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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who will head the recently constituted committee on statistics?
A
Pronab Sen
B
Deboleena Chatterjee
C
Karnam Shekhar
D
Nandan Nilekani
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India is an autonomous body which formed in June 2005 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission. The NSC is currently headed by Prof. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar who was appointed as Chairperson of the Commission on 30 Nov 2022 for a period of three years. Dr.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The first chief statistician of India, Pronab Sen was the head of the standing committee on economic statistics set up by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).

Detailed explanation-3: -GP Samanta as new Chief Statistician of India.

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