CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - Government of Himachal Pradesh

DESHP
Himachal Pradesh State Strategic Statistical Plan 245
above conventionally the Department is collecting data and publishing reports with
bare minimum use of statistical analysis. If at all statistical analysis is to be done on
a large set of data collected through censuses, surveys and data available from
routine administrative process of departments, Statistical Analytical Tools and High
end Servers are required. With the availability of such IT infrastructure, the role of
the Department has to be more focused on integration and mapping of basic data of
various departments, data mining & warehousing statistical analysis, forecasting,
providing advice consultancy to the Government department etc. rather than
collecting, compiling and publishing reports type of work. This back drop has
driven, DES in identification of the new system.
It is proposed to implement the new system having the following features in a
phased manner as indicated below.
1. Strengthening the data collection process (Phase 1)
Use of browser/web based technology
Decentralization data entry
Ensuring data quality
2. Creation of Centralize data repository (Phase 1)
3. Migration of the Legacy data both Electronic and non Electronic (Phase 2)
4. Build report generation capability (Phase 2)
5. Use of statistical tools for analysis (Phase 3)
6. Data dissemination on the web (Phase 3)
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Electronic Data Collection
Framework
Web based application with
Online and Offline data
entry features
Data Validation and Quality
check features
Data Consolidation in
Central repository
Historical Data Migration Build Analytical
Framework
Report Development Development Do Ad-hoc
reporting
Analysis
and Data
Web Portal Development Distribution
reports
Ad-hoc
Reports/Publication
Distribution on Portal
Support
For implementing the phased approach, two critical activities may be selected
first and subsequently all the 3 phases completed as proposed above.