CM launches sixth economic census
23 Feb 2013 5:20 AM IST
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday launched the sixth Economic Census in Delhi, when the enumerator visited her official residence to collect information and fill up schedules for recording details of households and establishments.
The CM urged all citizens of Delhi to extend full co-operation in furnishing accurate and complete information and make the Census a big success.
Economic census means complete enumeration of all establishments/units performing economic activities within the geographical boundaries of Delhi.
About 12,000 enumerators and supervisors will carry out the census in about 33,200 enumeration blocks spread in 11 revenue districts of Delhi during February and March. The field survey is expected to cover around 45 lakh census households.
The earlier five economic censuses were conducted in 1977, 1980, 1990, 1998 and 2005. The Additional Director General and Chief Commissioner (EC) V K Arora and Director (Planning), Government of Delhi, B K Sharma, were present on this occasion.
Dikshit elaborated the importance of economic census.
‘The data in respect of organised sector is generally available with various registering authorities.
But no reliable data is available in respect of unorganised sector, although it has an important role in Delhi’s economy. Economic census, therefore, emerges as the only source of information in respect of the un-organised sector. The economic census will also provide the information in respect of establishments having no fixed premises such as mobile vendors, hawkers, rickshaw pullers, taxi/auto operators, reheriwalas/khomchawalas, cobblers, porters, electricians, plumber and the host of self-employment establishments or operating from households with less visibility, such as handicrafts, tailoring, embroidery/zari, private tuition/coaching and the like,’ she said.
The CM urged all citizens of Delhi to extend full co-operation in furnishing accurate and complete information and make the Census a big success.
Economic census means complete enumeration of all establishments/units performing economic activities within the geographical boundaries of Delhi.
About 12,000 enumerators and supervisors will carry out the census in about 33,200 enumeration blocks spread in 11 revenue districts of Delhi during February and March. The field survey is expected to cover around 45 lakh census households.
The earlier five economic censuses were conducted in 1977, 1980, 1990, 1998 and 2005. The Additional Director General and Chief Commissioner (EC) V K Arora and Director (Planning), Government of Delhi, B K Sharma, were present on this occasion.
Dikshit elaborated the importance of economic census.
‘The data in respect of organised sector is generally available with various registering authorities.
But no reliable data is available in respect of unorganised sector, although it has an important role in Delhi’s economy. Economic census, therefore, emerges as the only source of information in respect of the un-organised sector. The economic census will also provide the information in respect of establishments having no fixed premises such as mobile vendors, hawkers, rickshaw pullers, taxi/auto operators, reheriwalas/khomchawalas, cobblers, porters, electricians, plumber and the host of self-employment establishments or operating from households with less visibility, such as handicrafts, tailoring, embroidery/zari, private tuition/coaching and the like,’ she said.
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