Statistics Day

Statistics Day was celebrated on June 29, 2020 on the birth anniversary of Prof. P C Mahalanobis.
The theme of Statistics Day, 2020 is SDG- 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG- 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls).

PC Mahalanobis (1893 –1972) was an Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is referred to as the chief architect of Indian statistical system as well as father of statistical science in India.
He established the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931 and was made an autonomous body of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation in 1959.
He also helped in the establishment of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) .

The National Statistical Office (NSO) is the Statistics Wing of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
In 2019, the central government merged the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) into the National Statistical Organisation.
NSO is mandated with the following responsibilities:-
- acts as the nodal agency for planned development of the statistical system in the country
- compiles and releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) every month and conducts the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI);
- organizes and conducts periodic all-India Economic Censuses
- prepares national accounts as well as publishes annual estimates of national product, government and private consumption expenditure, capital formation, savings, etc. as also the state level gross capital formation of supra-regional sectors and prepares comparable estimates of State Domestic Product (SDP) at current prices;

In 2019, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation instituted a new award, namely, the Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis National Award in Official statistics for recognizing outstanding achievement of official statisticians in Central Government, State Governments and Institutions.The award will be given on Statistics Day.

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