Annexure - Directorate of Economics and Statistics

April 05/2011
prices respectively. The details of percentage variation of GVA over previous year are given in Graph-2.11.1. The
Value Added from Transport by other means and Storage sector from 2004-05 to 2009-10 at current and constant
(2004-05) prices are given in Annexure 39 and 40 respectively.
2.12 Communication
2.12.1 Public Communication Services
The Public part of communication services is supra regional sector consisting of Post and Telecommunication
department and overseas communication services. The activities relating to post office savings bank, postal life
insurance and telecommunication workshops are excluded from communication and included in Banking & Insurance
and manufacturing sectors respectively. CSO allocates the State part, the same has been used in new and old series.
2.12.2 Private Communication Services
The economic activities covered under this are (i) Courier activities (NIC-98, code-64120), (ii) Activities of the
cable operators (NIC-98, code-64204) and (iii) Other communication (NIC-1998, code- 642 (-) 64204). Activitywise
methodology of estimation of GVA for the new series is given below.
2.12.3 Courier Services
The estimates of GVA for courier services in the old series for the year 1999-2000 was compiled using the
estimates of value added per worker (VAPW) from the results of NSS 57th round survey on services sectors,
2001-02 and workforce estimates separately for Rural/Urban/organized/un-organised segments. The organized
sector estimates were prepared using DGE&T workforce and corporate sector value added per worker from the
results of NSS 57th round survey. The estimated GVA for the un-organised sector was compiled by subtracting the
estimated workforce in organized sector (DGE&T) from the total workforce and the estimated VAPW for unorganised
sector from the results of NSS 57th round.
In the new series, the estimates of GVA for courier services have been compiled for private corporate and
unorganised sector by using the estimates of value added per worker (VAPW) from the results of NSS 63rd round
survey on services sectors and workforce estimates from Employment–Unemployment Survey, 2004-05 along with
Population Census 2001. The private corporate sector workforce estimates have been used as obtained from
Employment Unemployment survey, 2004-05 against DGE&T employment data in the old series. The estimates
have been compiled separately for Rural/Urban/Private Corporate and un-organized segments. The estimates for
the year 2004-05 are Rs 28 crore and Rs.102 crore, respectively in the old and new series. The increase in GVA in
the new series has been due to use of results of latest surveys.
2.12.4 Activities of cable operators
The activities covered under this compilation category are the activities of cable operators, and the estimates
of GVA for these services in the old series for the year 1999-2000 were compiled using the estimated VAPW of
rural/ urban from the NSS 57th round survey results and the estimated workforce in the economic activity. In the
new series, the estimates of GVA for cable operators have been compiled for private corporate and unorganised
sector by using the estimates of value added per worker (VAPW) from the results of NSS 63rd round survey on
services sectors and workforce estimates from Employment –Unemployment Survey, 2004-05 along with Population
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