Career development is assured owing to the policy of the government to sanction time bound advancements/promotions. As matter of increasing concern is the fact that although the technical staff of the department have the required academic background, the continuous upgrading of skills required in a rapidly changing development scenario, with new statistical tools being developed and the enormous advances in the use of information technology are not being adequately addressed in the short, intermittent and often adhoc training courses being arranged now for the staff of the department. This report, therefore, strongly advocates the setting up of a statistical training hall for the technical staff of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics as well as the statistical staff of all other departments. This will ensure comprehensive skill development in the field of statistics through well planned and organized training programmes, seminar and workshops throughout the year. Effectiveness of process of consulting with providers

There is a clear work programme indicating the various aspects of data collection in respect of all the surveys and censuses. These work programmes are officially communicated to the staff of the concerned departments well in advance, who in turn communicate the importance and necessity of collecting the data to the providers of the information. The field workers are well trained before the commencement of the data collecting process. In respect of certain statistical returns for example in the case of Factories, commercial establishments etc., the consultation process needs to be enhanced particularly because their establishments are not directly answerable and accountable to the statistical authorities concerned at district and state level. Effectiveness of the process of consulting with users

The majority of the users are Government departments. Other users would be academicians and the general public. With the Government agencies there is a regular informal consultation process for user satisfaction in several forums such

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as review meetings, coordination committee meetings, seminars and conferences. The departmental web portal and printed publications are the main channels of dissemination for the academicians as well as the general public. However there is no organized consultative process. It is proposed to organize, in future, data users' conferences in order to get better feedback. Good media coverage of such consultations will bring important information emanating from the studies to the notice of the public.

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CHAPTER 4 : RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THIRTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION : 2010-15 This chapter covers the recommendations of the thirteenth finance commission regarding improvement in the statistical system of State Governments.

12.98 A number of steps have been taken to strengthen the statistical system in the country. The National Commission on Statistics (NCS) was set up to comprehensively steer the growth of the statistical system in the country and oversee all initiatives for its growth. The National Strategic Statistical Plan (NSSP) 2008 sets out the medium term strategy for empowering the existing statistical framework to produce comprehensive good quality relevant economic and social data for policy and decision making. The India Statistical Project (ISP) focuses on strengthening the statistical capacity of all states and Union Territories. In particular, they are being encouraged to effectively meet the national minimum standards with regard to twenty key statistical activities. 12.99 Despite these impressive achievements, a number of important issues remain to be addressed. These are outlined below: i) The need to measure Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at market prices consistent with national estimates, instead of at factor cost, as is presently being done. This is still not available. Further, the measurement of GSDP across states should be standardised such that use of comparable GSDP series by the Finance Commission and other bodies is made redundant. ii) This Commission has elsewhere made recommendations on the need to incorporate environmental considerations into government policy. As part of this effort the estimation of Green GDP/GSDP would be very valuable. Such an estimate would account for depreciation of natural assets and consider loss of income due to environmental degradation. iii) Comparable estimates of district income are extremely relevant for measuring intra-state income disparities. This will enable State Governments to effectively plan policy and programme interventions. They could also be used as a parameter for horizontal distribution of fiscal transfers. As many as 23 states have generated district income statistics for the period 1999-2000 to 2005-06. For these to be usable, all states should generate this data in accordance with the guidelines of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO). They also need to be validated at the national level to ensure comparability. iv) For equitable horizontal distribution, the measurement of cost disabilities is important. The cost of services varies across states due to a large number of factors such as geographic location, population size and distribution and demographic characteristics. Further, to estimate cost disabilities of states, two types of data is required: (a) quantifiable measure of the level of various services available in different states and (b) the corresponding unit cost. As of now, such data is not available. v) Measurement of inter-regional trade data would be useful to provide insights in an inter-regional framework.

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Under this project, some preliminary groundwork is proposed for preparing the platform for addressing the data gaps and estimating the statistics proposed under the TFC. A statistics cell has been proposed in the Environment Department for collection, compilation and analysis of data on environment variables like; air, water pollution and land degradation to make way for the estimation of green GDP.

12.100 We recommend that the Ministry of Statistics take steps to fill in the statistical gaps outlined above. To ensure that the National Strategic Plan is implemented effectively, this Commission recommends grant assistance to State Governments, which should be utilised by them to fill in infrastructure gaps. 12.101 At least 75 percent of the grant will be utilised for strengthening statistical infrastructure at the district level not covered by the India Statistical Project and the proposed CSS pertaining to Basic Statistics for Local Level Development. A maximum of 25 percent of the grant can be used for improving statistical infrastructure at state headquarters. States will be eligible for Rs. 616 crore in the aggregate, with Rs. 1 crore being provided to every district. 12.102 The grant will be drawn down in five annual instalments. The first instalment will be drawn down only after the state submits an expenditure plan for the entire grant. All subsequent instalments will be drawn down after submission of UCs/SOEs for the previous instalments. States are provided the flexibility to modify their expenditure plan at any time. 2.100 We recommend that the Ministry of Statistics take steps to fill in the statistical gaps outlined above. To ensure that the National Strategic Plan is implemented effectively, this Commission recommends grant assistance to State Governments, which should be utilised by them to fill in infrastructure gaps. Submission of UCs/SOEs for the previous installments. States are provided the flexibility to modify their expenditure plan at any time. Source : Report of the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) (2010-15), December 2009 

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CHAPTER 5 : WHERE WE WANT TO REACH ? : THE VISION, GOALS, PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES In light of the assessment of needs and analysis of the current situation in the state, the State has adopted the following Vision for the State Strategic System. Vision for the State

1. Develop a coherent and consistent system of data collection, analysis and dissemination within the present structure of a decentralized set of responsibilities under the constitutional framework and ensure that official statistics matches the data needs at all levels of aggregation from nation level down to sub district level and that it would be comparable both across time and space.

2. Evolve, wherever required, suitable standards and methodologies and further make them dynamic as the process of strengthening state capacities progresses.

3. To strengthen the coordination mechanism among the data producers taking advantage of the status of DES as the nodal agency and the authority managing the statistical cadre.

4. Develop expertise among statistical personnel for independent design of surveys and studies.

5. Conduct baseline, mid-term and endline surveys to datasets for carrying out meaningful evaluation of development programmes.

Mission of the State Statistical System

1. To elevate the status of statistics and make it usable for the administrators

2. To make the state statistical system an indispensable instrument of the development, regulatory and service functions of government

3. To enhance the creditability, comprehensiveness / completeness, timeliness and usability of statistics within and outside government

4. To provide physical infrastructure and to promote human resource capabilities in the statistical system

5. To provide easy accessibility to users by adopting modern technology.

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Strategic goals and strategies: Goal 1: Raise awareness of the role of statistics in administration in the state Strategy:

1. Conduct seminars on the role of statistics in administration for senior administrators

Goal 2: Effective implementation of "The Collection of Statistics Act" 2008 Strategy:

1. Issue a comprehensive circular to all departments of government about the Act

2. Conduct a workshop for the Secretaries, heads of the departments and academicians to apprise them of the provisions of the Act and the role of the departments

3. Conduct a training programme on the provisions of the Act to all statistical personnel

Goal 3: Bring about better coordination among data producers Strategy:

1. Establish a separate coordination division in the DES to oversee the • implementation of Collection of statistics Act 2008 Nodal functions of DES

2. Conduct structured meetings of all departmental statisticians to review the activities and performance of SSS

3. Constitute district level committees under the chairmanship of District Collector with DSO as member secretary to coordinate statistical activities and improve data production process

Goal 4: Raise the accuracy and reliability of statistics Strategy:

1. Train staff of DES and line departments on the CSO technical specifications, data assessment techniques and data collection techniques to the appropriate level for their responsibilities

2. Ensure effective coordination among stakeholders to produce compatible statistics, meeting quality standards

3. Improve the amount and quality of supervision of data collection level 4. Establish the statistical infrastructure needed to produce good economic

and social statistics 5. Fill the vacant posts of primary workers or outsource the work wherever

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6. Focus on 20 key statistical activities to provide reliable, credible and timely data in the first instance and extend this to the entire state statistical system

7. Conduct type studies to improve the base level data wherever needed Goal 5: Raise the usefulness and relevance of state statistics Strategy:

1. Acquire appropriate and adequate state-of-the-art ICT equipment, software and necessary training in ICT applications for all staff to meet the proposed standards for periodicity and timeliness of available data sets

2. Develop effective mechanism for collection and collation of the regular flow of data available from administrative records and these should be duly complemented with the data produced by periodical censuses and surveys

3. Evolve mechanism for effective validation, storage, retrieval, transmission of the administrative data using modern tools of Information and Communication Technology

4. Have established methods of small area estimation to arrive at estimates at district and sub-district levels from surveyed data

Goal 6: Understand and meet user needs more consistently Strategy:

1. Consult with users on a regular basis about their needs and the extent which available data sets meet those needs

2. Bring out annual reports containing analytical data and also disseminate trough departmental website for easy and better accessibility to users

3. Ensure that metadata is prepared and made available with the data 4. Identify suitable monitorable indicators for review and improvement,

keeping the various objectives of the department in view and the schemes implemented

Goal 7: Supplement statistical data with analytical work and capacity building of the personnel Strategy:

1. Establish a fully equipped training centre which will also function as research and training as well as analysis unit

2. Organize training programmes for statistical personnel in statistics, economics, management, evaluation, implementation of the Statistics Act, 2008, project planning, through well structured curriculum

3. Develop curriculum / training modules for HR development by engaging consultants

4. Impart training to all statistical personnel in the modern management of statistical institution and ICT

5. The heads of the different divisions of DES, heads of departmental statistical divisions, chief planning officers and district statistical officers

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should bring out analytical reports at the district and state level on the official statistics collected at the grassroots level. The Annual Administration Reports of the departments should also contain analytical data

Goal 8: Enhance the status of DES Strategy:

1. Elevate the status of Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics to the level of Secretary to Government.

2. To provide adequate human resources to achieve the goals and strategies of SSSP bearing in mind the existing recruitment polices of the government.

3. Provide adequate resource for implementation of SSSP 4. House district statistical offices in own accommodation or in government

premises 5. Fully equip the DSOs office with modern office and computing

equipment. 6. Establish strong inter communication links between DES and national

level statistical organization in all central ministries, other state SSBs, district statistical offices and departmental statistical divisions and private users

Goal 9: To carry out and improve the 20 key statistical activities according to specified national standards

Reforms proposed for strengthening the Key Statistics considered under ISSP

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Key Statistical Activity

Reforms proposed Expected output

1 State Domestic Product Estimates

1 State Domestic Product Estimates Following studies are being suggested as per the recommendations of the advisory committee on estimation of State Income constituted in 1995: Agriculture

• For estimating value of input in agriculture crop raising sector Farm Management Studies and cost of cultivation studies be conducted through Directorate of Agriculture and Rajasthan Agriculture University in different agro climatic zones for arriving at Rajasthan specific norms which may be applied rather than using CSO norms.

Animal Husbandry

• A study be undertaken regarding

More reliable estimate of GSDP and NSDP meeting

National Minimum Standards

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the number of unauthorized slaughter houses and the number of animals slaughtered in collaboration of concerned local bodies. For the number -of slaughtered animals, meat merchants association and the like bodies be also contacted.

• Poultry survey be conducted for updating the 1965-66 norm for assessment of number of birds slaughtered and average yield per bird as 600 gm. Per bird appears to be on lower side.

Forest

• For farm forestry, social forestry and road side plantation and the like, a study be undertaken by the Forest Department in consultation with DES.

• For updating the norms for value of unrecorded forest produce, the DES in collaboration with Forest Department may undertake a study.

Construction

• Norms for wage component regarding construction sector be updated by type studies in different regions in consultation with PWD/Bridge construction Corporation.

• A rapid sample survey or a census

enquiry be conducted in Jaipur and other major cities/towns for collecting particulars of housing activities in private sector. Alternative source of data like approval of site plans etc. by JDA/ UITs be examined in view of their utility for the purpose.

Other Transport and Storage

• The Directorate of Economics and Statistics may undertake a type study in Jaipur city to estimate the number of persons per vehicle and this may be applied for estimating the working force for this sector. Working force, thus arrived at be cross checked with that computed on the basis of 1981-1991 growth rate.

• Special studies/surveys be

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undertaken to estimate per head earnings in case of non-mechanised transport.

Real Estate, Ownership of Dwelling & Business Services

• A type study be conducted in all the cities having population more than one lakh in a phased manner to estimate per head earnings in respect of the persons engaged in real estate services, for which a list of private operators dealing with the real estate may be prepared in consultation with JDA/UIT’s /Municipalities and other local bodies etc.

• The Directorate of Economics & Statistics may undertake a sample survey in rural & urban areas for arriving at the norms of the rental value to replace the existing norms provided by the CSO for future years, the rental value be adjusted on the basis of house tax collections.

Other Services

• Type Studies may be conducted in important cities and selected villages to estimate per head earnings for the residual segment of educational services i.e. for those institutions only for which budget documents are not available. These may be adjusted for each year in proportion to total increase/decrease the contribution of S.D.P. from public sector educational services. A type study may be undertaken to work out the norms for (i) para-medical staff per doctor and (ii) per head earnings of various categories of staff. These norms be updated after every five years.

• Value added from charitable medical institutions be estimated through type study.

• A sample survey be conducted in respect of sanitary, legal and other services for working out per head earnings and working force may be estimated on the basis of growth rate between 1981-1991 censuses. The check the veracity of the norms of 48 percent of the total collections under entertainment Tax for purposes of SDP from

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Entertainment services. A type study be conducted at a few places in the state.

• A study to estimate the contribution of tourism sector in the State’s GDP These studies will be carried out in association with the concerned departments based on the future needs, which may change.

2 Estimate of Capital Formation and Savings

2 Capital Formation and Savings

• A study is proposed to compile the estimates of capital formation for private and household sectors from 1999 till date.

• A software is planned to be developed for compilation of capital formation and savings estimates.

• Saving estimates training will be taken from CSO

Precise estimate of capital formation and savings

3 Estimates of District Domestic Product

3 District Domestic Product

• Regular training of district level staff of District Statistical Offices for preparing DDP estimates.

DDP estimates of few sectors like; commodity producing sector may be attempted at the district level

4 Estimates of the Contribution of Local Bodies

4 Contribution of Local Bodies • The Panchayati Raj Department and

Urban Local Bodies Directorate should submit the budget and annual accounts of all local bodies (Urban local bodies and Panchayat Samitis) to DES.

• The budget and accounts of all local bodies will be computerized at DES.

Estimates of contribution of local bodies sector in public administration will be prepared on the basis of large sample size based on information provided by local bodies

5 Data on Major Fiscal Variables

5 Major Fiscal data relating to Budget Estimates Efforts to will be made reduce the time lag in the publication of Economic and Purpose Classification of Budget.

The time lag will be reduced

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Key Statistical Activity

Reforms proposed Expected output

6 Annual Survey of Industries

6 Annual Survey of Industries 7 Index of Industrial Production (IIP) Establishment of a webportal for ASI and IIP

The time lag in the publication of industrial statistics of organized sector will be reduced, which will help in assessing and evaluating the changes in the growth, composition and structure of this sector The time lag in publication of state level IIP estimates will be reduced, which will help in estimating contribution of the Electricity, Mining and Manufacturing sectors of GDP for the State.

7 Index of Industrial Production

8 Crop Area and Production Statistics

8 Crop Area & Production Estimates Proposed Strategy A software is proposed to be developed for the data entry and derivation of estimates of TRS schedules collected in each seasons like; Kharif, Rabi and Zaid Rabi.

This will help in reducing the time lag in publication of reports based on these estimates

9 Wholesale Price Index

9 Wholesale Price Index Proposed Strategy Recently, a webportal has been developed for the data entry of prices for uploading and generation of reports for the computation of the wholesale price index. This will be implemented and developed.

This will reduce time lag

10 Consumer Price Index

10 Consumer Price Index

• Time lag will be reduced in collection of data

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Key Statistical Activity

Reforms proposed Expected output

11 Health, Morbidity, Mortality and Family Welfare Statistics

11 Health, mortality, morbidity and family welfare statistics Proposed strategy The levels of fertility and mortality and population growth rate is quite high in Rajasthan. Currently, the IMR is five times that of Kerala and MMR is about four times that of Kerala. There is no direct estimate of IMR and MMR at the district level to identify the districts with low performance on these outcome indicators. So, there is a need to improve the Civil Registration System, which can be used to estimate vital rates or conduct regular surveys to estimate outcome indicators of health vital statistics like; CBR, CDR, IMR, U5MR and MMR at the district level for the identification of low performing districts, so that those districts could be focused.

• Studies will be conducted to estimate district level IMR

• Statistical Surveys to estimate the prevalence of diseases by geographical area and social category to enable focused attention in these areas and social groups

• Easier access and retrieval

12 Education and Literacy Statistics Statistics on Educational Institutions School Enrolment Data

12 Education and literacy statistics Studies will be conducted to estimate inter-censal literacy rates

Literacy Rates in the intercensal period may be available

13A Labour and Employment Statistics Labour Statistics Employment Statistics

13A Labour Statistics & 13B Employment Statistics

Studies will be conducted and new data will be available

14 Housing Statistics

14 Housing Statistics Proposed Strategy A statistical cell has been proposed.

Statistics on housing in addition to statistics collected by the Housing Board will be collected and compiled

15 Birth and Death Registration Statistics and Population

15 Birth and Death Registration Statistics and Population Suggestions to improve the Civil Registration System Proposed Strategy As per the recommendations of the NSC, the following action plan is proposed: Preservation and Maintenance of Civil Registration Records The digitization of records is necessary for

Reliable Vital Estimates of IMR and MMR after the system is improved

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retrieval, data collation and analysis. So, it is suggested that all the records from 2011-15 will be digitized or entered in a software and retrieved for official record search and data compilation and analysis purposes. IEC for Birth and Death Registration The publicity measures to create awareness among the general public about the need, importance and benefits of birth and death registrations through the electronic media (through Doordarshan, AIR, DAVP, Private TV channels etc.) is essential. The release of advertisement on birth and death registration in the leading local newspapers during school admission time is necessary. Training State Government is responsible for the registration of births and deaths occurring in the state and issue of birth and death certificates thereof. The goal is to achieve the hundred percent level of registration of births and deaths by 2010 as mandated by the National Population Policy 2000. The training of civil registration functionaries for their capacity building is necessary. It is therefore suggested that sufficient budget provision should be there for block, district and state level training. Evaluation Studies Provision for critical evaluation of the efficiency for all procedures from creation of the legal records to the compilation of the statistical publication themselves is an essential element of a good system of vital statistics. The provision for appropriate methods for evaluating the various facts of the system and for constant vigilance to see to it that approved methods are applied and that any necessary remedial action is taken is a primary function of the Chief Registrar Office for vital statistics. The variety of studies such as checking the aggregate number registered and distribution of birth and death certificates, assessing the efficiency of notifiers and registration functionaries at periphery, application of analytical methods for evaluation of registration data. Such studies will be helpful to provide feedback for improvement of the system:

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Key Statistical Activity

Reforms proposed Expected output

16 Electricity Production and Distribution Statistics

16 Electricity production and Distribution Statistics A Statistical Cell has been proposed

Energy Statistics will be available in an integrated manner

17 17.A 17.B

Environment and Forestry Statistics Forestry Statistics Water Supply and Sanitation Statistics

17 Environment Statistics (including Water Supply and Sanitation and Forestry statistics)

17A Forestry Statistics

17B Water supply and sanitation statistics

Estimates of Environmental loss. Contribution of forest in the state domestic products. Contribution of Rajasthan forest in sequestration of Carbon ton per Ha. per Annum. Improvement of quality of forestry statistics

18 Participation in Surveys of the National Sample Survey Organization.

18 Participation in National Sample Survey

Software will be developed to pool data of State and National level for NSS data

With technical guidance and support of CSO, NSSO Delhi, software for validation checks at the district level and data pooling to enable increase in sample size for district level estimates

19 19.A 19.B 19.C 19.D

Transport Statistics Motor Vehicle Registration Statistics Road Statistics Traffic Accident Statistics Passenger Traffic Statistics

19 Transport Statistics Maintenance and repair of road transport equipment- Information relating to motor garages and automobile workshops is not available in the department, but it can collected through adhoc survey.

