CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - Government of Himachal Pradesh

DESHP
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6.5 Statistical infrastructure:
6.5.1 The statistical infrastructure in terms of business registers, data frames and
sampling frames is not sufficient for the existing work load both in terms of
quality and quantity for all surveys including for horticulture crops in respect of
fruits and vegetable surveys and list of industries for IIP.
6.6 Funding
6.6.1 The present level of funding for prescribed 20 indicators under ISSP is not
adequate for the existing level of functions and activities. Nevertheless as there is
need to expand activities such as type studies, to take up new surveys and do web
based transmission of data by updating the existing ICT infrastructure, there is
need for considerable additional funding.
6.7 Assessment of IT Requirements
6.7.1 The need for additional IT resources can be assessed on the basis of the volume of
data, handled both at current and proposed positions and the related data
processing work load of the operational staff, and the need to access IT resources
by the supervisory and top management staff.
6.7.2 Local Area Networking is required for faster transmission of data for which all
computers are to be connected to each other within an office. In the DES
headquarters, the desktops need to be linked to the domain server(s) using
network switches. In the offices where server is not available, peer-to-peer
workgroup networks may be established. Under 13 th Finance Commission Action
Plan provision of Local Area Networking for State Head Quarter and District
Statistical Offices has been proposed.
6.7.3 At the minimum, broadband is proposed for all the offices. In extreme cases, dialup
connectivity can be considered. At the headquarters, the broadband connection
can be of much higher bandwidth. In case T1 leased lines are used (especially in
the case of in-house web server), these can be shared for internet access.