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India Elected To UN Statistical Commission, Other Key Subsidiary Bodies
India was overwhelmingly elected to the UN Statistical Commission, returning to the world organisation's highest statistical body after a gap of two decades in a highly competitive election.
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Bimal Kumar Roy To Be New Chairman Of National Statistical Commission
Professor Bimal Kumar Roy, the former director of prestigious Indian Statistical Institute, has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Statistical Commission.
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Will "Clean Up" Economic Data Gathering If Congress Wins: P Chidambaram
The Congress party will review how economic data is collected and interpreted if it wins the general election this month, said senior party leader P Chidambaram, amid doubts over the reliability of official data.
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No Regrets, Says Statistician Who Quit Over Damning Jobs Report
PC Mohanan grew up in a village without electricity, studied statistics at a public university, and then spent more than three decades crunching numbers for the government. But in the past week, the mild-mannered official has been caught up in a political storm that has threatened to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government months before...
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"How's The Jobs" Asks Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Data: Highlights
The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), accessed by the Business Standard, shows that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent.
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Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Stung By Exits, Statistics Ministry Clarifies On Jobs Report: 10 Points
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of a jobs survey and concerns about it being buried in election season. Acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi quit with a year left in their term, over the delay in th...
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One More Institution Has Died Due To Centre's Negligence: P Chidambaram
With two members of the National Statistical Commission resigning, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said today that one more venerable institution has "died" due to the government's "malicious negligence".
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Ministry Reaches Out To Statistics Body Chief, Member Who Quit Over Data
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of jobs data and concerns about it being buried in election season. PC Mohanan, the acting chairperson of the autonomous body, told NDTV that he was "not taken seriously" and felt ...
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2 National Statistical Commission Members Quit Over Disagreement With Centre
Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi, have resigned over disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said Tuesday.
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India Elected To UN Statistical Commission, Other Key Subsidiary Bodies
India was overwhelmingly elected to the UN Statistical Commission, returning to the world organisation's highest statistical body after a gap of two decades in a highly competitive election.
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Bimal Kumar Roy To Be New Chairman Of National Statistical Commission
Professor Bimal Kumar Roy, the former director of prestigious Indian Statistical Institute, has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Statistical Commission.
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Will "Clean Up" Economic Data Gathering If Congress Wins: P Chidambaram
The Congress party will review how economic data is collected and interpreted if it wins the general election this month, said senior party leader P Chidambaram, amid doubts over the reliability of official data.
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No Regrets, Says Statistician Who Quit Over Damning Jobs Report
PC Mohanan grew up in a village without electricity, studied statistics at a public university, and then spent more than three decades crunching numbers for the government. But in the past week, the mild-mannered official has been caught up in a political storm that has threatened to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government months before...
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"How's The Jobs" Asks Rahul Gandhi On Unemployment Data: Highlights
The National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), accessed by the Business Standard, shows that the country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent.
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Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Stung By Exits, Statistics Ministry Clarifies On Jobs Report: 10 Points
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of a jobs survey and concerns about it being buried in election season. Acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi quit with a year left in their term, over the delay in th...
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One More Institution Has Died Due To Centre's Negligence: P Chidambaram
With two members of the National Statistical Commission resigning, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said today that one more venerable institution has "died" due to the government's "malicious negligence".
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Ministry Reaches Out To Statistics Body Chief, Member Who Quit Over Data
The only two non-government members of the National Statistical Commission, including its acting chief, have quit over "disagreements" with the government on the release of jobs data and concerns about it being buried in election season. PC Mohanan, the acting chairperson of the autonomous body, told NDTV that he was "not taken seriously" and felt ...
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2 National Statistical Commission Members Quit Over Disagreement With Centre
Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi, have resigned over disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said Tuesday.