Survey / study is proposed by the department to fill the data gap

20 Statistics for Local Area Planning.

20 Statistics for local area planning Block Level Statistical setup is proposed

Data for decentralized planning will be available

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A short summary of the 20 key statistics is presented as follows: Particulars 1. State Domestic Product (SDP) estimates

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

• Gross/Net SDP at current & constant prices • GSDP /NSDP by economic activity • Per capita income at current and constant prices

Key Publications : • Estimates published in the Economic Review • Estimates of SDP publication

Data Gaps/ scope of improvement • The data quality suffers because of use of old

indices / ratios/rates/norms in computation of SDP

• GSDP at market Price • Green GSDP

Proposed inputs • These indices / ratios/ rates/ norms are to be updated by conducting various survey / studies

• Capacity building at districts • CSO guideline of 13

th Finance Commission would

be followed (yet to be issued) Expected outputs

State GDP may meet the national minimum standards

Particulars 2. District Domestic Product (DDP) estimates

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

• Gross/Net District Domestic Product • Per capita Gross/Net District Domestic

Product Key Publications Estimates of District Domestic Product of Rajasthan 1999-2000 to 2006-07 Data Gaps/ scope of improvement Comparable estimates of district income needs to be validated at National Level

Proposed inputs • Capacity building at district level • Follow-up of CSO guideline of 13FC • Separate statistical cell at block level

Expected outputs

• Comparable estimates of district income would be validated at National Level

• Block level statistical data will be available for estimation

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Particulars 3. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF ) estimates

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Estimates of GFCF for the public and private sector are the principal output Key Publications Estimates of GFCF is being published in Economic Review regularly. Data Gaps/ scope of improvement

• Enterprises do not provide data for actual addition to fixed assets

• Data on type of assets is not available

Proposed inputs

A study is proposed to compile the estimates of capital formation for private and household sectors from 1999 till date. A software is planned to be developed for compilation of capital formation and savings estimates.

Expected outputs

Precise estimate of capital formation and savings

Particulars 4. Contribution of local bodies to State GDP

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Value of State Domestic Product contributed by local bodies Data Gaps/ scope of improvement

• There is inadequate response in case of annual budget data.

• Expenditure of local bodies on outsourced services and activities is not provided by the local bodies to DES.

Proposed inputs

The Panchayati Raj Department and Urban Local Bodies Directorate should submit the budget and annual accounts of all local bodies (Urban local bodies and Panchayat Samitis) to DES. The budget and accounts of all local bodies will be computerized at DES.

Expected outputs

Estimates of contribution of local bodies sector in public administration will be prepared

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Particulars 5. Major fiscal data relating to Budget Estimates

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Annual budget released by the Finance Department. Key Publications

• Budget Study, 2010-11 • Budget at a glance, 2010-11Economic and

Purpose Classification of Budget, 2008-09

Proposed inputs Efforts to will be made reduce the time lag in the publication of Economic and Purpose Classification of Budget.

Expected outputs The time lag will be reduced

Particulars 6. Crop area and Production Statistics

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

• Land Use Statistics • Estimates of area under kharif, rabi and Zaid

rabi • Estimates of average yields of major Kharif and

Rabi crops. • Indices of Area, Production, Productivity, Farm

Harvest Prices, Gross/Net Area Sown etc. Key Publications

• Annual publication on Timely Reporting Scheme, 2009-10

• Annual publication on agricultural statistics, 2007-08

Proposed inputs • Capacity building of Manpower • A software is proposed to be developed for the

data entry and derivation of estimates of TRS schedules collected in each seasons like; Kharif, Rabi and Zaid Rabi.

Expected outputs • Sub district level Data would be available • This will help in reducing the time lag in

publication of estimates

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Board of Revenue Key Statistics Crop area and production statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Crop Area Production and Yield Statistics General Crop Estimation Surveys (GCES) Livestock Census Crop Cutting Experiments Fruit & Vegetable Scheme Rainfall Data Crop Insurance data

Key Publications Annual Administrative Report The statistical information is being released by DES

Timeliness :Time lag in publication, if any

There is a time lag of 12 months in release of final estimates for crop area and production. This is due to delay in receiving reports by the Tehsil

Human Resources available

JD-1, AD-1,SO-2, SA-14, Computor-14 (2Vacant)

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop-2, Printer-2, UPS-1,

Human Resources requirement

Dir.-1, AD-1, SO-1, (SA-498, already proposed in BSOs) At present there is no statistical staff below district level, for collecting the tehsil wise data the post of SAs are required. For improvement in crop and area statistical work other posts are also required

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-30, Printer-15, UPS-30, Software-4, Networking required

Capacity Building/ Skill upgradation requirement

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Improvement in Major Statistical Output

Tehsil wise data would also be available Qualitative data would be generated Proper inspection, monitoring, tabulation, crop cutting experiments would be helpful in area statistics results

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Particulars 7. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Wholesale Price Index i) Primary Articles, ii) Fuel, power, light & lubricants, and iii) Manufactured Products. Key Publications : Monthly Press Release

Proposed inputs Recently, a webportal has been developed for the data entry of prices for uploading and generation of reports for the computation of the wholesale price index. This will be implemented and developed.

Expected outputs This will reduce time lag

Particulars 8. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data collection

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

CPI for industrial workers are worked out by the Labour Bureau, Shimla for Jaipur, Ajmer and Bhilwara Centres of Rajasthan. These indices are worked out on monthly basis in respect of each centre for six groups viz: i) Food, ii) Pan, supari, tobacco & intoxicants, iii) Fuel & light, iv) Housing, v) Clothing, bedding & foot wear and vi) Miscellaneous Key Publications Monthly release

Proposed inputs As it is prepared and published by the Labour Bureau, Shimla, it will not be considered here for the purpose of strengthening by the DES

Expected outputs The time lag in collection of prices will be reduced

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Particulars 9. Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Distribution of factories by variables like employment, fixed capital, inputs (fuel and materials), gross output and gross input and net value added at 2 and 3 digit level of industrial classification of NIC 2004. Key Publications : Report on Annual Survey of Industries

Proposed inputs One SI at each district statistical office for collection of data from the industries personally in place of the present system of collection of data through posts, which creates delay and leads to loss of quality

Expected outputs The time lag in the publication of industrial statistics of organized sector will be reduced, which will help in assessing and evaluating the changes in the growth, composition and structure of this sector and inform planning, policy and decision-making

Particulars 9. Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs IIP for Manufacturing, Mines and Minerals and Electricity Groups Key Publications The IIP report is published annually.

Proposed inputs Establishment of an online webportal for data entry and report generation

Expected outputs The time lag in publication of state level IIP estimates will be reduced, which will help in estimating contribution of the Electricity, Mining and Manufacturing sectors of GDP for the State.

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Particulars 10. Birth and Death Registration Statistics

and Population Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

• Data on registered births and deaths and estimated vital rates

• Data on deaths classified by age, cause of death

• Data on age and education of mother, order of birth

• Key Publications : • Annual report on the working of the

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, 2008

• Annual Vital Statistics Report, 2009 • Civil Registration System in Rajasthan :

2001-2008 Data Gaps/ scope of improvement

• Registration levels are low and vital rates are underreported

Proposed inputs Capacity building of district level manpower on Estimation and projection of population Studies are proposed to estimate vital events on a regular basis

Expected outputs • Improvement in the level of birth and death registration

• Improvement in the reliability of estimates of vital rates

• Population projections will be available for policy making

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Particulars 11. Participation in National Sample Survey

Present Status Major Statistical Outputs

Processed results are printed in the form of reports for various rounds Key Publications A report on “Household Consumer Expenditure in Rajasthan” based on state sample data of 61st round has been released in the month of August 2009, while second report of this round “Employment and Unemployment is to be released shortly.

Proposed inputs A separate cell for report writing is to be formed so that report writing work may be completed timely and time lag may be reduced. Software will be developed to pool data of State and National level for NSS data

Expected outputs With technical guidance and support of CSO, NSSO Delhi, software for validation checks at the district level and data pooling will increase in sample size for district level estimates

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Other Line Departments concerned with Key Statistics

Particulars Department : Health & Family Welfare

Key Statistics Health, mortality, morbidity and family welfare statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Live birth, Neo natal & Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Couple Protection Rate. Immunization & childhood diseases information Maternal & child health information Pregnancy & Child Tracking and Health Management System. Village wise - sub Centre wise Health information, Number of people adopting Family welfare methods, type of method used. Unmet Need for Family Planning Methods Number of Medical Institutions. Number of Beds and their Distribution for medical Institutions Online reporting of communicable & non communicable diseases. Number of beds for Men, Women and Children Distribution of Beds for different disease Number of Indoor and Outdoor patients Result of Indoor Patients Number of Surgical Operations by Disease, sex, Medical Certification of cause of Death Snakebite cases by sex and age group; Report on Epidemics. Number of patients for different National Health Programmes Deaths due to use of Insecticides; Deaths due to dog bites and hydrophobia;

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Particulars Department : Health & Family Welfare

Quality of data: Data on IMR, MMR, CBR & TFR are under reported as compared to SRS. The data suffers due to poor response rate on some health parameters. There are a few exclusions, for example, non accredited medical practitioners in private sector and voluntary/non-government organizations since there is no law or Act for controlling of private hospitals & nursing homes and there is no registration of these institutions under any govt. law. Yet the department is collecting data on morbidity, mortality, pre-natal and post-natal health care services from private institutions. The absence of benchmark surveys with respect to prevalence of diseases in the community limits the utility of data generated. Health indicator as per departmental reports doesn’t match with evaluated survey reports like NHFS, DLHS & SRS.

Key Publications

Annual Administrative Report

Human Resources Sanctioned

DD-1, AD-1, SO-3, SA-83, SI-12, Computor-68 The manpower is not available at block level Insufficient statistical Staff at Medical Colleges & DH/SDH Hospitals.

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop-317, Printer-317, UPS-317, Software-3

Strengthening of Monitoring

Integrated Health Information Bureau at State, District & Block level. Expansion of Pregnancy & Child Tracking System to incorporate tracking of all Eligible Couple for family planning methods. Mortality data (IMR, MMR) Population stabilization data. Prepare Annual Plan National Health Programs (Malaria, TB, Leprosy, Blindness etc.) Information system for Medicare Relief Society, Benefits of BPL Patients Institution wise Manpower, equipment, Building and other resources

Publication Health Institutional Directory and village health directory Monthly, Quarterly & Annual Health & FW statistics. District wise Health Indicators.

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Particulars Department : Health & Family Welfare

Quality of Data Sub-Centre Wise, Sex-wise and Community group wise data will be collected. Individual beneficiaries information collection and Analysis. Hospital Management Information System. Organization of Health Survey Pregnancy & Child Tracking System will be strengthened and expanded. New data set would be released after placement of adequate staff at various levels.

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Mother and child tracking system may improve validation of data on tracking of pregnant women & children receiving services.

Human Resources requirement (Additional)

J.D.-1, Dy.Dir-1, A.D.-8, S.O.-43. S.A.-42, S.I.-308, Computor-342 This staff is required for the improvement of data quality/reliability, conduct of survey, preparation of new data sets etc.

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-7, Printer-5, UPS-7, Software-5. Net working

Relevance : Data relevant but not available or not collected

By organizing health survey appropriate database would be available for community and region wise disease surveillance

Reliability of data: Mother and child tracking system may improve validation of data

Key Publications New publication of demographic & health data would be released

Timeliness : Time lag in publication, if any

IT facility will improve the retrieval of data and it will also help to reduce the time lag of publications

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Key Statistics Labour Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

The office of the State Labour Commissioner is responsible for labour statistics derived from data collection related to Labour Acts including Payment of Bonus Act, and Child Labour (Prevention and Regulation) Act, among others

• Industrial Complaints-received and processed

• Industrial Disputes-received and processed

• Quasi Judicial Works in various Acts

• Enforcement of various Labour Laws

Key Publications Annual report of the labour Department, 2009-10 Timeliness :Time lag

12 Months (Labour Statistics sent to Labour Bureau Shimla/ Chandigarh)

Human Resources sanctioned

AD-1 (Kept in abeyance), SA-1, SI-1, Computor-1

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop-1, Printer-1, UPS-1

Human Resources requirement

S.O.-7, S.A.-33 The post of Assistant Director is Kept in Abeyance which may be continued For the improvement in qualitative statistics the posts of statistical cadre at each district and divisional HQ

IT Infrastructure requirement

District level : Desktop-33, Printer-33, UPS-33, Software-33, Networking Commisionerate level : Desktop-3, Printer-3, UPS-3, Software-3, Networking

Expected outputs Time lag will be reduced

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Key Statistics Employment Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Employment in organised sector by industry and gender Number of job seekers on live registers of employment exchanges by qualification and other categories like ST, SC, OBC etc. Number of candidates sponsored Number of placements made Number of applicants and placement in employment by level of Education Employment in Public Sector- Industries and Services District wise Employment in Public Sector.

Key Publications Annual report of the employment department Rajasthan Rozgar Sandesh Fortnightly

Timeliness :Time lag in publication, if any

12 Months

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Employment data is not available in respect of agriculture and allied occupations in the private sector and household establishments

Human Resources Sanctioned Vacant

Computor-2 Computor-1

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop- 1, Software-1

Expected outputs Survey / Study may be conducted for Employment data which is not available in respect of agriculture and allied occupations in the private sector and households establishments. Employment data in respect of agriculture and allied occupations in the private sector and households establishments would be available The data quality would be improved in terms of adequacy, reliability and accuracy.

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Key Statistics Housing Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

At present Rajasthan Housing Board is providing information on houses for EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG groups Scheme wise housing data is being released by the concerning department.

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Construction activities with respect to Rural & Semi-Rural areas are not captured in Housing Statistics. Consolidated Housing Statistics is not being published.

Human Resources Sanctioned

SO-1

Major Statistical Output

New data sets would be available on Housing Schemes, Land Allotment, 90-B Cases, Slum development, Conversion of colony on agricultural land, Data related to RHB/ Devt. Authorities, UITs, Updation of data will be possible with IT devt.

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Housing Statistics would be collected from Urban and Rural local bodies (The rural housing statistics would be collected from PR Department)

Human Resources requirement

D.D.-3 (UDH+RHB+JDA), S.O.-2 (Jaipur and Jodhpur Dev. Authority), S.A.-41(UDH – Hq+ Development Authorities +UITs) For creation of data base of Housing Statistics from Housing Board, Development Authorities, Urban Housing a Statistical Cell is proposed to be established in UDH.

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-2, Printer-2

Expected Output

Annual Urban Housing Statistics would be published

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Key Statistics Electricity Production and Distribution Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Length of Distribution Lines. Installed Capacity Power Consumption by Categories Number of consumers served by Categories. Villages Electrified Dhanies electrified Number of wells energised.

Key Publications There is a statistical publication, where data on power generation and distribution is being published in Annual report of department.

Timeliness :Time lag in publication, if any

12 Months

Human Resources Sanctioned

DD-1

Human Resources requirement

SO-1, SA-2 At present no statistical data is being consolidated at hq level, such information is being collected from various persons therefore a statistical cell is required to provide such information regularly for FRBM, Economic Review, contribution of power sector in GSDP

Major Statistical Output

Required Statistical information would be available regularly for FRBM, Economic Review, contribution of power sector in GSDP Separate statistical report may also be generated.

Timeliness : Time lag in publication, if any

Time lag in publication may be reduced

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Key Statistics Environment Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

At present no statistical publication is being released

Data gaps identified

Environment data is most useful in the present scenario of global warming, etc. This data is also required for estimation green GDP as per recommendation of 13FC

Human Resources available

No statistical cell

Human Resources requirement

AD-1, SA-2 The Statistical cell is being proposed to initiate the collection of statistics from various agencies Establishment of this cell is also recommended in Conference of Central and State Statistical Organisations

Expected outputs Environment Statistics in State may be released

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Key Statistics Forestry Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

– Classification of forest area by management and legal status. Percentage forest area w.r.t. geographical area & per capita forest area in Ha.(Decadal & Yearly)

– Area under plantation – Seedling distribution – Length of forest roads – Wild life census of Rajasthan, National Park &

Sanctuaries in Rajasthan. – Details of revenue and expenditure – Production of major forest produce – Information on sawn and round timber. – No. of JFM committees

Data quality The quality of forestry statistics suffers because of Beat level, Range level & district level infrastructure facilities are not available.

Key Publications Rajasthan Forest Statistics 2009 (every two years) Administrative Report 2009-10 (Annual) Forest News - published monthly Harit Rajasthan 2009-10 Rajasthan ki Paudhashalaye 2009-10 (Annual)

Timeliness 18 Months Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Inadequate data on forest regeneration, social forestry and consumption/sale of forest produce. Employment on forest, Forest loss (Estimates Environmental loss)

Human Resources Sanctioned

SO-1, SA-5, SI-1

Human Resources requirement

JD -1, AD-1, SA-10 Seven posts of SA at divisional level offices, One post of SA at PCCF WP & FS office, Jaipur, One post of SA at PCCF & CWLW office, Jaipur & One post of SA at PCCF (Head of Forest Force) office, Raj. Jaipur are required at forest department which will help in improving the quality of forestry statistics.

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-7, Printer-7, UPS-7, Software-2, Arc info Arcview, GPS system, Networking (Internet), Hard disk for data storage.

Expected Output Estimates of Environmental loss. Contribution of forest in the state domestic products. Contribution of Rajasthan forest in sequestration of Carbon ton per Ha. per Annum. Improvement of quality of forestry statistics

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Key Statistics Water supply and sanitation statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Number of villages covered by water supply Number villages by source of water supply Compilation of monthly scheme-wise revenue received and expenditure incurred

Relevance : Relevant data which is not available

The quality of data generated on drinking water and sanitation is inadequate in terms of adequacy, reliability and timeliness. This is due to limited scrutiny and supervision of village surveys.

Level of data disaggregation

Sub-division wise. No. of Villages, Towns & Cities covered by water supply & their source.

Key Publications Annual Administrative Report

Timeliness :Time lag in publication, if any

12 Months

Human Resources Sanctioned

S.A.-3, Computor-4

Human Resources requirement

A.D.-1, S.A.-8, Computor-8 • At present there is no post of officer, for

coordinating the statistical activities • For collection of information of various

drinking schemes from village level the post of SA and Computor is required at HQ and regional offices

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-4, Printer-4, UPS-4

Expected outputs Time lag may be reduced

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Key Statistics Transport Statistics

Motor Vehicle Registration Statistics Traffic Accident Statistics Passenger Traffic Statistics

Major Statistical Outputs

Number of registered motor vehicles by type Number of newly registered vehicles Number of Drivers' and Conductors' licenses issued Revenues through taxes and fees Motor Vehicle accidents (Police department)

Key Publications The Department brings out an Annual Administration Report and Statistical Abstract, wherein transport statistics are published.

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

No data is generated on several transport related parameters like transport of passengers by private sector transporters, rental of commercial vehicles with operator, maintenance and repair of road transport equipment, services auxiliary to all modes of transport, cargo-handling services

Human Resources available

Asstt. Director-1, S.A.-3, S.I.-11, Computor-1

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop-3, Printer-2,

Human Resources requirement

Dy.Dir.-1, S.A.-26, For collection of information from district transport offices where at present posts of SAs are not available 26 SAs are required One post of DD is also required to conduct the survey / study for which data is not available/ not being collected by different agencies.

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-1, Printer-1, UPS-1, Software-2, Networking

Expected output Survey / study may is proposed by the department to fill the data gap

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Key Statistics Road statistics

Major Statistical Outputs • Length of roads by categories

• Widthwise /type of surface Roads & Bridges • Village and Panchayat headquarter Road

connectivity • Annual Statistical returns

Key Publications Monthly Status Note on Road DevelopmentActivities / Annual Administrative Report

Human Resources available

SA-2, Computor-2

Inputs For improving the Road /panchayat / village headquarter Statistics /data to formulate five year/annual plans at SE (District level), Addl. CE (zone level) and CE (State level) offices sufficient staff would be required

Human Resources requirement

JD-1, AD-1, SO-8, SA-35, SI-1, Computor-2

Expected outputs • Improvement in Road Statistics with all road construction agencies.

