ECONOMIC CENSUS
Economic Census (EC) is a periodic count of all the economic entities (ie, units engaged in production and/or distribution of goods and services not for the sole purpose of consumption) functioning within the geographical boundaries of the country. It is conducted on an all India basis covering all the States and Union Territories.
This census collects data of organised and unorganised establishments from ward to all India level to analyze the economic structure of the country. The database is used by central & state governments for planning, policy making, research in various fields & it also serves as a sampling frame for follow up surveys.
The survey provides information about number of establishments, hired/non-hired workers, ownership of establishments, registration of establishments, number of establishments by source of finance, nature of operation, economic activity etc. National Statistical Office (NSO) is the authority to conduct the Economic Census at national & state levels. It is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme of MOSPI, Govt. of India.
PREVIOUS ECONOMIC CENSUSES
Seven ECs have been conducted so far throughout the country. All 6 ECs were conducted by DES throughout the State.
|
EC |
Period of conducting |
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1st Economic Census |
Oct-Nov. 1977 |
|
2nd Economic Census |
May – June 1980 |
|
3rd Economic Census |
1990 |
|
4th Economic Census |
1998 |
|
5th Economic Census |
June – Sept. 2005 |
|
6th Economic Census |
May – June 2013 |
|
7th Economic Census |
December 2019 |
The 7th EC is implemented in our State by Common Service Centre (CSC) e- Governance Services India Limited with the support of NSO & State DES. The Additional Chief Secretary (Planning & Economic Affairs) at State level and District Collectors at District level are nominated as charge officers for the overall coordination of 7th EC activities.
DES was entrusted only with the second-level supervision (SL2) of 8% of the surveyed units. Discrepancies were brought to the attention of CSC authorities, but they failed to address them. As a result, the district-level reports were not approved, which subsequently affected the State-level reports. Consequently, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) decided not to publish the results of the 7th Economic Census and has planned to conduct the next Economic Census(8th EC) in the financial year 2025-26.