CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - Government of Himachal Pradesh

DESHP
Himachal Pradesh State Strategic Statistical Plan 112
1.1 For improvement of the quality and content/coverage of the statistical data there
is an urgent need to strengthen the set up of the headquarters of the DES. The
subject matter divisions of the Directorate should be increased to five each to be
headed by an Joint Director Level Officer dealing with subjects such as 1) State
Income Statistics and Prices 2) ISSP and 20 Key Indicators 3) Office/Social
Statistics &13 th Finance Commission expected Indicators 4) NSS, Survey &
Studies Research and miscellaneous statistics and 5) Administration,
Information Technology (IT), Training, Data Bank and Data Dissemination. All
the 4 technical divisions need one Deputy Director each, one Assistant Director
each Two Statistical Officers each supported by two Statistical Assistant, one
Statistical Investigator and one Data Entry Operator. The Administration
division headed by a Joint Director need be suitably supported number of
administrative and IT officers and staff. Since the IT Section under the DD
(Adm.) is proposed to undertake most of the tabulations there need be only
limited numbers of Statistical Compilers/Computers who can also undertake data
entry work with minimum manual tabulations/compilations.
1.1.1 Need to have a Joint Director exclusively for National Sample Surveys
and other Survey &Studies related activities.
This division may be the Social Statistics Division comprising of National
Sample Surveys, Annual Survey of Industries, Computation of Monthly
Index of Industrial Production, Housing statistics as sponsored by National
Building Organization, etc. As scheme head, presently the Research Officer
is representing the state in frequent scheme meetings at National Sample
Survey Organisation, New Delhi and other Ministries. If an officer with a
higher status participates in those meetings at New Delhi, representation
will be more effective, fruitful and beneficial to the State. Expediting data by
a Deputy Director from the line departments will be smooth, more effective
and timely. He can co-ordinate effectively with other line department
officers in expediting the data for various periodical publications like
Statistical Handbook etc.