• Formation of five year and annual plan at zone and district level

• Release of road statistics at various levels • Road renewal cycle statistics for better

improved assets • Data on residential and non-residential

buildings • Data on building renovation

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Key Statistics Number of Educational institutions, Enrolment, No. of Teachers

Major Statistical Outputs

Information about enrolment in primary & secondary schools by sex, age, class and category-wise. Dropout rates by age, group and class. Information of teaching staff by sex, education and

category. Impact of various literacy programmes. Information belonging to institutions. District-wise, sex and agewise yearly information about

students. Analysis of various indicators such as GER, NER, PTR, transition rate etc. Analysis of impact of the programme mid-term review the programmes for reforms etc. No. of educational Institutions Enrolment by level and social group Gross Enrolment Ratio Retention rate by level Number of teacher Pupil Teacher Ratio

Key Publications

Shiksha ki Pragati Annual report of Department Shivira (Monthly Magazine) Naya Shikshak (Quarterly) DISE upto block level : 2009-10

Timeliness :Time lag in publication, if any

12 Months

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

For literacy rates and adult literacy rates, the source is decadal population census. For intermittent years the rates are not available for the State.

Human Resources available

D-1, DD-2, AD-1, SO-7, SA-58

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop – 1 (Elementary Education)

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Key Statistics Number of Educational institutions, Enrolment, No. of Teachers

Data gaps identified in the Study Report

Regular updation of CTS system

Mid-term estimation of literacy rate : Every three years after the census

Sample survey on estimation of drop-out rate, retention rate and transition rate : Every three years

Impact of various incentive schemes, scholarships, and computer education : Every three to five years

Infrastructure development in school : Every five years

Human Resources requirement

All agencies are working independently in the state and are responsible for implementation of their programmes, however, there is a strong need to establish a complete statistical wing, for convergence and above requirement.

IT Infrastructure requirement

Computer-102, Printer-52, UPS-100

Expected Output

Master data of all sectors including personal information of all staff physical and financial progress of the institutions will be updated every month so that integrated information of the department could be accessed at district/division/state level.

School-wise information will be maintained and its access will be available

Time lag in generation of reports would be reduced

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Key Statistics Statistics for local area planning

Major Statistical Outputs

The District Planning Committees (DPCs) have been constituted in all the districts. As per the guidelines of Planning Commission, GoI, the District Annual plans were initiated from the grass root level. In all, 17 sectors; Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Energy, Ground Water & Drinking Water, Education (Higher, Technical & Elementary), Medical & Health, Rural Development, Sanitation, Industries, Roads and Bridges, Nutrition, Urban Development, Forest, Cooperative, Public Distribution System, Water Resources, Others like Banking sectors have been selected for preparation of these plans. In the District plans, an integrated plan for the local government taking into account the resources available in district and covering the sectoral activities & schemes assigned to the district and below have been incorporated.

Human Resources Sanctioned

Dir.-1, DD-22, SO-2, SA-316, SI-1, Computor-48

IT Infrastructure available

Desktop-2, Printer-2, UPS-1,

Human Resources requirement

Block statistical office setup is proposed SO-249, SA-498, Computor-498

IT Infrastructure requirement

Desktop-4, Printer-3, UPS-4

Expected output

Data for decentralized planning would be available

Proposed New Statistics Based on the emerging demands and requirement, new statistics will be collected based on the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission under the guidance of CSO. Setting up of a High level Committee A high level committee will be established to suggest the collection of emerging data and suggest to improve the quality of data in terms of its (1) Adequacy; (2) Relevance; (3) Accuracy; (4) Timeliness; (5) Accessibility; (6) Interpretability; (7) Coherence, Methodological Soundness.

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CHAPTER 6 : HOW DO WE REACH THERE ? : IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Background Considering the background of the State Statistical System and deficiencies in it and the need for improving the system, it is proposed to modify the whole system of data collection, level of data aggregation, data validation, data analysis. This will facilitate in raising the quality of data in terms of (1) Adequacy; (2) Relevance; (3) Accuracy; (4) Timeliness; (5) Accessibility; (6) Interpretability; (7) Coherence, Methodological Soundness of the data. For data collection, it is proposed that notebooks with softwares of formats and questionnaire for collection of data will be used. For compilation and generation of required reports, softwares will be used. Statistical software packages will be used to analyze the data to reach at recommendations and conclusions for use in planning and decision making and achieving the desired outcomes of development. The proposed reforms are as follows: State and District Statistical Structure and System Currently, the Directorate of Economics & Statistics Rajasthan functions under the administrative control of Planning Department of the Government of Rajasthan. DES has district level presence through its District Statistical Offices (DSOs) in each of the 33 Districts of the State. The District Offices are located in the District Collectorates. A District Statistical Officer heads the District Statistical Office, and he is supported by Statistical Assistants, Statistical Inspectors, Computors and ministerial staff and fourth class employees assist the District Statistical Officer. The number of staff in each District varies according to the workload in terms of number of GCES, Factories for ASI, samples of NSS, among others.

Establishment of a Block Statistical Office (BSO) As per the NSC recommendation of “In view of the renewed importance of the Block Statistical Organisation in the context of local area planning, the State Governments should bring it directly within the fold of the States’ Statistical System by either transferring the organisation to their Directorates of Economics and Statistics, or by making it responsible for its statistical work to the Directorate and bringing it under the Directorate’s technical supervision through the district statistical organization” a block statistical cell or office is being proposed. The 73rd Amendment was a formal instrument introduced by the center, and blessed by the State Assemblies, to force a minimum level of rural decentralization uniformly across all states. After ratification by more than half of the State Assemblies, and after obtaining the assent of the President Act, the 73rd

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Constitutional Amendment of 1992 and the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act of 1996 established mandatory provisions for decentralization to local governments in rural India. These include (i) the creation of a three-tier local government structure at the district, block (sub-district) and village levels; (ii) constitution of state election commissions and state finance commissions; (iii) regular PRI elections with seat reservation for SCs/STs and women; (iv) establishment of Gram Sabha (village assembly) to exert control over local government, and (v) periodic auditing of local governments’ accounts. This act made health, family welfare, and education a responsibility of village panchayats. The panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) are an important means of furthering decentralised planning and programme implementation in the context of the National Population Policy 2000 (Govt. of India 2000). In order to facilitate the system of decentralized planning from the bottom with consolidated Gram Panchayat plan feeding into block plans and these feeding into consolidated District plans, there is need for disaggregated data at the lowest administrative level. For the collection, compilation and analysis of this data, there is a need for cell at the block level. As per the provisions of Article 243ZD of the Indian Constitution, article 121 of Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 mandates the establishment of District Planning Committees (DPCs) in every district. In order to implement, collect, compile, monitor the data collection from the local level statistics from Gram panchayat level and for its required aggregation and demand based disaggregation for the use in planning programmes and policies for the grassroots, a Statistical Cell is being proposed at the block level, in which, there will be a Statistical Officer, two Statistical Assistants and two Computors with adequate office premises in all the 249 blocks in the 33 districts of the State.

Staffing Pattern of the Block Statistics Cell/ Office (Statistical Personnel

shown)

Sl. No. Name Per Block Number 1 Statistical Officer 1 249 2 Statistical Assistant 2 498 3 Computor (for compilation of

data and system operations) 2 498

Total 5 1,245

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Human Resources Requirement

• The first priority should be to fill up about 1/3rd vacancies of the total strength already present at different levels of the statistical system, which will reduce time lag in data transmission, analysis and publications. If these vacancies are not filled up immediately, this will multiply to about half of the sanctioned strength by 2015.

• In order to facilitate the implementation of this SSSP, there is a requirement of the following additional staff:

4. In order to implement the forthcoming projects and tasks like; ISSP, Training, Research and Studies, a post of JD is being proposed in DES. In all, One JD and 4 SAs have been proposed

5. DSO : At the district level after the reorganization and bifurcation of the earlier districts, the staff position has not been maintained to the optimum level. So, as per the discussion and suggestions based on the assessment of the current status of the DSOs, a common ideal model is being proposed (SO-1, SA-4, SI-3 & Computor-2). In all, 41 SAs, 36 SIs and 44 Computors have been proposed as per the common ideal model.

6. BSO : In all, one SO and two SAs and two computors per block have been proposed

The following posts have been proposed by various line departments in the SSSP questionnaire sent to them:

• In other line departments, the posts of 3 Directors, 18 JDs, 16 DDs, 45 ADs, 146 SOs, 1,286 SAs, 322 SIs and 693 computors have been proposed by the various departments. These will be pursued by the various concerned departments through their own channels

• The department-wise and cadre-wise details have been annexed.There needs to be a software for Personnel Management and Information System

• The nomenclature of post needs to be changed for example the Statistical Assistants may be renamed as Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO) like in other States.

Office Infrastructure In the State, out of the 33 districts, only Jodhpur has its own District Statistical office while others are functioning either in two rooms or one room or on verandahs. So, it is proposed to have buildings in all the remaining 32 districts. In order to strengthen the decentralized system of data collection and analysis, it is proposed to have a similar statistical cell/ office at the block level. So, 249 buildings are proposed for the same. Alongwith the office buildings, some infrastructure needs are there like; the provision of Refrigerator, water cooler and modular furniture.

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Building Construction and Renovation in DES The following works are planned for the renovation of the building of DES:

• Construction of training hall in DES • Renovation of the library • Renovation of the EDP cell of DES with furnishing and replacement of

electrical fixtures • Renovation of the Publication Store of DES with furnishing • Renovation of the Record Room of DES with furnishing • Renovation of Stores of DES with furnishing • Reception, Display and Receipt Centre • Renovations of office cabins • Garage for official vehicles • Parking shed

IT Infrastructure The IT sector in the state needs a lot of inputs for improvement. In order to manage the following IT infrastructural development for the improvement in the State Statistical System, an agency with experience in implementing IT infrastructure from the grassroots to the State level will be hired for the project period for handholding capacity building of the official of the Directorate. Key Areas for IT implementation

1. Data Processing 2. Analytical Processing 3. Data warehousing & publication 4. Office Automation

For the above mentioned Key Areas, establishment of Web Server at DES is required. The Government of Rajasthan has already established MAN (Metropolitan Area Network covering all Govt. offices through SECLAN. But it is fully under the control of State Data Centre established at Yojana Bhawan under the Department of Information Technology & Communication. A separate Server is required to be established in the State Data Centre wherefrom the computers established at DES and Planning Department could be connected by using a separate leased line. In the same way, computers established at DSOs, CPOs and Panchayat offices could be connected using the internet facility (through broadband). The proposed connectivity among the offices is shown in the flowchart given below:

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The envisaged architecture of the IT infrastructure is as follows:

Data warehousing Directorate of Economics & Statistics collects, processes and analyses large sets of statistical data. This information may be uploaded on the departmental website

Servers will be placed in the State Data Centre under the control of the Directorate of

Economics and Statistics with database server and online

compilation, analysis of data, publish the data and disseminate the data

Line departments will enter data alongwith their

usernames and passwords in the prescribed formats

DSOs- will enter the data in the prescribed data entry modules in different web based applications and

SPSS and compile, analyze the data received from the

Tehsils and Panchayat samities

CPOs will enter data alongwith their usernames

and passwords in the prescribed formats

249 Panchayat samities : Use of Notebooks to enter data

inbuilt formats for uploading and compile data received from the GPs and validate

and verify the data collected by the GPs

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for wide dissemination and use. In order to make information easily available to the various Govt. Departments, an Intranet facility may be developed, which would help in collecting data from various Govt. Departments as well as for sending statistical information. For this purpose three servers are required to be established at State Data Centre. One is for Database application (Vital, NSS, Price and Publication Data) and another for Web enabled software and the third one will be used as a backup server. The Softwares needed for the database server could be Oracle /SAS as backend. Faster Data collection and online transmission A lot of data is collected for compilation and analysis at the Directorate. It is proposed that considering the voluminous quantum of data, small notebooks will be provided at all the administrative units like Tehsils, Panchayat Samities (Blocks) and Gram Panchayats (Village Panchayat), where softwares will be installed. These softwares will have inbuilt data entry modules in the form of schedules or formats for data collection, which can be uploaded at the nearest computer centre for online transmission to the district level and the State for faster compilation and dissemination of findings. This will reduce the time lag in data compilation, analysis and dissemination. Training will be provided to operate these devices Use of Softwares to manage the data generated by the system of administration and library

Personnel Management Information Software (PMIS) software will be used to keep track of personnel being trained. Library software will be used to manage the cataloguing and retrieval of books in the library. Use of softwares for Data Analysis and Dissemination

The data generated from various sources will be analysed by using SPSS software. In order to present the data in a more comprehensive manner and user-friendly manner, GIS software will be used. Data Analysis and Dissemination

The data generated from various sources will be analysed by using SPSS software. In order to present the data in a more comprehensive manner and user-friendly manner, GIS software will be used. Statistical Capacity Building of DES and DSOs DES has been declared the nodal agency for all statistical matters in the State. So, DES has to review data from different sectors and approve the data before it is released. In order to build the capacity of DES and DSOs and handhold for a period of five years to review, comment and approve the data, the following experts and specialists are proposed for a period of five years at the State headquarters and the District Statistical Offices:

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State level (DES Headquarters) There is a need for the following specialists from the following fields to be appointed for a six years:

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Applied Statistics with qualification of post graduation or Phd in statistics

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Econometrics with qualification of post graduation or Phd in economics

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Demography & Health with qualification of post graduation or Phd in Demography or Population Studies/ Sciences, a Demographer

• Subject Specialist / Expert in official Statistics with qualification of post graduation or Phd in statistics

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Information Technology with qualification of post graduation in computer applications or MCA

District level There is a need for the following specialists from the following fields:

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Demography & Health with qualification of post graduation or Phd in Demography or Population Studies/ Sciences, a Demographer

• Subject Specialist / Expert in Information Technology with qualification of post graduation in computer applications or MCA in the districts

Training of Statistical Personnel In order to sensitize the officials in use of data for planning and improve the statistical and analytical skills of the statistical personnel, the statistical personnel need to be trained in the following areas:

1. Sensitization workshop on sources and use of data in decentralized planning and decision making process for senior officials like; Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries/ Chairman/ Chairpersons/ Commissioners/ Mission Directors

2. Orientation on official statistics for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Directors

3. Induction Training on official statistics : computation of indices and estimation in agriculture, state income, NSS and civil registration system & Accounts for Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

4. Refresher training on official statistics & Accounts for Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computers

5. Statistical Analysis with hands-on training in computers for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

6. Specialized training on Demographic techniques for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

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7. Specialized training on Survey, sampling methodology, programme monitoring and evaluation for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

8. Specialized training on Softwares like SPSS, Devinfo for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

9. Other new project related trainings for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

10. Financed courses in premier institutions for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director / Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors

11. Organization of Seminars and Conferences 12. Exposure & learning visits for Director/ Jt. Director / Dy. Director/ Asst. Director

/ Statistical Officers/ 13. Training on CRS and MCCD for Staff engaged in civil registration and MCCD 14. Training of grassroots workers to operate notebooks to enter data with

questionnaires and preloaded formats for collection of data and its uploading 15. Training in Communication skills, report writing, presentation and dissemination

skills.

In this context, it is pertinent to note that under the Govt. of India-United Nations Joint Programme on convergence in the 7 UNDAF states, UNFPA has already conducted Sensitization workshops on sources and use of data in decentralized planning and decision making process for senior officials like; Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries/ Collectors/ and three five day hands-on residential training workshops for Statistical Officers of various departments like; health, education, panchayati raj etc. and District Statistical Officers. A comprehensive training module on use of data in district level decentralized planning has also been prepared, which can be used as a training material by the Directorate for the trainings.

Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Studies

In order to improve the statistical system, the following types of studies are being proposed: 1. Type Studies in different sectors like; the contribution of the unorganized

sector in the State’s GDP. 2. Quantitative and Qualitative Surveys and Studies 3. Baseline Surveys to establish benchmarks for evaluation at a later stage 4. Mid-term evaluation studies understand the direction of the implementation 5. Endline surveys and studies to evaluate the performance of the programmes

against the agreed upon outcome indicators 6. Regular monitoring through Management Information System (MIS).

Users’ Workshop

As per the Hon’ble PM’s recommendation regarding the importance of user’s perception regarding the impartiality and authenticity are important for enhancing adequate degree of credibility, user’s workshop is proposed.

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A data users’ workshop was organized on September 9, 2010 in the conference hall of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The proceedings of this workshop is placed in the annexure.

Regional workshops and Seminars for Statistical Advocacy

Seminars will be organized and participation of different officials in different seminars will be promoted.

Expected output of the investment in IT infrastructure

The IT sector in the state needs a lot of inputs for improvement. In order to manage the IT infrastructural development for the improvement in the State Statistical System, an agency with experience in implementing IT infrastructure from the grassroots to the State level will be hired for the project period which will do handholding with the officials of the Directorate and different levels like; the district and block level to implement the project and handover it to the State Government. The grassroots data from the GPs, Tehsils and 249 blocks, will be collected through notebooks installed with inbuilt data entry modules of formats and questionnaires for different official statistics and surveys and will be uploaded to the web portal at the independent State data centre under the control of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The compilation and analysis of data will be done at the district level and finalization will be done at the DES for further analysis, publication and data dissemination. The IT infrastructure proposed will lead to faster data collection, collation, compilation, storage, retrieval, analysis and report writing and dissemination of findings reducing the time lag. It will facilitate the process of decentralized data collection from the Gram panchayat level through the Tehsils/ Blocks to the Districts. The collection of data will be computerized from the grassroots level to uploading it to the centralized web portal on the server and will help easier data storage, data warehousing, retrieval and analysis of data. In order to strengthen the analytical skills of the staff, statistical softwares like SPSS will be procured and training will be imparted on its use in data management and analysis. GIS software will be used for better presentation and spatial analysis of the data. Softwares packages for the key statistics will be developed for data entry, data retrieval, data analysis and report generation. Softwares for administration, personnel management, file tracking, library and training will be developed, which will reduce time lag in the administrative decision making process.

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Chapter 7

White Breasted Kingfisher

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CHAPTER 7 AT WHAT COST ? COST & FINANCING PLAN Comprehensive Financial Plan for the Statistical System In order to implement the proposed implementation plan, the following financial plan is proposed: The total proposed budget is INR 95.94 crore, out of which 60.97 has been allocated to ISSP of GoI and 1.97 crore to the State Government and the rest 33.0 has been allocated to TFC.

Total Estimated Budget and share of allocation for seven years (in crore)

Total Govt. of Rajasthan

India Statistical Strengthening Project

(ISSP)

Govt. of India

ISSP Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC)

95.94 1.97 60.97 33.00 100% 2.05% 63.55% 34.40%

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Activity wise allocation of the estimated budget (in crore)

Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in crore) GoI

GoR Total ISSP TFC

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 2.00 11.15

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 3.75

- 5.69

C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 10.24 21.76 E I In order to achieve the outputs and

milestones as per the proposed guidelines issued by CSO, the amount will be spent for the implementation of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission, especially, Preparation and Maintenance of Business Register at the District level, preparation of local bodies accounts by collecting data on receipts and payments of these bodies, improvement of data in respect of farm activities, softwares, consultants for pooling of central and state sample for generating district level parameters, and promoting the collection of inter regional trade data, cost disabilities, this amount will be spent based on the yet to be released detailed technical guidelines from CSO. Following this release, the detailed item-wise activity budget will be placed.

