(a) whether the Government is providing skill development programme in Statistics and Programme implementation for departmental employees and other persons under the Ministry;
(b) if so, the name of programmes, sector-wise with details of registration made for such programmes country-wise during each of the last three years and the current year; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER FOR STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)
(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is responsible for co-ordination of Statistical activities in the Country and also for conducting Surveys on various subjects of national importance. The Ministry has been continuously making necessary efforts to accomplish this task by imparting training to its personnel in Official Statistics and related methodology. Subjects/areas covered under various training programmes conducted by the Ministry inter alia include areas of Official Statistics, Theoretical & Applied Statistics, Large Scale Sample Surveys, System of National Accounts, Data Collection, Processing and Management Techniques, Information Technology, General Management, Financial Management, Micro and Macro Economics, Econometrics, General Administration, Communication Skills etc.
The details of registration made for such programmes in the last 3 years and the current year are given in the table below.
(i) Details of domestic registration
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Number of Officials trained during the year
Sr. Training Programme -------------------------------------------
No. for 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
(Till
19-07-2016)
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1. Indian Statistical 331 414 340 105
Service (ISS)
2. Subordinate Statistical 2026 1212 1272 280
Services (SSS)
3. Other Categories 617 535 595 83
(Miscellaneous)
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(ii) Country-wise details of international registration
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Number of Officials trained during the year
Sr. -------------------------------------------
No. Country 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
(Till
19-07-2016)
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1. China 6 29 6 2
2. France 2 1 0 0
3. Japan 1 1 5 3
4. Singapore 3 0 2 1
5. Philippines 3 1 0 0
6. Kenya 1 0 0 0
7. Vietnam 1 0 1 0
8. Thailand 5 2 7 5
9. Indonesia 3 0 4 0
10. Switzerland 1 1 0 0
11. U.S.A 2 2 3 1
12. South Korea 0 24 3 0
13. Malaysia 0 1 0 0
14. U.K. 0 49 0 0
15. Italy 0 0 1 0
16. Sri Lanka 0 0 3 0
17. Canada 0 48 0 0
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