Thursday 22 December 2011

Govt to spend on Economic Census

  • Thursday 22 December 2011
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  • The government on Tuesday said it will spend Rs 800 crore for the Sixth Economic Census to be conducted from April to November 2012 to update the data on industrial activity across the country for better micro-level planning and policy formulation.

    'The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has planned to spend Rs 800 crore for conducting the Sixth Economic Census as a Central Sector Plan Scheme during April to November, 2012', Statistics Minister Srikant Kumar Jena told reporters here.

    The census would involve collection of data from entrepreneurial units in the country. The ministry will engage 8 lakh enumerators for the census, he added.

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