17.01

17.01

F Contingency 0.95 0.95

Grand Total 60.97 33.00 1.97 95.94

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Detailed Activity wise allocation of the budget (in crores)

Share of estimated Budget allocation for 2010-11 to 2016-17 (7 years)

Sl. No. Particulars Total

Govt. of Rajasthan

Govt. of India

ISSP ISSP TFC %

A1 Research Survey & Studies 2.00 2.00 2.08

A2 Technical and Professional Services of Subject Experts/ specialists 5.27 5.27 5.49

A3 Provision of the facility for mobility to enable monitoring and supervision 0.36 0.36 0.38

A4

IEC activities for improvement of Civil Registration System and Preservation, Maintenance and Analysis of Vital Statistics Records 3.52 3.52 3.67

B1 Training & Exposure visits of statistics personnel 3.75 3.75 3.91

B2 Well equipped Training Hall with facilities 1.45 1.45 1.51 B3 Renovation and furnishing of DES 0.49 0.49 0.51 C1 Civil Infrastructure of DSOs & BSOs 39.38 1.97 37.41 41.05

D1 IT Infrastructure in Planning Deptt., DES,CPOs, DSOs & BSOs 19.77 10.32 9.44 20.61

D2 Agency to implement the IT infrastructure and system 2.00 1.20 0.80 2.08

E1

In order to achieve the outputs and milestones as per the proposed guidelines issued by CSO, the amount will be spent for the implementation of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission, especially, Preparation and Maintenance of Business Register at the District level, preparation of local bodies accounts by collecting data on receipts and payments of these bodies, improvement of data in respect of farm activities, softwares, consultants for pooling of central and state sample for generating district level parameters, and promoting the collection of inter regional trade data, cost disabilities, this amount will be spent based on the yet to be released detailed technical guidelines from CSO. Following this release, the detailed item-wise activity budget will be placed. 17.01 17.01 17.73

F1

Contingency (Meetings, Sitting Fees, Travel, stationery, printing, courier, hiring vehicle, lunch, high tea, fax, email, purchase of magazines, papers, books, photocopy etc) 0.95 0.95 0.99

TOTAL 95.94 1.97 60.97 33.00 % 100 2.05 63.55 34.40

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Detailed Budget Estimate

The segregated budget for ISSP and TFC is presented in the following tables: The detailed item-wise proposed budget is as follows:

Table 2A

Proposed IT Infrastructure

Level I : Estimated IT Infrastructure Budget (server system to be established in State Data Centre)

Hardware Sl. No. Particulars Unit Cost Amount

in Rs. 1 Wifi in DES 100,000 100,000 2 Wifi in Planning Dept 100,000 100,000 3 Database Server 1000,000 1000,000 4 Database Backup Server 1000,000 1000,000 5 Web server 1000,000 1000,000

Total 3200,000

Table 2B

Softwares Sl. No. Particulars Unit Cost Amount in

Rs. 1 WAS/DB2 4,000,000 4,000,000 2 Web Application Server 2,000,000 2,000,000 3 SPSS 2,000,000 2,000,000

Total 8,000,000 Total Level I 11,200,000 (1.12 crore) excluding recurring costs Apart from the above mentioned details the Hardware & softwares required to carry out various statistical function in DES, Planning, DSOs & CPOs, the IT resources needed is classified into four different Levels as given below:

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Table 2C

Level II Estimated IT Infrastructure Budget in DES & Planning Deptt. Computer Systems & Printers

Sl. No.

Particulars DES Planning Deptt.

Unit Cost

Amount in Rs.

1 Laptops Officers & Officials -08 NSS (supervisors) -07 Professional -05 Support Services

20 04 40,000 960,000

2 Desktop (with offline UPS)

100 30 30,000 3,900,000

3 Network Printer (Multi function) 10 10 40,000 800,000 4 Laser Printer (MFP) 40 10 20,000 1000,000 5 Laser Color Printer (MFP) 5 2 40,000 280,000 6 LCD Projector 1 2 1,00,000 300,000 Total 7,240,000

Table 2D

Networking between DES and Planning Department with Lease Line Sl. No. Particulars Unit Cost Amount in

Rs. 1 Separate Lease Line Networking to be

established with Servers in the State Data Centre to DES & Planning Department (2 MBPS to 4 MBPS) for 5 years (2 lakh per year)

1000,000 1000,000

Total 1,000,000

Table 2D1 Planning Department

Sl. No.

Particulars Amount in Rs.

1 Civil work for Computer Room (Flooring, False ceiling and AC)

3,000,000

2 Computer Furniture at Planning Department (Computer Table Officer Table and Chairs, Almirah/Book racks)

2,000,000

3 UPS 10 KVA 200,000 Total 5,200,000

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Table 2E Softwares

Sl. No. Particulars DES Planning Deptt.

Unit Cost Amount in Rs.

1 Operating System Softwares (Windows XP/Windows 7)

120 34 8000 1232000

2 Application Software (MS Office- Latest)

120 34 18,000 2772000

3 DTP Softwares for publications

3 1 2,00,000 800000

4 SPSS for Data Analysis 5 2 800,000 5600000 5 Web Application

Development 1 8,000,000

8000000 6 Web Application for Vital

(Civil Registration) 1 2,000,000

2000000 7 Antivirus Software 120 34 1000 154000 8 Personal Management

Information System (PMIS) 1 1 500,000

1000000 9 Library Software 1 1 50,000 100000 10 GIS Software 1 1 700,000 1400000 Total 23,058,000

Table 2F

Renovation of EDP Cell (with IT Infrastructure) in DES

S.No. Particulars Nos. Unit Cost Amount in Rs.

1 Server Room 1 2,000,000 2,000,000 2 Common hall 1 2,500,000 2,500,000 3 Modular furniture (with Air

conditioners) 1,500,000

3 Desktops (with offline UPS) 15 40,000 600,000 4 Laptops 3 50,000 150,000 5 Operating system 18 8000 144,000 6 MS Office 18 15000 270,000 7 Antivirus Software 18 1000 18,000 Total 7,182,000

Total Level II 43,680,000 (4.37 crore) excluding recurring costs

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Level III Estimated IT Infrastructure Budget in DSOs & CPOs

Table 2G Hardware

Sl. No.

Particulars DSOs CPOs Unit Cost

Amount in Rs.

1 Laptops DSOs -33 Professional Support Services -66

99 40,000 3,960,000

2 Desktop (with offline UPS) 4 each Divisional Head Qtrs District & 2 for other Districts

(28+52)=80 33 30,000

3,390,000

3 Laser Printer (MFP) 2 at each district

66 33 15,000 1,485,000

4 LCD Projector 33 60,000 1,980,000 Total 10,815,000

Table 2H Softwares

Sl. No.

Particulars DSOs CPOs Unit Cost

Amount in Rs.

1 System Softwares (Windows XP/Windows 7)

179 33 8000 1,696,000

2 Application Software (MS Office -Latest)

179 33 18,000 3,816,000

3 Antivirus Software 179 33 1000 2,12,000 4 SPSS 33 0 8,00,000 26,400,000

Total 32,124,000

Total Level III 42,939,000 (4.29 crore) excluding recurring costs

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Table 2I Level IV Estimated IT Infrastructure Budget in Blocks

Hardware

Sl. No.

Particulars Blocks (249) Unit Cost Amount in Rs.

1 Netbook for surveys along with development of questionnaire programs

249 25,000 6,225,000

2 Desktop (with offline UPS) At each block

249 30,000

7,470,000

3 Laser Printer (MFP)

249 15,000 3,735,000

4 Network Connectivity using broadband

249 1,000 249,000

5 Recurring expenses

249 10,000 (per year)

2,490,000

Total 20,169,000

Table 2J Softwares

Sl. No.

Particulars Block (249) Unit Cost

Amount in Rs.

1 Operating System Softwares (Windows XP/Vista) for laptops & desktops

[249+249]=498 8000 3,984,000

2 Application Software (MS Office 2007)

[249+249]=498 18,000 8,964,000

3 Antivirus Software [249+249]=498 1000 498,000 4 Internet Data Card [249+249]=498 3000 1,494,000 Total 14,940,000

Level IV 35,109,000 (3.51 crore) excluding recurring costs

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Table 2K : Summary of IT Budget

Sl. No.

Levels Amount Year of installation

Recurring cost

Total

1 Level I (State Data Centre, DES) 11,200,000 2011-12 4,480,000 15,680,000

2 Level II (DES & Planning Dept.) 43,680,000 2011-12 17,472,000 61,152,000

3 Level III (DSOs and CPOs) 42,939,000 2012-13 12,881,700 55,820,700

4 Level IV (Blocks) 35,109,000 2015-16 3,510,900 38,619,900 6 IT Budget for

Line Departments 20,307,000 2012-13 6,092,100 2,639,9100

Sub Total 153,235,000 197,671,700 7 Note: 10% per

year could be the recurring cost (excluding 1st year of establishment) of Rs.

Grand Total of IT budget

197,671,700

Total IT Budget 197,671,700 (19.77 crore)

Table 2L : Allocation of IT Budget under ISSP and TFC

Sl. No.

Levels ISSP TFC Total

1 Level I (State Data Centre, DES) 15,680,000

2 Level II (DES & Planning Dept.) 61,152,000

3 Level III (DSOs and CPOs) 55,820,700

4 Level IV (Blocks) 38,619,900

6 IT Budget for Line Departments 2,639,9100

Sub Total 197,671,700 7 Note: 10% per year could be

the recurring cost (excluding 1st year of establishment) of Rs.

Grand Total of IT budget 103,231,100

94,440,600

197,671,700

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Table 3

Estimated Training & Exposure Budget

S.No. Particulars Intended Participants Amount in

Rs.

1

Sensitization workshop on sources and use of data in decentralized planning and decision making (1 day x 90 participants x 3 batches of 30 per batch x Rs.60,000 per batch)

Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries/Chairman/ Chairpersons/ Commissioners/ Mission Directors 180,000

2

Orientation on official statistics (5 days x 90 participants x 3 batches of 30 per batch x Rs.1,00,000 per batch)

Director/Jt. Director/ Dy. Director/Asstt.Director 300,000

3

Induction Training on official statistics: computation of indices and estimation in agriculture, state income, NSS and civil registration system & Accounts (10 days x 300 participants x 10 batches of 30 per batch x Rs.300,000 per batch)

Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors 3,000,000

4

Refresher training on official statistics & Accounts (5 days x 600 participants x 20 batches of 30 per batch x Rs.150,000 per batch)

Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors 3,000,000

5

Statistical Analysis with hands-on training in computers (5 days x 660 participants x 22 batches of 30 per batch x Rs. 150,000 per batch)

Director/Jt. Director/ Dy. Director/Asstt. Director Statistical Officers/ Statistical Assistants/ Statistical Inspectors/ Computors 3,300,000

6

Specialized training on Demographic techniques (5 days X 660 participants X 22 batches of 30 per batch X Rs. 150,000 per batch) -do- 3,300,000

7

Specialized training on Survey, sampling methodology, Programme monitoring and evaluation (5 days X 660 participants x 22 batches of 30 per batch x Rs.150,000 per batch) -do- 3,300,000

8

Specialized training on Softwares like SPSS, Devinfo (5 days x 660 participants x 22 batches of 30 per batch x Rs. 1,50,000 per batch) and Training in Communication skills, report writing, presentation and dissemination skills, official etiquette and English language -do- 3,300,000

9 Other new project related trainings. -do- 500,000 10 Financed courses in premier institutions. -do- 500,000 11 Organization of Seminars and Conferences. -do- 1,000,000

12 Exposure & Learning visits.

Director/Jt. Director/ Dy. Director/Asstt.Director / Statistical Officers 500,000

Total 22,180,000

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Table 4

Estimated Training & Exposure Budget for CRS and MCCD Sl. No.

Type Duration Participants Batch Strength

No. of Batches

Unit cost

Total

1 Training on Civil Registration at State level

1 day 100 35 3 75,000 225,000

2 Training on Civil Registration at District level

1 day 1650 35 47 30,000 1,410,000

3 Training on Civil Registration at Block Level

1 day 24900 50 498 25,000 12,450,000

4 Exposure visit to other states to study the system

10 days 300,000

5 Training on MCCD at State level

1 day 900,000

Total 15,285,000

Total Training budget 3.75 crore

Table 5

Estimated Budget for Office building, Infrastructure for DES, DSOs and BSOs

S.No. Particulars No. Unit Cost Amount in

Rs. 1 Buildings for District Statistical Offices 32 3,000,000 96,000,000 2 Buildings for Block Statistical Offices 249 1,000,000 249,000,000 3 Modular Furniture for DES, DSOs & BSOs 40,000,000 4 Air Conditioners, DES 7 30,000 210,000 5 Water Cooler for DES 3 20,000 60,000 6 Water Cooler for DSO 33 20,000 660,000 7 Refrigerator, DSO 33 20,000 660,000

8 Telephone Connectivity 7,200,000 Total 393,790,000

Total Civil Infrastructure budget 39.38 crore

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Table 6

Estimated Budget for Renovation and Furnishing for DES

S.No. Particulars Amount in Rs.

1 Renovation of the EDP cell of DES with furnishing and replacement of electrical fixtures. 2,000,000

2 Renovation of the Publication Store of DES with furnishing. 300,000

3 Renovation of the Record Room of DES with furnishing 300,000

4 Renovation of Stores of DES with furnishing. 300,000 5 Reception, Display and Receipt Centre. 300,000 6 Renovations of Office Cabins. 300,000 7 Garage for Official Vehicles. 400,000 8 Renovation of Parking Shed 1000,000

Total 4,900,000 Total Renovation Budget 4,900,000 (0.49 crore)

Table 7 Estimated Training Hall Budget for DES

S.No. Particulars Amount in Rs.

1

Construction of Building Hall (75 chairs, ceiling, wiring, Tables, Aluminum windows, Vitrified tiles Flooring, 6 Split ACs, Sound system, Lighting System, Curtains, Almirah). 5000,000

2

Recruitment/Deputation of Staff like; Jt. Director for Training & Research, Senior Research Officer of Asstt. Director Cadre, Statistical Officers-2, Statistical Assistants-4, Statistical Investigators on contract basis, PA-1, LDC-1, Support Staff-4 State Share

3 Modular Furniture 2,000,000

4

Hardware and Software Computers and UPS for 35-40 participants with LAN connectivity and Internet facility, Fax, Laser Printers and Scanners (Multipurpose printers). One LCD projectors and Screen. Softwares: Operating System, MS Office and Analytical Softwares. 7,500,000

TOTAL 14,500,000 Total Training Hall Budget 14,500,000 (1.45 crore)

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Table 8 Research, Evaluation Surveys and Studies

S.No. Particulars Amount in Rs. 1 Surveys & Studies (Regular and need/demand based) 10,000,000 2 Baseline and Evaluation Studies 10,000,000

TOTAL 20,000,000

Table 9 Estimated Budget for Technical and Professional Services of Subject Experts/

specialists in Official Statistics, Applied Statistics, Econometrics, Demography, Information Technology to strengthen DES and Districts

S.No. Particulars No. Amount 1 Subject Expert in Applied Statistics 1 7,200,000 2 Subject Expert in Econometrics 1 7,200,000

3 Subject Expert in Demography, Data Analysis & Health, (a Demographer)

1 7,200,000

4 Subject Expert in Official Statistics 1 7,200,000 5 Subject Expert in Information Technology 1 5,760,000

6 Subject Expert in Official Statistics and Demography, Data Analysis in the districts, a Demographer

33

9,900,000

7 Subject Expert in Information Technology in the districts

33

8,250,000 52,710,000

Table 10

Facility for provision of mobility support for monitoring and supervision

1.

Facility for provision of mobility support for the implementation of the Plan and for monitoring and supervision 3,620,000

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Table 11 Estimated Budget for IEC, Preservation, Digitization, Maintenance and Analysis of

Civil Registration System Records. Sl. No. Particulars Unit Unit cost Amount in Rs.

1 Digitization of Civil Registration Records (2011-15) 11,000,000 2.0 22,000,000

2 Digitization of MCCD Records (2011-15) 2,000,000 2.0 4,000,000

3

Construction of Record Room at Block Level for preservation of legal part of the reporting form as a permanent record. 249

Proposed in the building for

BSOs

4

Publicity on Birth and Death Registration through TV and AIR and Private TV Channels. 1,000,000

5 Booklets/Folders regarding Birth and Death Registration. 500,000

6 Posters and Pamphlets/Appeals 1,500,000

7

Preparation of Video spots, short films regarding Birth and Death Registration. 500,000

8 Hiring of vehicles for publicity. 500,000 9 Nukkad Natak/Puppet Shows. 500,000

10 Hoardings/Slogans on Wall/Wall Paintings. 1,300,000

11 Mobility support for monitoring and supervision. 1,200,000

12

Honorarium for ANMs/AWWs/ASHAs for reporting and distribution of Birth and Death Certificates (per Birth and Death reported and registered) 2,200,000

TOTAL 35,200,000

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Chapter 8

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CHAPTER 8 WHEN ? TIMELINE & MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF RSSSP As the implementation is phase wise, a phase-wise plan for monitoring and evaluation is being proposed:

The Results Chain Monitoring of RSSSP Results Hierarchy

Indicators

Timeframe

Inputs

Deployment of Staff, Establishment of IT & Office Infrastructure

March 31, 2014

Activities

Training & Capacity Building March 31, 2015

Outputs

Statistical Personnel trained in use of computers and data analysis of official statistics and demographic techniques

March 31, 2016

Outcomes

Key Statistics improved and strengthened March 31, 2016

Impact

An improved State Statistical system March 31, 2017

The phase-wise implementation and monitoring of the proposed RSSSP is as follows:

Phase-wise implementation and monitoring of RSSSP State Level District Level Block Level

Capacity building of Human Resources

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Office Buildings and Infrastructure

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

IT Infrastructure 50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Training and capacity building

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Studies

Regular

Improvement in Key Statistics

100% by 2016-17

The above timeline is proposed to be followed and periodic reviews will be done at high level to monitor the progress of these interventions to improve the State Statistical System.

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Review of fund utilization in the implementation of RSSSP

% of Fund Utilization

State Level District Level Block Level

Requirement of Human Resources

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Office Buildings and Infrastructure

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

IT Infrastructure 50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Training and capacity building

50% by 2011-12 50% by 2012-13

50% by 2012-13 50% by 2013-14

50% by 2014-15 50% by 2015-16

Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Studies

100% by 2016-17

Improvement in Key Statistics

100% by 2016-17

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Details on above Major Performance Activities/Processes and Actions Indicators in respect of RSSSP Rajasthan

Sl. No.

Theme

Cumulative Achievement in %

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 0 10 28 46 64 82 100

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 0 100 100 100 100 100 100

C Civil Infrastructure 0 12 45 72 98 100 100

D IT Infrastructure 6 69 95 95 97 100 100

E Contingency 2 18 34 49 65 81 100

Grand Total 1 25 53 73 93 97 100

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Phasing of project cost under Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) according to major five key areas

Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in Crore) Phasing

GoI GoR Total Y 1 Y 2 Y 3

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 9.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.91 0.00 0.91 1.64 0.00 1.64

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.94 0.00 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00

C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.41 0.23 4.64 12.59 0.66 13.25 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 11.52 0.72 0.00 0.72 7.26 0.00 7.26 2.94 0.00 2.94 E Contingency 0.95 0.95 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15

F

Filling up of vacant posts and creation of new Posts for RSSSP under ISSP in DES and line deptt.* *The cost will be borne by the Govt. of Rajasthan

Grand Total 60.97 1.97 62.94 0.74 0 0.74 14.67 0.23 14.9 17.32 0.66 17.98   

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Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in Crore) Phasing

GoI GoR Total Y 4 Y 5 Y 6 Y 7

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 9.15 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 9.80 0.52 10.32 9.99 0.53 10.52 0.49 0.03 0.52 0.13 0.00 0.13 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 11.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 E Contingency 0.95 0.95 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.18 0.00 0.18

F

Filling up of vacant posts and creation of new Posts for RSSSP under ISSP in DES and line deptt.* *The cost will be borne by the Govt. of Rajasthan

Grand Total 60.97 1.97 62.94 11.6 0.52 12.12 12.09 0.53 12.62 2.59 0.03 2.62 1.96 0.00 1.96

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Phasing of TFC Grant (2010-11 to 2014-15)

Sl. No Theme

Phasing

Total Y 1 Y 2 Y 3 Y 4 Y 5

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 2.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 3.75 0.00 0.03 1.82 1.57 0.33

C IT Infrastructure 10.24 0.12 2.79 2.79 2.28 2.27 D Suggested outputs and

Milestones of TFC 17.01 0.00 4.50 4.50 4.00 4.01 Grand Total 33.00 0.12 7.82 9.61 8.35 7.10

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ANNEXURES

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Annexure-1

Data Gaps in the Key Statistical Activities

Sl. No.

