Bhubaneswar: The first meeting of the State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC) was held on Tuesday under the chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, Odisha, Anu Garg, at the Second Floor Conference Hall of Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.
The meeting was convened to strengthen effective coordination between the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, and the Government of Odisha in respect of statistical activities in the State.Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Secretaries of concerned Departments and the Deputy Director General (DDG), MoSPI, along with other senior officials, attended the meeting.
The SLCC provides an institutional platform for closer cooperation, joint review, capacity building and methodological alignment among MoSPI, the State Government and its statistical agencies. It also facilitates implementation of national statistical standards, strengthens institutional linkages and promotes coordinated efforts towards National Indicator Framework (NIF) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) monitoring.
During the meeting, the Director, Economics and Statistics, Odisha, made a detailed presentation on key initiatives and ongoing statistical activities of the State.
The presentation covered various aspects of National Sample Surveys (NSS), Statistical Quality Assurance Framework (SQAF), implementation of Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) for Price Statistics and District-level Consumer Price Index (CPI), compilation of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and District Domestic Product (DDP), implementation of Data Dissemination Policy, strengthening of State Statistical System (SSS), data cataloguing, capacity building and harmonisation of administrative data.
Following detailed deliberations, the Committee took several important decisions to strengthen the State Statistical System and improve quality, reliability and timely dissemination of official statistics, including nomination of Data Officers by Departments, discussion of statistical activities in all Secretaries meeting, involvement of all Collectors in statistical surveys and organisation of consultative workshops before commencement of surveys and after publication of survey reports.
