Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 388/19

LAUNCHING OF THE 7TH ECONOMIC CENSUS IN THE STATE

The 7th Economic Census in the State of Meghalaya was launched today by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Shri H. Marwein here at the Main Secretariat, Shillong. Addressing the launching programme, Shri H. Marwein said that this massive exercise is being conducted to provide disaggregated information on various operational and structural aspects of all economic establishments. This economic census will provide valuable insights into geographical spread, clusters of economic activities, ownership pattern and persons of the establishments engaged in economic activities. Shri H. Marwein further asserted that this exercise is important for the State and the country as a whole as this will provide valuable inputs in planning for the economic upliftment of the people. He also urged the Rangbah Shnongs, the Nokmas to cooperate and gave a helping hand in this endeavour to make this exercise a grand success. During the programme, the Additional Chief Secretary also launched the Mobile App which will be used by the Enumerators and the Supervisors in this Economic Census. For the conduct of the 7th Economic Census, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has partnered with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, as the implementing agency for 7th Economic Census. The enumerators and supervisors engaged by the CSC have been trained to collect data on mobile application developed for data capture, validation, report generation and dissemination. It may be mentioned that the Phase A of the Census has started on 22nd August, 2019 where five Districts of the State, namely, East Khasi Hills, West Jaintia Hills, Ri Bhoi, West Garo Hills and North Garo Hills is being covered. The remaining six Districts, namely, East Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills, East Jaintia Hills, South West Khasi Hills and South West Garo Hills will be covered in Phase B on 2nd September, 2019. Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Planning Department, Dr. D. Vijay Kumar and Deputy Director General, National Statistical Office (FOD), Regional Office Shillong, Shri S. K. Jana was also present at the launching programme.