Key Statistical Activities

Gaps Steps by the Department to address the data gaps

1

Gross State Domestic Product Estimates

Data gaps with respect to estimation of GSDP are several including: consumer price index; statistics on bye-products of agricultural and livestock products; index of agricultural production; expenditure data on new constructions and repairs of residential buildings; transportation of own products of ancillary activities

Certain studies have been proposed to improve these estimates (See chapter 5)

2

Estimate of Capital Formation and Savings

Savings are not estimated and data on actual addition to fixed assets not available; it is available only for gross assets, which do not satisfy the definition. The data provided by organizations engaged in mining, construction, and cooperatives are not comprehensive. Further, data base required for physical and financial indicators in many sub-sectors is inadequate, which makes it difficult to use benchmark figures. In a number of cases, data on type of assets is not available, so estimates by type of assets cannot be attempted for the supra-regional and private sectors. Latest data in some of the sectors is not available as a result of which data has to be moved with the help of some suitable indicators.

One study has been proposed to improve this estimates (See chapter 5)

3

Estimates of the Contribution of Local Bodies

Expenditure of local bodies on outsourced services and activities is not provided by the Local Bodies to DES.

Expenditure of local bodies on outsourced services was not being collected as it was not included as a column in the reporting format. From the current year onwards, this column has been added in the format and the data will be sent by DLBs to DES.

4

Compilation of Consumer Price Index Numbers

DES collects information from three centres and transmits it to the Labour Bureau.

The time lag in collection and transmission of data will be reduced

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Key Statistical Activities

Gaps Steps by the Department to address the data gaps

5 Health, Morbidity and Family Welfare Statistics

Data is not available on percentage of children fully immunized.

Currently the pregnancy and child tracking system has been devised to track the cohort of children from the first vaccine to measles, which may bridge this gap

6 Education and Literacy Statistics

For literacy rates and adult literacy rates, the source is decadal population census. For intermittent years the rates are not available for the State.

Intercensal literacy rates will be available

7 Labour and Employment Statistics

Employment data is not available in respect of agriculture and allied occupations in the private sector, and household establishments.

A study may be proposed

8 Housing Statistics

Construction activities with respect to rural and semi rural areas are not captured in housing statistics.

A Statistical cell has been proposed in the Urban Development and Housing Department

9 Forestry Statistics

Inadequate data on forest regeneration, social forestry, and consumption/sale of forest produce.

Manpower support has been proposed

Source : Report on identifying specific requirement for strengthening of State Statistical Bureaus for the Statistical System in Rajasthan (Group – II State) by JPS Associates

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United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics Preamble The Statistical Commission, - Bearing in mind that official statistical information is an essential basis for development in the economic, demographic, social and environmental fields and for mutual knowledge and trade among the States and peoples of the world. - Bearing in mind that the essential trust of the public in official statistical information depends to a large extent on respect for the fundamental values and principles which are the basis of any society which seeks to understand itself and to respect the rights of its members. - Bearing in mind that the quality of official statistics, and thus the quality of the information available to the Government, the economy and the public depends largely on the cooperation of citizens, enterprises, and other respondents in providing appropriate and reliable data needed for necessary statistical compilations and on the cooperation between users and producers of statistics in order to meet users' needs. - Recalling the efforts of governmental and non-governmental organizations active in statistics to establish standards and concepts to allow comparisons among countries, - Recalling also the International Statistical Institute Declaration of Professional Ethics, - Having expressed the opinion that resolution C (47), adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe on 15 April 1992, is of universal significance, - Noting that, at its eighth session, held in Bangkok in November 1993, the Working Group of Statistical Experts, assigned by the Committee on Statistics of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to examine the Fundamental Principles, had agreed in principle to the ECE version and had emphasized that those principles were applicable to all nations, - Noting also that, at its eighth session, held at Addis Ababa in March 1994, the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers, considered that the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics are of universal significance,

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Adopts the present principles of official statistics: Principle 1. Official statistics provide an indispensable element in the information system of a democratic society, serving the Government, the economy and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. To this end, official statistics that meet the test of practical utility are to be compiled and made available on an impartial basis by official statistical agencies to honor citizens' entitlement to public information. Principle 2. To retain trust in official statistics, the statistical agencies need to decide according to strictly professional considerations, including scientific principles and professional ethics, on the methods and procedures for the collection, processing, storage and presentation of statistical data. Principle 3. To facilitate a correct interpretation of the data, the statistical agencies are to present information according to scientific standards on the sources, methods and procedures of the statistics. Principle 4. The statistical agencies are entitled to comment on erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics. Principle 5. Data for statistical purposes may be drawn from all types of sources, be they statistical surveys or administrative records. Statistical agencies are to choose the source with regard to quality, timeliness, costs and the burden on respondents. Principle 6. Individual data collected by statistical agencies for statistical compilation, whether they refer to natural or legal persons, are to be strictly confidential and used exclusively for statistical purposes. Principle 7. The laws, regulations and measures under which the statistical systems operate are to be made public. Principle 8. Coordination among statistical agencies within countries is essential to achieve consistency and efficiency in the statistical system. Principle 9. The use by statistical agencies in each country of international concepts, classifications and methods promotes the consistency and efficiency of statistical systems at all official levels. Principle 10. Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contributes to the improvement of systems of official statistics in all countries. -------------

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Annexure-3 Availability & Requirement of IT Infrastructure in the

Departments

Sl. No.

Name of Department

Requirement Available

Computer Printer UPS Computer Printer UPS

1 Director M & H (F.W.) 7 5 7 317 317 317

2 Director Mines & Geology 2 2 2 1 1 1

3 Chief Engg. Water Resources 2 1 4 3 2 1

4 Chief Engg. P.H.E.D. 1 1 1

5 Chief Engg. P.W.D. 3 3 3 3 3 3

6 Commissioner M.D.M.

7 Director Environment

8 D.S.Ind.(PPC)

9 G.M. REDA

10 Director Tourism 1 1 1

11 Director Elementary Education 1 1 1

12 Director Agriculture Census 6 6 6 4 3 3

13 Sec. Relief & Disaster Manag.

14 CCF Forest 2 2 2

15 Registrar Revenue Board, Ajmer 30 15 30 2 2 1

16 Commissioner Transport 1 1 1 2 2 2

17 Director Fisheries 1 1 1 1

18 Director Local Bodies 34 34 34 1 1 1

19 Director Animal Husbandry 6 6 6 2 1 1

20 Commissioner Panchayati Raj* 4 3 4 2 2 1

21 Commissioner Women Emp.

22 Commissioner Industry

23 C.I.Factory & Boilers 3 4 4 1

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Sl. No. Name of Department

Requirement Available

Computer Printer UPS Computer Printer UPS

24 Commissioner Comm. Taxes

25 Director Employment 1 1 1

26 Commissioner Soc. Just.& Emp 7 7 7 4 3 1

27 Director Literacy 20 20 20 17 15 15

28 Sec. Rural Develop. 4 3 4 2 2 1

29 Commissioner R. H.B. 2 2 2 2 2 2

30 Commissioner Labour 33 33 33 1 1 1

31 Director I.C.D.S 3 3 3 1

32 Director Horticulture 2 1

33 Director Agriculture 9 6 9 5 4 5

35 Dy. Director PMU

36 J.D. Director PPP 3 4 2 3 4

37 D.S. Manpower 8 5 8 4 1 3

38 Director Monitoring 5 6 18 5 1

39 OSD Plan 6 2 4 4 1 2

40 Food & Supplies 4 4 4 4 2

41 UDH 2 2

42 Cooperative Department 2 1 2 1

43 Energy Department 3 2 3

44 DES 120 55 100 70 29 65

45 DSOs 179 66 80 32 32 32

46 BSOs 498 249 249 - - -

47 CPOs 33 33 33 32 32 32

48

Education Department (State, Divisional, District and RMSA, SSA) 102 52 100 - - -

TOTAL 1,145 639 786 531 463 497

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Status of Buildings of District Statistical offices in Rajasthan

S.No Name of the District

Separate Office

Available

Existing Status of Number

of Rooms in DSO

Availability of free of cost land

Whether building is

in Collectorate

premises

Alternate availability

for land 1 AJMER No 1 No Yes Yes 2 ALWAR No 2 No Yes Yes 3 BANSWARA No 2 No Yes Yes 4 BARAN No 2 not decided Yes 5 BARMER No 2 Yes Yes 6 BHARATPUR No 1 Yes Yes Yes 7 BHILWARA No 2 No Yes Yes 8 BIKANER No 1 No Yes Yes 9 BUNDI No 2 Yes Yes

10 CHITTORGARH No 2 No Yes Yes 11 CHURU No 2 Yes Yes 12 DAUSA No 2 Yes Yes 13 DHOLPUR No 2 Yes Yes 14 DUNGARPUR No 2 No Yes Yes 15 GANGANAGAR No 3 No No 16 HANUMANGARH No 2 Yes Yes 17 JAIPUR No 2 Yes Yes Yes 18 JAISLMER No 1 Yes Yes 19 JALORE No 2 No Yes Yes 20 JHALAWAR No 3 No Yes Yes 21 JHUNJHUNUN No 2 Yes Yes 22 JODHPUR YES Sufficient No Need No 23 KAROLI No 2 not decided Yes 24 KOTA No 2 No Yes Yes 25 NAGAUR No 2 Yes Yes 26 PRATAPGARH No 2 not decided No Yes 27 PALI No Verandah Yes Yes 28 RAJSAMAND No 2 No Yes Yes 29 S. MADHOPUR No 2 No Yes Yes 30 SIKAR No 2 Yes Yes 31 SIROHI No 2 No No Yes 32 TONK No 2 No No Yes 33 UDAIPUR No 3 No Yes Yes

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Statistical cadre with sanctioned posts and additional requirement

S.No Designation Sanctioned Additional

requirement Total

1 Director 10 3 13

2 Joint Director 15 19 34

3 Deputy Director 63 16 79

4 Assistant Director 49 45 94

5 Statistical Officer 77 395 472

6 Statistical Assistant 831 1829 2660

7 Statistical Inspector 289 358 647

8 Computor 359 1235 1594

Total 1,693 3,900 5,593

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State Economics and Statistics Services in Rajasthan

Present Status and additional requirement of posts

S.No

Name of Department Posts

Director Joint Director Dy Director Asst Director SO

S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC

1 20 point programme 1 1 1 1

2 Adult Education 1

3 Director Agriculture Census 1 1 1 2 1

4 Director Animal Husbandry 1 1 1 1

5 APO SGSY ZP 7 26

6 Ayurved Deptt Ajmer 1

7 CAD Bikaner 1

8 CMO 1 1 1 1

9 Commissioner Comm. Taxes 1 1 1

10 Cooperative 1

11 DES(+22) 1 3 1 4 4 1 37

12 Director Local Bodies (16+21+42) 1 8 21 6 6

13 Director M & H (F.W.) (4+18+29+34) 1 1 1 1 8 8 43

14 Sec. Relief & Disaster Manag.(+45) 1 1 1 1 1

15 Divisional Commissioner offices 7 7 7

16 Director Elementary & Secondary Education 1 1

17 e-gram 1 1

18 Finance sectt Jaipur 1

19 Director Fisheries 1 1

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State Economics and Statistics Services in Rajasthan

Present Status and additional requirement of posts

S.No

Name of Department Posts

Director Joint Director Dy Director Asst Director SO

S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC

20 Food 1 1 33

21 CCF Forest 1

22

Gender cell WCD & Commissioner Women Emp.(+65) 1 1 1

23 Commissioner Industry 1 1 1 1 36

24 Chief Engg. Water Resources 1 1

25 Commissioner Labour 1 7

26 Director Mines & Geology 1

27

Commissioner Panchayati Raj (10+36+54+66) 1 22 2 249

28 Plan coordination 1 1 1 1

29 Plan finance 1 1 1 1

30 Plan IF 1 1 1

31 Plan Manpower 1 1 1 1

32 Directorate manpower 1 1 2

33 Plan Monitoring 1 1 1 1 1 2

34 PPP 1 1

35 Chief Engg. P.W.D. 1 1 8

36 Registrar Revenue Board, Ajmer 1 1 1 1 2 1

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State Economics and Statistics Services in Rajasthan

Present Status and additional requirement of posts

S.No

Name of Department Posts

Director Joint Director Dy Director Asst Director SO

S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC

37 RHSDP 1

38 Right of information cell O&M 1

39 RREGC Rural Department 1 1

40 RUIDP 1

41 Sanskrit Education 1

42 Science & Technology 1

43 SEIRT, Udaipur 1

44 Commissioner Soc. Just.& Emp 1 1 3 1

45 Planning Gr 4 Deptt 1 1 1 2

46 State Planning Board 1 1 1

47 TAD Sectt 1 1 1 1

48 TAD Udaipur 1 2 1

49 Technical Education Jodhpur 1

50 Director Tourism 1

51 Commissioner Transport 1 1

52 TRI Udaipur 1 53 UDH Sectt 3 1 2

54 Deputation / leave / training 2 5 2

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State Economics and Statistics Services in Rajasthan

Present Status and additional requirement of posts

S.No

Name of Department Posts

Director Joint Director Dy Director Asst Director SO

S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC S PA PC

55 Chief Engg.P.H.E.D. 1

56 Director Literacy 1 1 1

57 Environment department 1

58 Energy 1 1

59

Education Department (State, Divisional, District and RMSA, SSA) 1 2 1 7

TOTAL 10 0 3 15 0 19 63 14 30 49 0 45 77 1 395 S-Sanctioned, PA- Proposed abolition, PC-Proposed creation

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Additional requirement of posts of subordinate posts

Sl. No Name of Department

Additional Requirement of posts Statistical Assistant

Statistical Inspector Computor

1 DES 4 - -

2 DSOs 41 36 44

3 Director M & H(F.W.) 42 308 342

4 Director Mines & Geology 2 - -

5 Chief Engg. Water Resources 1 - -

6 Chief Engg. P.H.E.D. 8 - 8

7 Chief Engg. P.W.D. 35 1 2

8 Sec. Relief & Disaster Manag. 35 1 1

9 CCF Forest 7 - -

10 Registrar Revenue Board, Ajmer 498 - -

11 Commissioner Transport 26 - -

12 Director Local Bodies 16 - -

13 Director Animal Husbandry 40 - -

14 Commissioner Panchayati Raj 498 - 498

15 Commissioner Women Emp. 33 - -

16 Commissioner Industry 48 - -

17 Commissioner Comm. Taxes 2 1 13

18 Commissioner Soc. Just.& Emp 38 - -

19 Director Literacy 40 - -

20 Commissioner Labour 33 - -

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Sl. No Name of Department

Additional Requirement of posts Statistical Assistant

Statistical Inspector Computor

21 Director I.C.D.S 196 - 304

22 Food and Supply 68 - -

23 Cooperative 14 11 23

24 UDH Sectt 41 - -

25 Energy Sectt. 2 - -

26 Environment Deptt. 2 - -

27 20 Point Programme 1 - -

28

Education Department (State, Divisional, District and RMSA, SSA) 58 - -

TOTAL 1,829 358 1,235

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Monthly Programme Implementation Calendar-MPIC

Month: Scheme Head of Account Outcome

1 2. 3.

Annual Allocation Funds (OB+Release) Physical Target(s) 1 2

Month Financial input

Programme Output

Activity Scheduled

Done(Y)/ Not yet(N)

If, partially done, Qty in

No. /% April 2010

Prog Ach

May 2010

Prog Ach

June 2010

Prog Ach

July 2010

Prog Ach

Aug 2010

Prog Ach

Sept 2010

Prog Ach

Oct 2010

Prog Ach

Nov 2010

Prog Ach

Dec 2010

Prog Ach

Jan 2011

Prog Ach

Feb 2011

Prog Ach

Mar 2011

Prog Ach

Cumu-lative

Prog Notes and Issues Ach

% Telephone No. Signature of Implementing Officer

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lqn`<+ MsVk csl rS;kj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA lqn`<+ MsVk csl ds vHkko esa rS;kj dh xbZ ;kstuk,sa lgh ugha gksrh gSA blds fy, vko’;d gS fd lqn`<+ MsVk csl gks ,oa mlds vk/kkj ij fd, x, fo’ys"k.kksa dks fofHkUu uhfrxr fu.kZ;ksa ds fy, le;&le; ij izLrqr fd;k tk,A fo’oluh; :i ls rS;kj fd, x, fo’ysf"kr vkadM+ksa dk ;kstukvksa ds fuekZ.k] eksfuVfjax ,oa buds fØ;kUo;u esa mi;ksx fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA blds vfrfjDr ;g Hkh vko’;d gS fd tks vkadM+s fofHkUu foHkkxksa }kjk ,df=r fd, tk jgs gSa] mudk vkadyu gks ,oa ;fn muesa dksbZ xSi gks rks mUgsa nwj djus gsrq foHkkxh; Lrj ij dk;Zokgh lqfuf’pr dh tkosA

funs’kd ,oa insu mi lfpo] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh funs’kky; ds }kjk mifLFkr lEcfU/kr

foHkkxksa ds foHkkxk/;{kksa dks jkT; ds lkaf[;dh ra= dh orZeku O;oLFkk ,oa jkT; ds LVsV LVªsfVftd LVsfVfLVdy Iyku dh vc rd dh izxfr ds ckjs esa voxr djk;k x;kA

Jh eukst jkmr] dalyVsaV MseksxzkQj ¼;w-,u-,Q-ih-,-½ }kjk vkbZ-,l-,l-ih- izkstsDV dk ifjp;]

jktLFkku esa bl izkstsDV dh orZeku fLFkfr o izxfr ,oa LVsV LVªsfVftd LVsfVfLVdy Iyku ¼,l-,l-,l-ih-½ ds lEcU/k esa fuEufyf[kr fcUnqvksa ij ikoj IokWbUV iztssaVs’ku fn;k x;k%&

• jk"Vªh; ,oa jkT; lkaf[;dh iz.kkyh dk ifjp;A

• funs’kky; ds lkaf[;dh dk;Z] 'kk[kk,a ,oa izdk’kuksa dk fooj.kA

• vkbZ-,l-,l-ih- izkstsDV ,oa ,l-,l-,l-ih- dk ifjp;] ,l-,l-,l-ih- ds vUrxZr fy, tkus okys {ks=] ,l-,l-,l-ih- dh vko’;drk,a vkfnA

• vkbZ-,l-,l-ih- ds vUrxZr fopkj.kh; izeq[k 20 lkaf[;dh mRiknksa ds lEcU/k esa ppkZA

• jktLFkku ds ,l-,l-,l-ih- dh orZeku fLFkfr ,oa vc rd dh xbZ dk;ZokghA

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• jkT; esa lkaf[;dh ra= ds lqn`<+hdj.k dh vko’;drk gsrq lEHkkfor {ks=A MkW- x.ks’k fuxe] dalyVsaV ¼;wfulsQ½ }kjk vkbZ-,l-,l-ih- izkstsDV ds rgr jktLFkku esa LVsV

