Bhubaneswar : The 18 th National Statistics day was celebrated on 29th June 2024 at Convention Centre of
Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar in order to commemorate the birthday of eminent Statistician
Prof. P.C. Mohalanobis by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DE&S), Planning and
Convergence Department, Govt. of Odisha. The theme of the current year's Statistics day is
" Use of Data for decision making".
On the occasion, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Mohan Charan Majhi through his
message advised the Officers and staff to maximize the use of technology for reliable statistics for
people welfare. He announced the launching of the World Bank assisted programme OSCRGPP.
Smt. Anu Garg Development Commissioner cum Additional Chief Secretary Govt of Odisha
graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Sri Pravin Srivasthav, Former Chief Statistician and
Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Govt. of India presently working
as Chairman, State Statistical Commission, Madhya Pradesh was the Chief Speaker on the
occasion.. All the Officers and Staff of Planning and Convergence Department, DE&S, Officers &
Staff of field offices of DE&S, Senior Statistical Officers from line departments and retired Officers
of OSE&S Cadre attended the programme. Govt. of Odisha. Members from the print and electronic
media also attended the programme.
The programme was started with paying tribute to Prof. P.C. Mohalanobis by the
dignitaries. Welcoming the guests on the occasion, the Director Economics. & Statistics, Odisha
Dr. Bijay Bhusan Nanda highlighted on the importance of modernization of the statistical system
and capacity building of the human resources in the organization.
Speaking on the occasion, Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary to Govt.
Smt. Anu Garg emphasized on the use of data for decision making and policy formulation. She also
highlighted the importance of Statistical data for effective administration. She also emphasized on
the instances real time data for policy planning and reliable statistics for good governance in the
state.
Giving the Keynote address, Sri Pravin Srivasthava, Former Chief Statistician and. Secretary of
Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation, Govt. of India and present Chairman of
Statistical Commission, Madhya Pradesh gave a vision and architecture for a sound statistical
system at the state level.
An audio-visual documentary on the glimpses on the activities of Directorate of Economics and
Statistics was displayed on this occasion to sensitize the participants on different kinds of survey
conducted by the DE&S.
Three best performing District Planning and Monitoring Units (DPMUs) namely Dhenkanal ,
Bhadrak and Baudh were felicitated for their achievements in Statistical schemes during 2023-24.
Directorate's annual journal "Samikshya" and other statistical publications were released on this
occasion by the guests. Sri Sabyasachi Dutta, Additional Director DE&S, gave vote of thanks at the
end of the inaugural session of the programme.
In the technical session, Prof. Alok Kumar Mishra, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad
gave a presentation on the topic "Statistics for Good Governance". He highlighted upon the pillars
of good governance and how statistics helps in transforming governance. Another presentation was
made by Dr. Nanda Director, DE&S on Good Governance, Development and Statistical Thinking.
Many Economists and statisticians from across the state joined the meeting and shared their
thoughts on the theme of the current Statistics Day. Sri Pabitra Mohan Dwibedy Additional
Director DE&S offered vote of thanks to the Resource Person and the participants present in the
technical session of the programme.
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