CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - Government of Himachal Pradesh

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f) Publications and latest issues/ Dissemination There is no publication
exclusively on GFCF statistics. However, GFCF data is published in DES
publications and in the Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh.
g) Interactions with other agencies
DES interacts regularly with the departments of state government, departmental
undertakings, public sector, and Local Bodies for collecting the required data for
estimation of GFCF. It also interacts with CSO for finalization of estimates of
GFCF.
h) Base year
The estimates at Constant Prices are being prepared with base year 2004-05
i) Statistical returns
Data are collected in prescribed formats, which are non-statutory.
j) Manpower Employed
Statistical staff engaged for SDP estimates are also deployed for this activity
k) I. T. Tools
IT tools provided for SDP are used for this activity.
l) Quality of data
The quality of GFCF and Savings estimates suffers due to: (i) exclusion of
private sector; (ii) the follow-up surveys of the enterprises not providing data for
actual addition to fixed assets, but providing data only for gross assets, which do
not satisfy the definition; and (iii) inability of the different controlling authorities
to improve the reporting of data and also its quality;
4.1.3 District Domestic Product
The responsibility for DDP estimation is with DES. The DES is preparing the
estimates of district income for various sectors by allocating the State income
among the districts using appropriate indicators. The estimates are under
finalisation and will be disseminated thereafter. DDP estimates with base year