LVªsfVftd LVsfVfLVdy Iyku ¼,l-,l-,l-ih-½ ds lEcU/k esa 20 egRoiw.kZ lkaf[;dh lwpukvksa ls lEcfU/kr foHkkxksa esa lkWaf[;dh iz.kkyh dh orZeku O;oLFkk] foHkkxksa }kjk izdkf’kr fd, tk jgs lkaf[;dh izdk’ku o lkaf[;dh lwpuk,a] lkaf[;dh iz.kkyh dks lqn`<+hdj.k djus ds fy, izf’k{k.k] lwpuk ,oa izkS|ksfxdh] vk/kkjHkwr lqfo/kk,a ,oa inksa dh vko’;drk dk fooj.k izLrqr fd;k x;kA

blds i’pkr~ lEcfU/kr foHkkxksa }kjk lEikfnr dh tk jgh lkaf[;dh xfrfof/k;ksa dh tkudkjh nsus] MsVk csl rS;kj djus] MsVk xSi dks nwj djus ,oa lkaf[;dh O;oLFkk ds lqn`<+hdj.k ds fy;s foLr`r ppkZ dh xbZ ,oa fofHkUu foHkkxksa ls muds foHkkxh; lkaf[;dh ds orZeku ra= esa vko’;d okafNr lqn`<+hdj.k ds izLrko Hkh izkIr fd, x,A fofHkUu foHkkxksa ls gq, fopkj&foe’kZ dk foHkkxokj fooj.k bl izdkj gS%& LFkkuh; fudk; foHkkx funs’kd] LFkkuh; fudk; foHkkx }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd lkaf[;dh lsokvksa ds in eq[;ky; Lrj ij izkstsDV lSy esa Lohd`r gS ,oa ftyksa esa Mh-ih-vks- o ih-vks- ds in Lohd`r gSaA lEHkkx Lrj ij {ks=h; mi funs’kdksa ds }kjk Hkh lwpuk,sa eq[;ky; dks fHktokbZ tkrh gSaA bl lEcU/k esa ;g Hkh voxr djk;k x;k fd foHkkx esa lwpuk ra= ds lqn`<+hdj.k ds fy, bZ&xousZUl ds ek/;e ls dk;Z fd, tk jgs gSa ,oa HkhyokM+k ftys esa ik;yV vk/kkj ij dk;Z fd;k x;k gSA izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk lHkh foHkkxksa dks ;g voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; ;kstuk en dk rhu izfr’kr lwpuk izkS|ksfxdh en esa O;; fd, tkus dk izko/kku gS] ftlds fy, lHkh foHkkx bl en ls vius foHkkxksa dh lkaf[;dh lwpukvksa dks ,d= djus ,oa izLrqr fd, tkus dh mfpr dk;Zokgh vey esa ykosaA funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; vk; vuqeku rS;kj djus gsrq leLr uxj fudk;ksa ds vk;&O;; ds vkadM+ksa dks fu;fer :i ls foHkkx dks miyC/k djk;k tkosA blds lkFk gh ;g Hkh voxr djk;k x;k fd v/;;u fjiksVZ esa fpfUg~r MsVk xSIl dks nwj dj **vkmVlkslZ lsokvksa vkSj xfrfof/k;ksa ij LFkkuh; fudk;ksa }kjk fd, x, O;; dh lwpuk vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh funs’kky; dks miyC/k djkbZ tkos**A ifjokj dY;k.k foHkkx MseksxzkQj] ifjokj dY;k.k foHkkx }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd muds foHkkx ds fy, v/;;u fjiksVZ esa fpfUg~r **iw.kZ :i ls Vhdkd`r cPpksa dh lwpuk** dks mi LokLF; dsUnz Lrj ij rS;kj fd;k tk jgk gS fdUrq ;s lwpuk,a osfyMs’ku ds vHkko esa tkjh ugha dh tk jgh gSaA bu lwpukvksa ds osfyMs’ku ds fy, i;kZIr LVkQ dh vko’;drk gSA f’k’kq e`R;q nj] ekr` e`R;q vuqikr vkfn dh lwpuk ,l-vkj-,l- ds vk/kkj ij gh vuqekfur dh tk jgh gSA izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk eq[;ea=h thou j{kk dks"k ;kstuk dh vkWu&ykbu lwpuk miyC/k djkus dh tkudkjh pkgs tkus ij voxr djk;k x;k fd ;g lwpuk lkeqnkf;d LokLF; dsUnz ,oa [k.M LokLF; dsUnz ls uhps ds Lrj ij miyC/k ugha gks ik jgh gSA izkjfEHkd f’k{kk ,oa lk{kjrk foHkkx funs’kd] izkjfEHkd f’k{kk }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd fu/kkZfjr iz’ukoyh esa lwpuk izsf"kr dj nh xbZ gSA ;g Hkh voxr djk;k x;k fd f’k{kk {ks= dh lwpuk tks uhik o Mk;l ds }kjk ,df=r dh tk

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jgh gS] esa vUrj ik;k tkrk gSA fofHkUu ,tsfUl;ksa ds }kjk rS;kj lwpukvksa esa Hkh dkQh vUrj ns[kus esa vkrk gSA funs’kd] lk{kjrk }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd lk{kj Hkkjr ;kstuk 'kq: dh xbZ gSA 33 esa ls 9 ftyksa esa gh lkaf[;dh lsok ds deZpkjh dk;Zjr gSaA mDr foHkkxksa ls iz’ukoyh ds vk/kkj ij la’kksf/kr viMsV lwpuk fHktokus ds fy, dgk x;kA funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk v/;;u fjiksVZ ds vk/kkj ij ;g voxr djk;k x;k fd **lkekU; lk{kjrk nj] izHkkoh lk{kjrk nj ,oa izkS<+ lk{kjrk njsa dsoy 10o"khZ; tux.kuk ij vk/kkfjr gS o tux.kuk o"kksZa ds e/; fdlh Hkh vof/k ds fy, ;s njsa vFkok vuqeku miyC/k ugha gSaA** bl lEcU/k esa i`Fkd ls v/;;u djk, tkus dk lq>ko izLrqr fd;k x;kA Je ,oa jkstxkj foHkkx funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk v/;;u fjiksVZ ds vk/kkj ij lwfpr fd;k fd futh {ks= esa d`f"k vkSj lEc) O;olk;ksa esa vkSj gkml gksYM ,LVsfCy’kesaV esa yxs O;fDr;ksa ls lEcfU/kr jkstxkj ds lead miyC/k ugha gSaA bl lEcU/k esa voxr djk;k x;k fd Hkkjr ljdkj ds fn’kk&funsZ’kkuqlkj vko’;d lwpukvksa dks ,df=r fd;k tkrk gSA ;s lwpuk,a eq[;r% bZ-,l-vkbZ-] QSDVªh ,.M ckW;ylZ] jkstxkj o Je ls lEcfU/kr gSaA d`f"k Jfedksa ls lEcfU/kr jkstxkj ds vkadM+s miyC/k ugha gSaA bl lEcU/k esa mi;qDr O;oLFkk fd, tkus ds izLrko fHktokus ds fy, voxr djk;k x;kA lgk;d funs’kd] jkstxkj foHkkx }kjk ;g Hkh voxr djk;k x;k fd vf/kfu;e ds rgr ftysokj jkstxkj ls lEcfU/kr iathdj.k dk dk;Z fd;k tkrk gS ftlds fy, jktdkWe ds ek/;e ls dk;Z djk;k tk jgk gSA lkWQ~Vos;j Vªsfuax ds fy, vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh foHkkx ds lg;ksx dh vko’;drk gS rFkk foHkkx esa lgk;d funs’kd dk in fjDr gS ftls Hkjs tkus dh vko’;drk gSA Je ,oa jkstxkj ls lEcfU/kr vkadM+ksa dks rS;kj djus ds fy, v/;;u djk, tkus dk Hkh lq>ko fn;k x;kA 'kgjh fodkl ,oa vkoklu e.My vfrfjDr vk;qDr] vkoklu e.My ds }kjk bl cSBd esa Hkkx fy;k x;kA funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd orZeku esa vkoklu e.My ds Lrj ls iw.kZ vkSj vkoafVr fd, x, Js.khokj vkoklksa dh lwpuk gh izkIr gks jgh gS] ftls foHkkx ds izdk’kuksa esa izLrqr fd;k tk jgk gS] tcfd v/;;u fjiksVZ esa xzkeh.k o v)Z xzkeh.k {ks=ksa dh fuekZ.k xfrfof/k;ksa dks vkoklu lkaf[;dh esa lfEefyr fd, tkus dh vko’;drk crkbZ xbZ gSA lkaf[;dh vf/kdkjh] 'kgjh fodkl ,oa vkoklu ds }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd orZeku esa 'kgjh {ks= dh lkaf[;dh dks rS;kj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA ftlesa fodkl izkf/kdj.k] ;w-vkbZ-Vh- ds vfrfjDr xzkeh.k {ks= esa Hkh fofHkUu ;kstukvksa tSls& bfUnjk vkokl ;kstuk ds vUrxZr rS;kj fd, tk jgs vkoklksa dh lwpuk Hkh vkoklu lkaf[;dh esa lfEefyr dh tkuh pkfg,A izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk bl {ks= dh lkaf[;dh rS;kj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk crykrs gq, lq>ko fn;k fd bl lEcU/k esa fdlh ,d ,tsUlh dks uksMy vf/kdkjh ds :i esa ?kksf"kr djk;k tkuk vko’;d gSA ou foHkkx funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd v/;;u fjiksVZ esa ou {ks=] lkekftd okfudh vkSj ou mRiknksa ds miHkksx@O;; ls lEcfU/kr i;kZIr leadksa dk vHkko crk;k x;k gSA lh-lh-,Q-] ¼Iyku QksjsLV½ }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd foHkkx }kjk ou {ks= ls lEcfU/kr lwpukvksa ds fy, u;k izdk’ku tkjh fd;k x;k gS] ftlesa dqN lwpuk,a miyC/k djkbZ tk jgh gSaA bl lEcU/k esa voxr djk;k x;k fd ou lkaf[;dh esa dkQh lwpuk,a miyC/k ugha djkbZ tk jgh gSaA bl lEcU/k esa lq/kkj dh vko’;drk gSA

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;krk;kr foHkkx v/;;u fjiksVZ ds vk/kkj ij funs’kd] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd ;krk;kr ls lEcfU/kr fofHkUu {ks=ksa tSls& futh {ks= ds VªkaliksVZlZ }kjk ;k=h ifjogu] vkWijsVj lfgr O;kikfjd okguksa dk fdjk;k] lM+d ifjogu midj.kksa dh ejEer ,oa j[kj[kko] lM+d ifjogu ls lEcfU/kr lgk;d lsok,a] lHkh izdkj ds ifjogu lk/kuksa ds fy, vU; lsok,a] dkxksZ gS.Mfyax lsok,a vkSj Hk.Mkj.k lsok,a vkfn ls lEcfU/kr MsVk csl rS;kj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA lgk;d funs’kd ¼lka-½] ;krk;kr ds }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd blesa ls dkQh lwpuk,a vHkh ,d= ugha dh tk jgh gSa ftUgsa ,df=r fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA bl lEcU/k esa losZ vk;ksftr fd, tkus dk lq>ko fn;k x;kA cky fodkl foHkkx funs’kd] cky fodkl foHkkx }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd foHkkx }kjk ,df=r dh tk jgh fofHkUu lwpukvksa esa osfyMs’ku djk, tkus dh vko’;drk gS ftlds fy, LVkQ dh vko’;drk gksxhA izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd lqn`<+ MsVk csl rS;kj djus ds fy, fpfdRlk ,oa LokLF; rFkk cky fodkl foHkkx }kjk feydj dk;Z fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA ÅtkZ foHkkx mi funs’kd ¼lka-½] ÅtkZ foHkkx }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd izlkj.k forj.k ,oa mRiknu fuxe dh daifu;ksa dk fu;U=.k funs’kd e.My Lrj ls fd;k tkrk gSA bu daifu;ksa esa lkaf[;dh dk;Z ds fy, i`Fkd ls in Lohd`r gSa fdUrq lkaf[;dh ra= esa lq/kkj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; vk;kstuk en dk ,d cM+k fgLlk ÅtkZ {ks= esa O;; gksrk gS ,oa le;&le; ij bl {ks= ls lEcfU/kr bdtkbZ lwpukvksa ds fy, MsVk csl rS;kj fd, tkus dh rRdky vko’;drk gSA jkT; Lrj ij bl lEcU/k esa lqn`<+hdj.k ds fy, izLrko izLrqr fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA d`f"k foHkkx eq[; lkaf[;dh vf/kdkjh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; esa d`f"k foHkkx esa i`Fkd ls lkaf[;dh lsok dk laoxZ gS ftlds }kjk fofHkUu izdkj dh lkaf[;dh lwpuk,a rS;kj dh tkrh gSaA bl lEcU/k esa izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; esa vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh foHkkx dks uksMy ,tsUlh ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k gSA d`f"k foHkkx ds lkaf[;dh laoxZ ds vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh foHkkx esa foy; ds fy, i`Fkd ls fopkj fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA blds vfrfjDr ;g Hkh lq>ko fn;k x;k fd mi;qDr MsVk csl dks rS;kj fd, tkus gsrq d`f"k] lgdkfjrk ,oa flapkbZ foHkkx esa lg;ksx dh furkUr vko’;drk gSA d`f"k {ks= esa Hkh fofHkUu ,tsafl;ksa ;Fkk& foHkkx] laLFkku] fo’ofo|ky; vkfn gSa] ftuesa i;kZIr leUo; dh vko’;drk gS rkfd bdtkbZ MsVk csl ,oa lwpuk iz.kkyh fodflr dh tk ldsA tu&LokLF; vfHk;kaf=dh foHkkx foHkkx ds lkaf[;dh lgk;d ds }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd fu/kkZfjr iz’ukoyh esa lwpuk izsf"kr dj nh xbZ gSA

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i’kqikyu foHkkx funs’kd] i’kqikyu foHkkx ,oa mi funs’kd ¼lka-½ ds }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jkT; ds ldy mRikn esa i’kqikyu {ks= dk egRoiw.kZ ;ksxnku gSA foHkkx }kjk i’kq x.kuk,a vk;ksftr djkbZ tkrh gSA HksM+ ,oa Åu foHkkx dks Hkh bl foHkkx esa lekosf’kr dj fn;k x;k gSA i’kqikyu {ks= ls lEcfU/kr MsVk csl rS;kj djus ,oa MsVk xSi dks nwj djus gsrq foHkkx ds lkaf[;dh ra= dks lqn`<+ fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA foHkkx dks lkaf[;dh lwpukvksa ds fy, lkWQ~Vos;j rS;kj djus dh Hkh vko’;drk gSA izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk lwfpr fd;k x;k fd i’kqikyu foHkkx dh [kkyh ,oa mi;ksx esa vk jgh fofHkUu tehuksa ls lEcfU/kr lwpukvksa dks Hkh viMsV fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA okf.kT; dj foHkkx la;qDr funs’kd ¼lka-½ }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd jktLo lkaf[;dh rS;kj dh tk jgh gSA lkaf[;dh dk;ksZa dks daI;wVj ij rS;kj fd;k tk jgk gSA foHkkx esa mi funs’kd] lkaf[;dh ds in ds LFkku ij vU; in dks Lohd`r djk fy;k x;k gS ftlds dkj.k foHkkxh; dk;ksZa esa dfBukbZ dk lkeuk djuk iM+ jgk gSA i;kZoj.k foHkkx foHkkx ds izfrfuf/k }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd orZeku esa ek= 15 deZpkfj;ksa dk LVkQ dk;Zjr gS tks fd Hkkjr ljdkj }kjk le;&le; ij izkIr fn’kk&funsZ’kksa dks lEcfU/kr foHkkxksa dks ikyukFkZ izsf"kr djrk gSA iznw"k.k fu;a=.k cksMZ dk;Zjr gS ftlesa eq[; lkaf[;dh lwpuk,a ,df=r dh tkrh gSaA bl lEcU/k esa voxr djk;k x;k fd i;kZoj.k lkaf[;dh ,d egRoiw.kZ fo"k; gS ftls vkbZ-,l-,l-ih- ds fy, fpfUg~r izeq[k 20 lkaf[;dh xfrfof/k;ksa esa lfEefyr fd;k x;k gSA blds fy, lEcfU/kr foHkkx ls lEidZ dj i`Fkd ls foLr`r izLrko fHktok, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA m|ksx foHkkx lgk;d funs’kd] lkaf[;dh ds }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd foHkkx esa vkS|ksfxd bdkbZ;ksa ds jftLVªs’ku dk dk;Z gksrk gSA bdkbZ;ksa ds dk;ksZa ls lEcfU/kr lwpuk,a tkjh fd, tkus dk dk;Z fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA bl lEcU/k esa mi funs’kd] thoukad] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh foHkkx }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd vkS|ksfxd mRiknu lwpdkad ds fy, foHkkx ds lg;ksx ls foLr`r lwpuk,a izkIr fd, tkus dh vko’;drk gSA bl lEcU/k esa iwoZ esa nh xbZ fjiksVZ ds vk/kkj ij dksbZ dk;Zokgh ugha dh xbZ gSA bl lEcU/k esa izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] vk;kstuk }kjk funsZ’k fn, x, fd fjiksVZ ds vk/kkj ij m|ksx ,oa y?kq m|ksx foHkkx ds Lrj ls visf{kr dk;Zokgh gsrq i`Fkd ls fy[kk tkosA lkFk gh ;g Hkh voxr djk;k x;k fd m|ksx foHkkx dks gS.MhØkQ~V vkSj nLrdkjh ls lEcfU/kr lwpukvksa dk MsVk csl rS;kj fd, tkus dh Hkh vko’;drk gSA iapk;rh jkt foHkkx mi funs’kd] lkaf[;dh }kjk voxr djk;k x;k fd foHkkx esa lkaf[;dh lsok ds fjDr inksa dh fo’ks"k leL;k gSA blds vfrfjDr vU; inksa dks Lohd`r fd, tkus dh Hkh vko’;drk gSA bl lEcU/k esa ;g voxr djk;k x;k fd fodsUnzh;d`r ;kstuk gsrq vko’;d gS fd CykWd Lrj ij lkaf[;dh lwpukvksa dk lqn`<+ MsVk csl gks ,oa ftyk ;kstuk,a Hkh miyC/k lalk/kuksa ds vk/kkj ij rS;kj dh tkosaA foHkkx esa gkMZos;j liksVZ vkSj daI;wVj izf’k{k.k dh vko’;drk Hkh crkbZ xbZA

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2- vk;qDr] ifjogu foHkkx] t;iqjA 3- vk;qDr] lkekftd U;k; ,oa vf/kdkfjrk foHkkx] t;iqjA 4- vk;qDr] jktLFkku vkoklu e.My] t;iqjA 5- vk;qDr] iapk;r jkt foHkkx] 'kklu lfpoky;] t;iqjA 6- vk;qDr] okf.kT; dj foHkkx]t;iqjA 7- vk;qDr] xzkeh.k fodkl foHkkx] t;iqjA 8- 'kklu lfpo] ÅtkZ foHkkx] 'kklu lfpoky;] t;iqjA 9- funs’kd] ek/;fed f’k{kk] chdkusjA 10- funs’kd] izkjfEHkd f’k{kk] chdkusjA 11- vk;qDr] Je foHkkx] t;iqjA 12- fucU/kd] jktLo e.My] vtesjA 13- funs’kd] LFkkuh; fudk; foHkkx] t;iqjA 14- mi egkfuns’kd] jk"Vªh; izfrn’kZ losZ{k.k foHkkx] ekuljksoj] t;iqjA 15- iz/kku eq[; ou laj{kd] ou foHkkx] t;iqjA 16- mi'kklu lfpo] uxjh; fodkl ,oa vkoklu foHkkx] 'kklu lfpoky;] t;iqjA 17- mi'kklu lfpo] i;kZoj.k foHkkx] 'kklu lfpoky;] t;iqjA 18- funs’kd] jkstxkj foHkkx] t;iqjA 19- funs’kd] cky fodkl foHkkx] t;iqjA 20- funs’kd] lk{kjrk ,oa lrr~ f’k{kk] t;iqjA 21- funs’kd] efgyk vf/kdkfjrk foHkkx] t;iqjA 22- funs’kd] m|ksx foHkkx] t;iqjA 23- funs’kd] fpfdRlk ,oa LokLF; foHkkx] t;iqjA 24- funs’kd] ifjokj dY;k.k foHkkx] t;iqjA 25- funs’kd] i’kqikyu foHkkx] t;iqjA 26- eq[; vfHk;Urk] tu&LokLF; vfHk;kaf=dh foHkkx] t;iqjA 27- eq[; vfHk;Urk] flapkbZ foHkkx] t;iqjA 28- eq[; vfHk;Urk] lkoZtfud fuekZ.k foHkkx] t;iqjA 29- cSBd esa mifLFkr vU; vf/kdkjhx.k Jh &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 30- ofj"V futh lfpo] izeq[k 'kklu lfpo vk;kstuk foHkkx] 'kklu lfpoky;]t;iqjA 31- mifuns'kd@lgk;d funs'kd@lkaf[;dh vf/kdkjh] vkfFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh funs’kky;]t;iqjA 32- Jh eukst dqekj jkmr] dalyVsaV MseksxzkQj ¼;w-,u-,Q-ih-,-½] eq[;ky;A 33- MkW- x.ks’k fuxe] dalyVsaV ¼;wfulsQ½] eq[;ky;A 34- ofj"B futh lgk;d] funs'kd vkfkFkZd ,oa lkaf[;dh foHkkx]t;iqjA

funs'kd ,oa insu mi lfpo] vkfFkZd ,oa lkWaf[;dh funs'kky;]

jktLFkku] t;iqjA

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Annexure-12

Record of Discussion of the Meeting to Review the Draft Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) held on August 3, 2010

A discussion was held on August 3, 2010 at 15:30 hours at Hotel Trident, Jaipur, Rajasthan to review and discuss the RSSSP in the presence of the following officials: Participants:

1. Shri T.V. Raman, DDG, CSO, New Delhi 2. Shri Inderjeet Singh, DDG, CSO, New Delhi 3. Shri G.D. Sharma, DDG, Jaipur 4. Shri S.L. Menaria, DDG, NSSO, FOD, Jaipur 5. Shri Suraj Mal Raigar, Director, DES, Rajasthan 6. Shri R.K. Pandey, Dy. Director, DES, Rajasthan 7. Shri Manoj Kumar Raut, Demographer, UNFPA, DES, Rajasthan

The discussion started with Shri T.V. Raman sharing his experience of the process of preparation of the Karnataka SSSP and the Karnataka SHLSC meeting. Following this, the Director, Dy. Director and the Demographer shared in brief the process undertaken for the preparation of the RSSSP, which included the following:

1. Exposure visits were made to three States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the year 2009 to study the State Statistical System

2. A 3-day brainstorming workshop on strengthening the Statistical System of Rajasthan from February 15-17, 2010 to consolidate and review the learnings from these three states.

