(a) whether the Government has finalised setting up of the
National Crop Statistics Centre (NCSC) as recommended by the
Vaidyanathan Committee;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether it has started its operation;
(d) if so, the role and responsibility of the NCSC; and
(e) if not, the time by which NCSC is likely to start functioning?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD PROCESSING
INDUSTRIES AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS(SHRI HARISH RAWAT)
(a) to (e): The Government had constituted an Expert Committee on
Agricultural Statistics under the Chairmanship of Prof. A. Vaidyanathan.
The Committee has submitted its report to the Government. One of the main
recommendations of the Committee is to set up a National Crop Statistics Centre
(NCSC) as an autonomous, professional organization in the Ministry of Agriculture
for generating crop area and yield estimates at state and national levels. The
Government has constituted a Steering Committee under the Chairmanship of
Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, to look into
the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Committee.