(10 October 2022) Government Data Roundup: QES, Index of Eight Core Industries, Public Debt Management report, Envi Stats India 2022 among the data released recently. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 10, 2022
In the thirteenth edition of the ‘Government Data Roundup’, we cover Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), Index of Eight Core Industries for August 2022, Public Debt Management report for the quarter of April-June (Q1 of FY 22-23), Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers – August 2022, Results of Forward-Looking Surveys by RBI, India Productivity Report by RBI, Envi Stats India 2022, among others.
The thirteenth edition of the fortnightly government data roundup covers the Fourth Round (January-March,2022) of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), Index of Eight Core Industries for August 2022, Public Debt Management report for the quarter of April-June (Q1 of FY 22-23), Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers – August  2022, Results of Forward Looking Surveys by RBI, India Productivity Report by RBI, Envi Stats India 2022 Volume II Environment Accounts, and State-wise and Item-wise Value of Output from Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (Year: 2011-12 to 2019-20).
In addition to these reports, some quick highlights of this fortnight are as below:
The 6th India Mobile Congress was officially opened by the Prime Minister, who also introduced 5G services in India. Speaking to the group, the prime minister declared that the arrival of 5G signals the beginning of a new era for the nation. India will actively participate in the creation and application of the technology and Future wireless technology design and related production will be heavily influenced by India.
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The Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES) and the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) are the two components of the All-India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES). The former applies to businesses with 9 or less employees, while the latter applies to businesses with 10 or more workers. The QES, which is a component of the AQEES, was introduced in April 2021 to collect crucial data regarding employment & related variables in the organised sector of the economy. In each quarter, information is being collected from about 12,000 establishments. The first such report for the period April-June 2021 was released in the month of September 2021.
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Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) is a production volume index that evaluates the performance of each core industry, both individually and collectively. Due to their significant influence on other industrial activities as well as general macro-economic activity, these sectors are known as core industries. These industries in the order of their weight in the index are Petroleum Refinery Industry (28.04%), Electricity (19.85%), Steel (17.92%), Coal (10.33%), Crude Oil (8.98%), Natural Gas (6.88%), Cement (5.37%), and fertilizers (2.63%). These sectors account for a combined 40.27% of the weighted average of all the items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
The compilation and releasing of the index are done by the Office of the Economic Adviser (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, and Industry.
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The Public Debt Management Cell (PDMC), Budget Division, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been releasing a quarterly report on public debt management since April through June (Q1) 2010–11. The report contains details on many aspects of debt management and provides an assessment of the public debt management and cash management operations during the quarter.
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The Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers is compiled each month by the Labour Bureau, an associated office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, using retail prices gathered from 317 markets dispersed across 88 industrially significant centres in the nation. On the last working day of the next month, the index—which is compiled for 88 centres and All-India—is released. This press release contains the index for the month of August 2022.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) carries out a series of forward-looking surveys on a regular basis before making any significant macro decisions to find out more about how consumers, businesses and other stakeholders feel about the current economic situation and expectation for the future. These surveys are useful in and of themselves because they give decision-makers and other economic actors more qualitative information on the business sentiment that might be influencing business circumstances and actions, even for the foreseeable future.
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The India Productivity Report is a thorough analysis of productivity dynamics in Indian industries, principally using the India KLEMS database. The India KLEMS project, which adheres to the World KLEMS and EU KLEMS standards, offers a database on capital, labour, and intermediate inputs together with total factor productivity, making it easier to compare India’s productivity trends with those of other major players in the world. It is crucial in determining how productivity, factor accumulation, and structural change affect the Indian economy.
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An international statistical standard called the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) integrates economic and environmental data using a systems approach to calculate how much the environment contributes to the economy and how much the economy affects the environment.
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has the responsibility of ‘Developing Environment Statistics and Development of Methodology, Concepts and Preparation of National Resource Accounts for India’. The Ministry has worked to expand the range and depth of environmental accounts. Fifth in the series, this paper covers Energy Accounts, Solid Waste Accounts, Wetlands including Mangroves and Estuaries, Fish Provisioning Services, Forest Ecosystems Accounts, and Species. Richness of Species on the IUCN Red List
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Over the years, National Accounts Division (NAD) has gathered a sizable body of data during the investigation and creation of estimates of national income related macro-aggregates emanating from agriculture. It became necessary for a domain-specific publication to provide a lengthy time-series of data on ‘Gross Value of Output’ (GVO) for the items belonging to the agricultural and related industries in one location because it would be laborious to include all these details in the annual National Accounts Statistics (NAS). Information on GVO of Agriculture and related industries is provided in the current report for the years 2011–12 to 2019–20, both at current and constant (2010-11) prices.
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