3. Further guidance was received from the Northern States’ Workshop on State Strategic Statistical Plan (SSSP) from March 25-26, 2010 at Faridabad, Haryana

4. A SSSP Questionnaire was prepared and sent for suggestions and feedback from the line departments.

5. The suggestions and requirements were compiled and incorporated in the RSSSP and the representatives of different departments were invited to DES to discuss their plans thoroughly and incorporate it in the RSSSP.

6. A Review meeting was held under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning on May 31, 2010 and the departmental suggestions and requirements were shared and finalized.

The process was appreciated by the officials from CSO and was termed as quite pragmatic and thorough. Some suggestions were given by them regarding the 20 key statistics. On the completion of the meeting, a copy of the draft RSSSP document and a summary note were given to Shri T.V. Raman for his comments and suggestions. He assured that on reaching office, he will go through it and share his comments with us and invite us to Delhi to finalize the draft RSSSP.

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Annexure-13

A brief trip report on the visit to Delhi to discuss the draft RSSSP on August 19, 2010

Background The Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Govt. of India, the nodal agency in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) is implementing the India Statistical Strengthening Project (ISSP) formulated with the assistance from the World Bank for strengthening of Indian Statistical System as follow up of the some of the measures suggested by the National Statistical Commission for improving the statistical system with primary focus on strengthening of State Statistical System. The Guidelines for preparation of detailed State Strategic Statistical Plans (SSSPs) have been prepared at the National Workshop held in January, 2009. As per the Letter of Participation (LoP) signed by the State, the State has to prepare a SSSP. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics alongwith the Demographer from UNFPA prepared the Draft Rajasthan State Statistical Strategic Plan (RSSSP) document by consolidating the information and suggestions received from various stakeholders. This draft was submitted for the perusal of the officials of CSO. The Demographer has been instructed to visit CSO to discuss with about the observations on the draft plan. Objectives of the Mission

• To discuss about the Draft Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) with the officials of Central Statistical Organization (CSO), New Delhi

The Team A team of consisting of following officials from UNFPA and Govt. of Rajasthan went on a visit to CSO, New Delhi to discuss about the draft plan: Sl. No.

Name Affiliation

1. Shri Manoj Kumar Raut Demographer, UNFPA Rajasthan & Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

2. Shri R.K. Pandey Dy. Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

3. Shri Rajeev Chaudhuri EDP cell, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, Yojana Bhawan

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We met the following Officials: Sl. No.

Name Designation and Affiliation

1. Shri T.V. Raman Dy. Director General, CSO 2. Shri Inderjeet Singh Dy. Director General, CSO 3. Shri Niyati Joshi Asst. Director, CSO

Observations on the draft plan The Demographer and the Dy. Director shared in brief the process undertaken for the preparation of the RSSSP, which included the following:

• Exposure visits were made to three States of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the year 2009 to study the State Statistical System

• A 3-day brainstorming workshop on strengthening the Statistical System of Rajasthan from February 15-17, 2010 to consolidate and review the learnings from these three states.

• Further guidance was received from the Northern States’ Workshop on State Strategic Statistical Plan (SSSP) from March 25-26, 2010 at Faridabad, Haryana

• A SSSP Questionnaire was prepared and sent for suggestions and feedback from the line departments.

• The suggestions and requirements were compiled and incorporated in the RSSSP and the representatives of different departments were invited to DES to discuss their plans thoroughly and incorporate it in the RSSSP.

• A Review meeting was held under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning on May 31, 2010 and the departmental suggestions and requirements were shared and finalized.

• The Directorate of Economics and Statistics alongwith the Demographer from UNFPA prepared the Draft Rajasthan State Statistical Strategic Plan (RSSSP) document by consolidating the information and suggestions received from various stakeholders.

• The implementation of IT infrastructure and architecture for online data uploading from the grassroots to the State for decentralized data analysis for decentralized planning process was explained.

The process and the document was appreciated by the officials from CSO and was termed as quite pragmatic and thorough. The following suggestions were given by them :

• Visit to Gujarat DES to study their IT infrastructure • Exploring connectivity options of lease line to districts, RSWAN and Remote

Sensing • Phasing of the budgets and activities related to the 20 key statistics for a period of

5+2 years. • Steps to address the recommendations of the thirteenth finance commission of

Measuring addressing data gaps mentioned in the NSC like; GSDP at market prices, estimating green GDP, comparable estimates of District Income, measurement of cost disabilities and measurement of inter-regional trade data

• Hold another round of the stakeholders meeting and finalize the RSSSP

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• Prepare for the State High level Steering Committee meeting for its approval and the preparation of the MoU

Annexure-14

Proceedings of the User’s Workshop held in the context of the Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP)

Date : September 9, 2010, Time: 15:00 hours

Venue: Conference Hall, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Jaipur, Rajasthan An users’ workshop was held under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Planning as per the guidelines of the SSSP. As per the guidelines of SSSP, this consultation and discussion with users is expected to establish and suggest for improvement in :

1. how users use statistics in their operations 2. users’ assessment of the adequacy of existing statistics in terms of

relevance, accuracy, consistency, completeness, timeliness, level of dis‐aggregation (geographic, gender, etc.) and accessibility

3. users’ current and perceived future statistical needs and priorities and where there are gaps

4. how users think their needs can best be met in the context of the SSSP 5. users’ suggestion for improvement in the system of data collection, data

compliance, formats of data for collection and compilation and analysis of data for its use in planning and policy making.

6. users’ suggestion for the establishment of a continuous and perennial institutionalized system of feedback and dialogue between the data producers and data users to improve the state statistical system.

The workshop started with the initial opening welcome address by the Director, Economics and Statistics. He briefed the participants regarding the ISSP project, the preparation of the draft RSSSP and the need for a Users’ workshop in the context of RSSSP. This was followed by a presentation on the statistical activities, outputs, publications, projects of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and the objectives of the workshop by the Demographer from UNFPA. The participation included various stakeholders and users of data like; academicians, NGO personnel, subject specialists. The list of participants is presented in Annexure-A. The following suggestions were given by the users and response given by the Directorate:

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Users’ Suggestions and Responses

Sl. No.

Organization Suggestions Response

1 CII The representatives from CII stressed for the need of some constant economic variables for all states to enable comparison between them and the provision of Mobile data collection units.

There are some publications in the Directorate, which deal with economic variables like; Inter-State Economic Indicators, annexures of The Economic Review and Some facts about Rajasthan, which has some economic variables. It was also discussed that the specific variables need to be specified.

2 Budget Analysis and Research Centre

The representative from Budget Analysis and Research Centre reiterated on the issue of avoiding duplication of data in different publications

The Director explained that DES has already been declared as nodal agency for all statistical matters. There are inter-departmental discrepancies in data. The Demographer suggested that while referring to any data, the original source should be referred to avoid duplication and data discrepancies.

3 UNICEF The UNICEF representative expressed the desire to have block level collection of disaggregated data, block-wise socio-economic data, and tracking of the goals of 11th FYP.

This is being planned through the BSLLD project and the through the system of decentralized planning and data collection planned in the RSSSP

4 Rajasthan Chambers of Commerce

Members from the Rajasthan Chambers of Commerce emphasized for the need for data on export and import

The Govt. of India publishes data on export and import

5 Statistics department, University of Rajasthan

The representative from the statistics department expressed the need for generation of control variables for regression analysis of data to establish cause-effect relationship

This is being planned in SSSP

6 CARE The CARE representative suggested for the use of graphs and charts for better presentation of data in addition to tabular presentation of data. Correlational and cross-sectional analysis needs to be carried out. He also suggested for the generation of outcome indicators like IMR and MMR.

This is being planned in SSSP

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Organization Suggestions Response

7 Aravalli The representative from Aravalli said that while preparing the District Agricultural Plan of selected districts under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) scheme, there was a lack of soft copies of data. So, he reiterated the need for computerization of data for easy accessibility and use of data. He also shared that District Outlines are quite old. The latest is of 2006. The time lag should be reduced. He also suggested the use of websites like; www.indiastats.com, which has latest data.

Regarding the data availability at block level in soft copy, it was clarified that now, block level statistical offices are being proposed in the RSSSP. Regarding time lag in publication, it was said that with the use of IT and trained manpower, which has been proposed in this plan, the time lag will be reduced Regarding the use of private websites for data, the source of this data should be checked as they may not be based on reliable data or the sample size is not representative of the population in question

8 UNFPA The representative from UNFPA emphasized the need for data validation and Need for providing timely feedback on the data collected from bottom level

This is also being planned in studies in RSSSP

9 Representative of BIP

There is a need for data on infrastructural development

10 Representative of DES

The collection of Statistics act needs to be publicized

This has been proposed in the RSSSP

11 Representative of DES

The Dy. Director, EDP from DES emphasized the need for block level statistical cells manned with statistical officers

This has been proposed in the RSSSP

Considering the need for the major outcome indicators 11th FYP and the MDGs of 4 and 5, the Demographer from UNFPA, placed at DES emphasized the need to strengthen the vital/ civil registration system, which can help in generating outcome vital statistics upto the lowest administrative level on IMR and MMR. He

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also emphasized that the RSSSP proposes to build this system through online IT infrastructure to avoid data duplication and enable the much required coordination and convergence between different departments in the generation of reliable official data for use in planning and decision-making. Concluding Comments by the Principal Secretary He expressed the need for the following to strengthen the statistical system:

1. There is need for real time data 2. Need for synergy between different agencies of data collection for the UID Project 3. Devolution of 3 Fs (Funds, Functions and Functionaries) to PR Department based

on Kerala model 4. A lot of data is collected, collated and published but limited analysis is being done

with the data. The data should be analysed to bring about policy prescription 5. Time lag of data should be limited to one year 6. MDGs tracking needs to be done 7. UN agencies can support the Directorate in using innovative software for data

analysis, presentation and dissemination 8. Inter- departmental convergence needs to be established in the collection, collation

and dissemination of data. 9. IT should be used in the process of data collection, collation, analysis and

presentation of data. 10. Need for district level cadre to address the issue of vacancies.

The session was concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair.

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Annexure-A : List of Govt. Officials

Sl. No.

Participant’s Name, Post, Institution name & address

Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

1 G.D. Sharma, Dy. Director General, NSSO, FOD (North Zone), Jaipur.

91/75, Patel Marg, Jaipur-302020

9983893300 0141-2396423

2 Shri S.L. Menaria, Dy. Director General, NSSO, Jaipur.

B-10, Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur

9414500016 2812172 2396372

3

Shri Munshi Singh 1/1, Heera Bagh Flats, Jaipur.

9460142943 2220452

4

Shri Subhash Gupta, Joint Director, Planning Department, Secretariat, Jaipur.

9460060664 2782924 5153222 Ext.2044

5 Shri B.S. Jat, Dy. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

9829191067

6

Shri Mahendra Mohan Singh Udawat, Dy. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

E-196, Shiv Park, Ambabari, Jaipur.

9414046014

7

Shri R.K. Pandey, Dy. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

41, Kanti Nagar, Jaipur.

- 2220469 2220341

8

Shri Raju Lal Gupta, Dy. Director Adm. DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

B-27, Mahesh Nagar, Jaipur.

9414321029 - 2220342

9

Shri Ragu Nath Meena, Dy. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

A-16, Saraswati Nagar, Jaipur

9413331408

10 Shri Suresh Gupta, Dy. Director, DES, Jaipur.

11

Shri Rajendra Singh, Asstt. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

54/119, Mansarovar, Jaipur.

9784363911 2784803 -

12

Shri Misa Ram Prajapat, Asstt. Director, DES, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

7-A, Nandpuri, Hawa Sarak, Jaipur.

9414468779 - 2220342

13 Praveen Kumar, Economist (Asstt. Director Statistics, Bureau of Investment Promotion, Jaipur

F-923, Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur-302015

9413200237

14 Shri Vikas Yadav, Statistical officer, DES, Jaipur.

15 Miss. Seema Mishra, Statistical Officer, DES, Jaipur.

16 Shri. B.R. Sharma, Manager (Technical-Cell) Rajasthan Financial Corporation, Jaipur.

96, Mahavir Nagar-II, Maharani Farm, Jaipur.

9414097428 2385522 Ext.428

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Participant’s Name, Post, Institution name & address

Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

17 Shri Ambuj Kishore, Regional Coordinator, ARAVALI, HCM-RIPA (OTS), J.L.N. Marg, Jaipur.

Qr.No.C-2/2, Ajaymeru Residential Complex, Haldi Ghati Lines, Khatipura Road, Jaipur-302012

9414069506 0141-2701941

18 Shri P.C. Sanghvi, Research Officer, Industry Advisor, Raj. Chamber of Commerce, Jaipur

Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Jaipur.

2565163

19 Shri Arun Godika, Research Officer, Industry Advisor, Raj. Chamber of Commerce, Jaipur

Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Jaipur.

9314531381 2565163

20

Shri Rajesh Sharma, Sr. Executive, Rajasthan Foundation, Yojana Bhawan, Jaipur.

76, Patel Nagar, Iskcon Temple Road, Jaipur-302020

9414310955 - 2229444

21

Shri H.R. Singh, Programmer, RSRTC, Head Office, Chomu House, Jaipur.

9461061867 2364273

22

Shri Anil Kumar Maheshwari, Statistical Assistant

9214305628 3221904 2220341

23 Shri Viresh Kumar Jain, Statistical Assistant

5/56, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur.

2546793 2222740

24

Shri Suresh Kumar Sharma, Statistical Assistant.

Opp. Vikram Cold Storage, Jhotwara, Jaipur.

2341088 2222740

25

Shri Subhash Gupta, Statistical Asstt. DES, Jaipur.

15-A, Vishvesaria Nagar, Jaipur.

26

Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma, Statistical Inspector, DES, Jaipur.

3-B, Nana Colony, Sanganer, Jaipur.

9214664445 2791061 -

27

Shri Rajeev Kumar, Statistical Assistant, DES, Jaipur.

52/558, Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, Jaipur.

9414357991 - -

28

Shri Kamal Kumar Jain, Statistical Inspector, DES, Jaipur.

210. Mahaveer Nagar, Jaipur.

9414322997 - -

29 Shri Pradeep Kumar Jain, S.A., DES, Jaipur.

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Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

30 Shri R.D. Sharma, S.I. DES, Jaipur

31 Shri Rajeev Chaudhri, S.I. DES, Jaipur.

32 Shri Surendra Kumar Jain, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

33 Shri Om Prakash Gupta, S.I, DES, Jaipur.

34 Shri Banshi Mohan Mathur, S.I. DES, Jaipur.

35 Shri Manoj Kumar Sharma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

36 Shri Jagdeep Purohit, S.A. Jaipur.

37 Shri Jitendra Kumar, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

38 Shri Pradeep Kumar Mathur, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

39 Shri Kamal Kishore Sharma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

40 Shri Suresh Kumar Sharma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

41 Shri Giriraj Prasad Gupta, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

42 Shri Rajeev Bhargava, S.I. DES, Jaipur.

43 Shri Sukhvindra Singh, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

44 Shri Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, S.A. DES, Jaipur

45 Shri Santosh Kumar Verma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

46 Shri Mahesh Chand Verma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

47 Shri Vinod Kumar Sharma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

48 Shri Lal Chand Kachhawa, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

49 Smt. Santosh Jain, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

50 Smt. Shashi Sharma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

51 Smt. Beena Bhatt, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

52 Smt. Alka Chandel, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

53 Shri Ashok Kumar Verma, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

54 Shri Anil Kumar Jain, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

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Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

55 Shri Jagdish Yadav, P.A. DES, Jaipur.

56 Shri Mahesh Bansal, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

57 Shri Murli Mohan Shukla, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

58 Shri Rakesh Chandra Bhargava, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

59 Shri Prakash Chand Sharma, Sr. P.A. DES, Jaipur.

60 Shri Virendra Singh Chandel, P.A. DES, Jaipur.

61 Shri Om Prakash Gupta, S.A. DES, Jaipur.

62 Shri Subash Gupta, SA, DES

63 Shri Ramesh Chand Gupta, S.I. DES, Jaipur.

64 Shri Gopal Lal Shaldiwal, Computor, DES, Jaipur.

65 Shri Babu Lal Sharma, Care Taker, DES, Jaipur.

66 Shri O.P. Bairwa, Accountant, DES

67 Shri Surendra Singh Meena, Accountant, DES

68 Shri Deepak Lalwani, DES

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List of Academicians and Senior Technical Professionals

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Participant’s Name, Post, Institution name & address

Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

1

Dr. Lata Joshi, Ex. Head, Department of Statistics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

9460148918

2

Dr. Amita Sharma, Head & Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

C-104, Shivaji Marg, Tilak Nagar, jaipur.

9829400054 0141-2621133

0141-2373628

3

Dr. Pankaj Nagar, Department of Statistics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

3-Ta-16, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur.

9829747544 2651952 2373628

4

Shri Nitin Gupta, Director, CII, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

D-24. 1st Floor, Subhash Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur.

9829056343 2370349

5

Shri Atul Sharma, Dy. Director, CII, Jaipur.

D-24. 1st Floor, Subhash Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur.

9783805900

6

Dr. Anil Agarwal, Health Officer, UNICEF, Jaipur. B-9, Bhawani Singh Lane, Jaipur.

F-11. Ram Nagar Extension, Sodala, Jaipur.

9829281956 2291820 4090500

7

Dr. S.S. Singh, Officer, State Level Banker Committee, Bank of Baroda, 4th Floor, Anand Bhawan, Jaipur.

C-350, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur

9414343700 0141-2310087

8

Shri Nagendra Singh BARC, P-1, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur.

9828465903 2385254

9

Shri Suresh Chandra Kabra, SBBJ, Tilak Marg, Jaipur.

B-2/2, SBBJ Officer Flats, Jyoti Nagar, Jaipur.

9460792570 2741101 2227756

10 Shri Tapan Kapoor, M&E Officer, Care India, Rajasthan, Jaipur.

D-53, Bani Park, Jaipur

9950191700

11

Manita Jangid, State Programme Officer, UNFPA, Jaipur.

29, Shri Rampura Colony, Civil Lines, Jaipur.

9214390180 0141-2353911

0141-2220028

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Full address for Mailing (Residence)

Telephone Number Mobile Residence Office

12

Shri Joseph Gedgi, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS), Jaipur.

D-277. Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur.

9810403864 - -

13 Shri Manoj Raut, Demographer, UNFPA & DES, Jaipur.

9680445006 0141-2441972

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Annexure-15 A brief trip report on the visit to Gujarat to study their IT system, September

28-30, 2010 Background The Draft Rajasthan State Statistical Strategic Plan (RSSSP) was submitted for the perusal of the officials of CSO, GoI. As per the observations of the CSO, a team visited Gujarat DES to study the IT infrastructure in the state. Objectives To visit and study the IT system in Gujarat DES in the context of the Draft Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) as recommended by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), New Delhi. The Team A team of consisting of following officials from Govt. of Rajasthan and UNFPA went on a visit to DES Gujarat to study the IT infrastructure with a view to incorporating it in the RSSSP to strengthen the state statistical system: Sl. No.

