CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Seventh Economic Census (7th EC) is being conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 7th Economic Census was launched in 2019 and it took more than three years to complete the survey, except in West Bengal and a few pockets of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, due to disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Census provides a crucial set of data for framing policies and planning for the government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 7th economic census was being rolled out at that stage, and Mospi claimed this would be an authentic geo-tagged database of all firms in the country. Mospi said it would create a ‘national statistical business register’ based on this database.

Detailed explanation-4: -About Us. The Ministry of Rural Development Government of India, commenced the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, in June 2011 through a comprehensive door to door enumeration across the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1976, Government of India launched a plan scheme called Economic Census and Surveys. In 1977 Central Statistical Organization conducted First economic census in collaboration with the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES) in the States/Union Territories.