Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has appointed A Ganesh Kumar and Debasis Kundu as members of the National Statistical Commission(NSC).

Appointment

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has appointed A Ganesh Kumar and Debasis Kundu as members of the National Statistical Commission(NSC). Now, the total strength of members of the commission including chairman is 5. The commission, set up in 2005, aims to strengthen the statistical system, suggest survey standards, and coordinate with other departments. The appointments come amidst calls for reforming the country’s statistics system. Kundu is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Kumar was also a member of the task force for the 77th round of the ministry’s National Sample Survey.


     

     

     

 

     


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