Name Designation

1 Shri Suraj Mal Raigar Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics,Govt. of Rajasthan, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

2 Shri Manoj Kumar Raut

Demographer, UNFPA Rajasthan & Directorate ofEconomics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

3 Shri Darbari Lal ACP, Planning Department, Govt. of Rajasthan 4 Shri Rajeev

Chaudhuri Statistical Inspector, EDP cell, Directorate ofEconomics and Statistics, Govt. of Rajasthan, YojanaBhawan

We met the following Officials: Sl. No.

Name Designation and Affiliation

1. Dr. T.P. Singh Director, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG)

2. Shri R.J Shah Director, DES 3. Shri K.K. Panchal Addl. Director, (Statistics), Dept. of Health 4. Shri S.K. Hudda Jt. Director, DES 5. Shri Girish Joshi DD, DES 6. Shri V.B. Vedi District Statistical Officer, District Gandhinagar 7. Shri Rathod Research Assistant, DES

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We visited the following Offices:

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Name

1. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Gujarat 2. State Data Centre managed by n (code) solutions,

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Corporation (GNFC) and WIPRO company

3. e- Gram Network Operations Centre (NOC) is being managed by Airtel and HCL. It is owned by the Panchayati Raj Dept.

4. Bhuval Gram Panchayat, e-gram Centre, Gandhinagar District

5. Health & Family Welfare Department, Gujarat 6. Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and

Geo-informatics (BISAG) DES, Gujarat In addition to the activities carried out in the DES, Rajasthan, there is village amenities survey being carried out and village profile is prepared for all villages. A separate Directorate namely the Directorate of Human Development has already been established. State Data Centre We visited the State Data Centre being set up by (n) code solutions, an unit of GNFC and the IT software and hardware are being procured and managed by WIPRO company. Most of the departments have their servers placed at the State data centre. It has a good fire security and alarm system with facility of informing eight designated mobile numbers, close circuit camera system with real time data entry of motion detection and monitoring. The DES, Gujarat doesn’t have its own server room, the server of DES is placed in the server room of State Data Centre (SDC). The Science and Technology department is the nodal department for implementation of IT in the State and SDC is governed by Science and Technology Department. Gujarat Government has a State Portal and all the departments has link in the Portal. Server room of GSWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) Server Specification:

• Total No. of servers in the SDC is about 75-80, in two server rooms. • The servers are mostly of HP Brand • Total RAM is 4GB to 32 GB • Hard Disk Drive capacity is 300 GB X 2 and 300 GB X 4 • The servers are having Quad Core Processor and Blade Servers.

The server room is being managed by an outsourced company namely, Wipro.

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The nodal officer for the Wipro team is Department of Science and Technology, GoG Backup Server: There are backup servers with 4 DVR and 250 GB HDD capacity, weekly backup is being maintaining by the SDC. Power backup System:

• 2 UPS with 120 KVA capacity each for Servers only • 2 UPS with 10 KVA capacity each for other lighting equipment in the server

room Security Measures: The security system for the server room is in three panels

• Below the floor • On the floor • Above the floor

Building Management System It has a building management system (BMS), which include temperature, moisture and rodent repellant system, secured entry system. The data centre has state of the art blade servers and constant independent power back up system. For smoke and water leakage There are auto dialer systems on the mobile phones of the nodal officers for water leakage and smoke. If any water leakage is or smoke is found, then the security alarm will start buzzing and alerts will be immediately sent to the mobiles phones of the nodal officers. Firefighting equipment will automatically detect the smoke point and will release the cease fire gas. For rats and insects The Ultrasonic Sound Controller equipment is installed in the server rooms, which release ultrasonic sound not allowing the insects and rats to enter in the rooms. The frequency of the system can be changed from time to time. Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG) BISAG, formerly known as Remote Sensing and Communication Centre (RESECO), has been renamed after the great Indian Mathematician of the 12th century, "Bhaskaracharya". BISAG is a State level nodal agency to facilitate the use of spatial and geo-spatial technologies for the planning and developmental activities pertaining to Agriculture, Land and Water Resource Management, Wasteland/ Watershed Development, Forestry, Disaster Management, Infrastructure and Education. The Institute started its operations in April 1997 and was renamed as "Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics " in December 2003. It is headed by an official from ISRO.

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Health Department The data for vital statistics has been computerized in a software developed by NIC. A name-based HMIS software named E Mamta is being implemented by the Health Department, which has facility for tracking beneficiaries and has provision for UID system of identification. e-Gram Vishwagram Project About E-Gram : e-Gram Vishwagram Mission is a large Govt. of Gujarat initiative that harnesses Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to raise the level of access and quality of services the govt. delivers to rural citizens. The Mission seeks to fulfill the requirements of the rural public at the village level itself by simplifying their interaction with the Govt. The use of ICT in Government operation serves as the platform to facilitate speedy, transparent, efficient and effective interaction with the people, business and other agencies. The following are some of the features of e-Gram:

e-GRAM Vishwagram Society is registered under Mumbai Public Trust Act 1950 and society registration Act 1860

The Governing Body is headed by Hon. Chief Minister The Sources of funds–Grants are from the State Government. Executive Committee headed by PS (Panchayat) & Development

Commissioner is Member Secretary The Key Players: Public Private Partnership Model – the mission is being implemented along the public private partnership model where operations are outsourced through competitive bidding but the govt. retains control over the activities. E-Gram Vishwagram Society- The society has been established by the GoG under the Mumbai Public Trust Act, 1950 and Society registration Act, 1860. It receives funds from the State and Central Government as well as public contribution with the State’s Chief Minister as the Chairperson of the Society. Monitoring of the Society State Level monitoring- Done by the Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Housing along with the Development Commissioner and Officer on Special Duty. District Level monitoring – Done by respective District Development Officers with the Support of E-Gram Nodal Officers. The District Statistical Officer (DSO) has been nominated as the Nodal Officer in each district.

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Taluka and Village level monitoring – Done jointly by Taluka Development officer and Talati. E-Gram Rural Connectivity Infrastructure A separate budget was created by the Department of Panchayat, Rural development and Housing for the laying of IT infrastructure up to the village level. Presently every village has basic computer and connectivity worth approximately Rs. 1.15 lakh. The Govt. of Gujarat has taken pioneering initiative by bearing most of the expenditure from the state exchequer. Every village has an IT unit having connectivity by VSAT. The Unit comprises of the following items:

1. Computer System 2. Laser Printer 3. Web Camera 4. Microphone and Speaker 5. VoIP Phone 6. VSAT Unit 7. UPS

The approximate cost of a VSAT unit is about Rs. 50,000/- Connectivity Infrastructure :

• Broadband internet connectivity through Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology in all the gram panchayats.

• 7400 Direct Digital Reception System • GSWAN connectivity upto taluka panchayat • 35 channels of Video Conference @ 384 kbps • 200 concurrent user voice chat @ 16 kbps • 1 Dedicated Video Broadcast Channel @ 4kbps • 1300 Concurrent users @ 16 kbps burstable upto 256 kbps /site

Technical Support & Training Service Provider (TSTSP)

• Every Month visit to each & every eGram • Main Responsibility :

– To Provide Technical Support (Hardware & Software) to eGram – To Provide Training Service to VCE – Assist the eGram Center in roll out of G2C Services – Monitoring & Implementation of new Projects like e GCI & CSC

• Regular Monthly MIS Reporting Technical Support – An outsourced company is providing technical support among every 30 villages.

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The remuneration given to the technical staff is approximately as follows: • Rs. 11,500 per person at G.P. level

• Rs. 15,500 per person at District Level

• Rs. 18,000 per person at State Level

Antivirus Server: Four antivirus servers are installed in the server room of E-gram Vishwagram Office. The antivirus installed in all the Computer systems installed in the village level unit directly get updated by these servers. It has the following components:

1. Hardware & accessories-Computer ( with laser printer and UPS): 2. Upto Village Panchayat 3. Direct Digital Reception System (“ Ku Band “ and “C Band”) 4. Touch Screen Kiosk ( Upto Taluka Panchayat ) 5. Furniture for Back ward Gram Panchayat 6. Laptop & Projector ( Upto District Panchayat ) 7. Video Conference Facility ( Upto Gram Panchayat ) 8. GSWAN Connectivity ( Upto Taluka Panchayat ) 9. Technical Manpower Support ( Upto Taluka Panchayat ) 10. Technical Support & Training Service Provider ( Upto Village Panchayat) 11. Gujarat Rural Accounting management (GRAM ) ‘ Double Entry Accounting

System’ for Village Panchayat 12. VSAT Based Internet Connectivity to All 13,695 Village Panchayats 13. Provided Broadband Internet Connectivity to all 13695 Gram Panchayat with help

of VSAT Technology 14. Provision of

a. 35 Channels of Video Conference @ 384 Kbps b. 200 Concurrent User Voice Chat @ 16 Kbps c. 1 Dedicated Video Broadcast Channel @ 4 Mbps d. 1300 Concurrent User @ 16 Kbps burstable up to 256 Kbps / site

15. Power options : In Rajasthan, considering the water scarcity, the alternative power options could be Windmill harnessing wind energy and solar power.

16. It is managed by Airtel company, which provides internet bandwidth connectivity 17. Open source software is used to avoid monopoly of software companies

Network Connectivity: The network connectivity is by BSNL and Airtel and Airtel is paid around Rs. 1.74 crore per quarter for providing this connectivity.

• There is internet bandwidth connectivity between all the districts.

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• 4 MBPS intranet for each district. • 2 routers with 2mbps are simultaneously working. • All the districts are connected with 4mbps leased line and the talukas are

connected with 2 mbps leased line. All the villages & Gram Panchayats are connected with VSAT equipment. The Village Computer Entrepreneur (VCE) earns upto Rs. 20,000 per month. It is being operated under the following model

• A PPP Model on a revenue sharing basis • Local person with Min Qualification of 10th Pass • Roll out of Basic G2C services & B2C Services through eGram Center

The following services are rendered through eGram G2C Services through eGram

• Basic Certificates Issuance (Birth, Death, Character & Income Certificate) • Land Right Records Certificates (7/12, 8-A) • Electricity Bill Collection Services • NREGS related Work • All other Government Department Data Entry Works • Cyber Teaching Classes • ITI Admission Form Distribution and Submission

B2C Services through eGrams

• IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation) • PCO Center & Mobile Recharging • APMC Rate • Insurance Services • On line Education • All Other Internet Based Services like Merit list, online application form

Filling etc. • DTP Work • Utility Bill Payment Service

Gram Sabha Monitoring System There is a Gram Sabha Monitoring System, which updates the administration and policy makers about the recently conducted Gram sabha in the villages.

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Annexures 1 & 2 of the MoU Annexure 1: Major Performance Activities/ Processes and Actions Indicators

in Respect of RSSSP Rajasthan : (2011-12 to 2014-15)

Sl. No

Parameter Year-wise achievement Total Target

2011- 12

2012- 13

2013- 14

2014- 15

1. Departments undertaken analysis of data and made part of their annual administrative reports (No. of Departments)

48 6 14 14 14

2. Building construction and renovation at DES and construction of District and Block statistical offices (No. of Buildings)

282 11 71 100 100

3. Extensive use of Information and Communication Technology (No. of Key Statistics)

20 2 4 6 8

4. Statistical Capacity Building with professional subject specialists/ experts/ consultants in DES (5) and DSOs (66) in the 33 districts (2 per each district) in the areas of Applied Statistics, Econometrics, Demography (Demographer), Official Statistics and Information Technology (IT) (No. of Subject Experts/ consultants on contract)

71 38 33 - -

5. Regional workshops and Seminars for Statistical Advocacy and deliberation on the key statistics (No. of Key Statistics)

20 2 4 6 8

6. Setting up of High level Technical Committee (No. of Key Statistics)

20 2 4 6 8

7. Filling up of vacant posts in the statistical cadre in the State (No. of Staff)

315 315 - - -

8. New Posts to be created for RSSSP under ISSP (No. of Staff) (a) DES (No. of Staff) b) Line Deptt. (No. of Staff)*

1,371 2,529

- -

457 843

457 843

457 843

9. Operationalisation of 20 key statistical activities fully with Timely and periodic publication of data and Analytical reports brought out by the departmental statistical divisions (No. of Key Statistics)

20 2 4 6 8

10 Procurement of computers/ Laptops, Desktop, UPS, Servers and printers at all levels with softwares and other equipment (Number of computers/ laptop)

468 172 296 - -

Printer (Number) 324 77 247 - - UPS (Number) 459 100 359 - -

Note: The Parameters mentioned above are explained in the ‘Appendix’ attached to this MoU. * These will be pursued by the various concerned departments in their Budget Finalization Committees (BFCs).

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Sl. No

Parameter Explanation

1. Departments undertaken analysis of data and made part of their annual administrative reports

The various line departments dealing with the key statistics will be provided the technical know-how on how to conduct analysis of the data generated by them through DES. The analysis of data will be presented in their annual administrative report for the key statistics, which will aid in evidence-based planning, decision making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and schemes. An end to end IT solution has been proposed, which will assist the departments to collect, compile, analyze data and publish quality reports better and faster.

2. Buildings at the District and Block level for statistical offices in place

Considering the fact that there are no independent DSO buildings in 32 of the 33 districts in Rajasthan, which are functioning either in two rooms or one room or on verandahs, it is proposed to have buildings in these 32 districts. In order to strengthen the decentralized system of data collection and analysis and to establish the link between the district and the panchayats/ villages, it is proposed to have a similar statistical cell/ office at the block level. So, 249 buildings of block statistical offices are proposed for the same.

3. Extensive use of Information and Communication Technology

For each key statistics, there will be an end to end IT solution with e-forms for data entry, compilation, tabulation and analysis of data integrated on a web portal at the state level in the DES. The IT sector in the state needs a lot of inputs for improvement. In order to manage the IT infrastructural development for the improvement in the State Statistical System, an agency with experience in implementing IT infrastructure from the grassroots to the State level will be hired for the project period which will do handholding with the officials of the Directorate and different levels like; the district and block level to implement the project and handover it to the State Government. The grassroots data from the GPs, Tehsils and 249 blocks, will be collected through netbooks installed with inbuilt data entry modules of formats and questionnaires for different official statistics and surveys and will be uploaded to the web portal at the independent State data centre under the control of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The compilation and analysis of data will be done at the district level and finalization will be done at the DES for further analysis, publication and data dissemination.

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Parameter Explanation

4. Statistical Capacity Building with professional consultants in DES and DSOs

DES has been declared the nodal agency for all statistical matters in the State. So, DES has to review data collected from different sectors and approve the data before it is released. In order to build the capacity of DES and DSOs and handhold for a period of six years to review, comment and approve the data in various sectors like population, demography, health, economics, statistics and its anlayis, the following experts and specialists are proposed at the State headquarters and the District Statistical Offices: Statistical Capacity Building at the State level (DES Headquarters) There is a need for the following five specialists from the following fields to be appointed for a period of six years or the project period: Subject Specialist / Expert in Applied Statistics, Subject Specialist / Expert in Econometrics, Subject Specialist / Expert in Demography & Health (Demographer), Subject Specialist / Expert in official Statistics and an Expert in Information Technology (IT) Statistical Capacity Building at the District level There is a need for the following two specialists from the following fields: Subject Specialist / Expert in official Statistics & Demography in the districts (Demographer) and an Expert in Information Technology (IT) in the districts

5. Regional workshops and Seminars for Statistical Advocacy

Regional workshops and seminars will be conducted for the key statistics with the objective of brainstorming on ways to improve it. Seminars will be organized to share and disseminate data and participation of different officials in different seminars will be promoted.

6. Setting up of High level Technical Committee

High level technical committee will be setup for the key statistics to suggest and guide the collection of emerging data and suggest to improve the quality of data in terms of its (1) Adequacy; (2) Relevance; (3) Accuracy; (4) Timeliness; (5) Accessibility; (6) Interpretability; (7) Coherence, Methodological Soundness.

7. Filling up of vacant posts

The first priority should be to fill up the current vacancies of the total already present at different levels of the statistical system, which will reduce time lag in data transmission, analysis and publications. If these vacancies are not filled up immediately, this will lead to reduction of the staff strength to about half of the sanctioned strength by 2015. The approval for filling up of these vacancies has been given with the approval of the RSSSP in the State High level Steering Committee under the chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan.

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Parameter Explanation

8. New Posts to be created for RSSSP under ISSP (a) DES (b) Line Deptt.

In order to facilitate the implementation of this SSSP, there is a requirement of the following additional staff:

1. In order to implement the plan, Training, Research and Studies, a post of JD is being proposed in DES. In all, One JD and 4 SAs have been proposed

2. District Statistical Office (DSO) : At the district level after the reorganization and bifurcation of the earlier districts, the staff position has not been maintained to the optimum level. So, as per the discussion and suggestions based on the assessment of the current status of the DSOs, a common ideal model is being proposed (SO-1, SA-4, SI-3 & Computor-2). In all, 41 SAs, 36 SIs and 44 Computors have been proposed as per the common ideal model.

3. Block Statistical Office (BSO) : In all, one SO and two SAs and two computors per block have been proposed

The following posts have been proposed by various line departments in the SSSP questionnaire sent to them:

1. In other line departments, the posts of 3 Directors, 18 JDs, 16 DDs, 45 ADs, 146 SOs, 1,286 SAs, 322 SIs and 693 computors have been proposed by the various departments. These will be pursued by the various concerned departments through their own Budget Finalization Committees (BFCs)

9. Operationalisation of 20 key statistical activities fully with Timely and periodic publication of data and Analytical reports brought out by the departmental statistical divisions

The latest version of the SPSS package will be used to analyze data and end to end solution will be implemented in the department to facilitate advanced analysis and bring out quality reports faster. Improved IT system will help in the timely publication of reports. This will be integrated with the end to end IT solution to collect, compile and generate reliable data for planning.

10. Procurement of Laptop, Desktop, UPS, Printers, softwares & Servers at all levels

The use of IT in statistics for collection, compilation and analysis of data in Rajasthan is in its infancy. This is mainly due to the lack of IT hardware and software and training in using these. So, it has been proposed to provide almost statistical staff with computer system to increase its use in collection, compilation and analysis of data reducing time lag.

Note: The Parameters mentioned above are explained in the ‘Appendix’ attached to this MoU.

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Annexure-II Phasing of project cost under Rajasthan State Strategic Statistical Plan (RSSSP) according to major

five key areas

Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in Rs. Crore) Phasing (in Rs. Crore)

GoI GoR Total Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 9.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.91 0.00 0.91 1.64 0.00 1.64

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.94 0.00 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00

C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.41 0.23 4.64 12.59 0.66 13.25 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 11.52 0.72 0.00 0.72 7.26 0.00 7.26 2.94 0.00 2.94 E Contingency 0.95 0.95 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15

F

Filling up of vacant posts and creation of new Posts for RSSSP under ISSP in DES and line deptt.* *The cost will be borne by the Govt. of Rajasthan

Grand Total 60.97 1.97 62.94 0.74 0 0.74 14.67 0.23 14.9 17.32 0.66 17.98

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Sl. No Theme

Total cost (in Rs. Crore)

Phasing (in Rs. Crore)

GoI GoR Total Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total GoI GoR Total

A

Improving the Coordination and Management of Statistical Activities in the State and Improving Statistical operations especially those supporting the cause of improvement in the quality and dissemination of Statistical data 9.15 9.15 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65 1.65 0.00 1.65

B Capacity Development of Human Resources 1.94 1.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

C Civil Infrastructure 37.41 1.97 39.38 9.80 0.52 10.32 9.99 0.53 10.52 0.49 0.03 0.52 0.13 0.00 0.13 D IT Infrastructure 11.52 11.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 E Contingency 0.95 0.95 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.18 0.00 0.18

F

Filling up of vacant posts and creation of new Posts for RSSSP under ISSP in DES and line deptt.* *The cost will be borne by the Govt. of Rajasthan

Grand Total 60.97 1.97 62.94 11.6 0.52 12.12 12.09 0.53 12.62 2.59 0.03 2.62 1.96 0.00 1.96