GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION PUBLIC RELATIONS & PRINTING
// NAHARLAGUN //
No. IPR(PR)86/2002 Dated Naharlagun, the 5th January’2004
PRESS RELEASE
ITANAGAR:- A THREE DAY STATE LEVEL TRAINING CONFERENCE OF 60TH ROUND NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY (NSS) FOR THE OFFICERS OF ECONOMICS & STATISTICS BEGAN HERE ON JANUARY 5. MINISTER FOR ECONOMICS & STATISTICS, PLANNING ETC THUPTEN TEMPA INAUGRATED THE CONFERENCE. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION THE MINISTER URGED THE OFFICERS & OFFICIALS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME.
AS THE THEME OF THIS YEAR ROUND IS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERTAINING TO MORBIDITY AND HEALTH CARE, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION AND CONSUMER EXPENDITURE, SHRI TEMPA STRESSED THE NEED TO IMPART SUCH TRAINING TO JOINT B D O’S & B D O’S IN THE DISTRICT AND MAKE THEM RESPONSIBLE TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND DATA ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION.
SHRI DUYU PUSSANG, DIRECTOR ECONOMICS & STATISTICS IN HIS WELCOME ADDRESS HIGHLIGHTED THE INTRODUCTION OF NSS IN THE STATE ADDING THAT THE NSS WAS INTRODUCED DURING 1972-73 INTO TWO DISTRICTS KAMENG AND UPPER SUBANSIRI WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED TO ALL THE DISTRICTS FROM 31ST ROUND DURING 1976-77.THE ENTIRE TASK OF CONDUCTING THE SURVEY WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS & STATISTICS HE ADDED. HE FURTHER SAID THE 60TH ROUND WELL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JUNE DURING 6 MONTHS. THE SURVEY WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN 76 RURAL SAMPLES AND 32 URBAN SAMPLES UNDER CANTRAL SAMPLE SECTOR AND ALSO IN THE EQUAL NUMBER OF RURAL AND URBAN SAMPLES UNDER STATE SAMPLE SECTOR.
SHRI J P BHATTACHARYA JOINT DIRECTOR S D R D , N S S O KOLKATA ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TOPICS ON WHICH TRAINING PROGRAMME WILL BE CONDUCTED. MEANWHILE TRAINING CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICERS INSPECTORS OF STATISTICS, FIELD INVESTIGATORS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONARIES REPRESENTING THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICFTS.
( YALIK JERANG ) P.R.O.