(14 August 2023) Government Data Roundup: Reports by MoSPI, CAG
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 14, 2023
In this 35th edition of the fortnightly roundup of government data, we look at some of the reports and data released by MOSPI regarding Crop Statistics, MOSPI’s report of Twenty Point Programme, Standing Committee Reports and CAG Audit Reports.
Twenty Point Programme – Annual Report 2023 & Progress Report 2022-23
About the reports
The Twenty Point Programme (TPP) is a package of government programs, with the aim of improving the quality of life in rural areas. The program includes a range of schemes related to poverty alleviation, employment generation, education, health, housing, and environmental protection. It was initially launched in 1975 and restructured in 1982, 1986, and 2006. The Programmes and Schemes under TPP-2006 are in harmony with the priorities contained in the National Common Minimum Programme, the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, and the SAARC Social Charter. It has 20 Points covering 65 items. These 65 items coincide with various programmes and schemes of the government which are administered by the Central Nodal Ministries/Departments and by and large are implemented through the State Governments/UT Administrations.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) monitors the performance of the TPP based on reports received from state governments and central nodal ministries. The management information system relating to Twenty Point developed by the Ministry consists of a monthly Progress Report (MPR) and yearly Review of the Programme, Pointwise, Item-wise, and State-wise.
Recently, MOSPI released its yearly review reports of TPP -2006. The Two reports are:
Highlights
Review of Crop Statistics System in India – 2017-18 and 2019-20
About Review of Crop Statistics System in India
The agriculture sector has a vital role to play in Indian Economy. Hence there is a need for timely, reliable, and comprehensive statistics on area under crops and crop production. The field Operations Division (FOD) of the National Statistical Office (NSO) under MoSPI has the responsibility of guiding the States in developing suitable techniques for obtaining reliable and timely estimates of area and yield rates. It is also responsible to ensure the adoption of Uniform concepts, definitions, and procedures in the collection of crop area and yield-related statistics. It keeps a constant watch on the quality of Crop Statistics through the Scheme for Improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS).
The scheme ICS was taken up in the year 1973-74 with the objective of pointing out, through the Join efforts of NSO and State governments, the deficiencies in the system of crop statistics. Sample checks on area enumeration and area aggregation are carried out in a sample of about 10 thousand villages in each season and conduct around 32 thousand crop-cutting experiments in a year.
Based on the findings of the ICS scheme, NSO (FDO) releases a publication – Review of Crop Statistics System in India.
MOSPI has recently released the 43 & 45 editions for the years 2017-18 and 2019-20 respectively.
Review of Crop Statistics System in India (2017-18)
Review of Crop Statistics System in India (2019-20)
Consolidated Results of Crop Estimation Survey on Principal Crops
About Consolidated Results of Crop Estimation Survey on Principal Crops
Estimates of yield rates of principal food and non-food crops are obtained on the basis of crop-cutting experiments conducted in the majority of States/UTs under the National Programme of Crop Estimation Surveys (CES). In this process, certain vital micro-level details relating to the conduct of crop-cutting experiments for the estimation of crop yield are also captured.
The analysed results of CES are consolidated and brought out by NSSO (FOD) in their annual publication titled ‘Consolidated Results of Crop Estimation Survey on Principal Crops.’
MOSPI has released two editions i.e., 70 and 71 for the years 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Consolidated Results of Crop Estimation Survey on Principal Crops (2017-18)
Consolidated Results of Crop Estimation Survey on Principal Crops (2018-19)
Standing Committee Reports
Various Standing Committee Reports were submitted during the Monsoon Session of 2023 in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Reports include Ecosystem of Start-ups to benefit India, Development of Trade and Industries in North-eastern Region, 353 report on Issue of Fixing of Airfares, Judicial processes and their Reform, Thirty Second Report of the Committee on Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Forty-seventh Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Review of the functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), The Forty-Eighth Report of the Committee on “Citizens’ Data Security And Privacy, etc. Details of these reports can be read in our Parliament reviews here and here
A few of the other Standing Committee Reports include:
Audit Reports by CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has released various Audit reports over the last fortnight. A few of these reports are:
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