In order to strengthen the coordination of statistical activities among the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, other Central Ministries and State Statistical Organisations, the Conference of Central and State Statistical Organisations (COCSSO) was organized for the first time in the year 1971. Earlier it was supposed to be organized once in every two years. keeping in view the usefulness of the Conference, it has now been decided to have it every year.
The objectives of the conference are:
Discussion
To provide a platform for discussion on the statistical issues of common interest to the Central and the State Statistical Organization
Guidelines
To provide guidelines in the collection of statistics and maintenance of statistical standards and quality, besides uniformity in statistical standards
Action
To consider the Action Taken Report of the follow up action on the recommendations of the previous meetings(s) of COCSSO
Issues
To solve the technical issues relating to statistics
Groups
To set up Working Groups on specific issues/tasks relating to official statistics
Role
To review the role of the Statistical Advisers in the Central and States/UT Governments
Recommendations/Suggestions
To provide an overall perspective to the development of statistical system and to make recommendations/suggestions on issues having bearing on the development of the statistical system
The Standing Committee for COCSSO, to be constituted every year, would have the following constitution:
Constitution
Mandate for the Standing Committee
To consider all matters associated with the organization of COCSSO including finalization of Agenda and other technical details
To finalize the action plan and monitoring of the follow-up action on the decisions taken by COCSSO
To bring improvement in the Statistical System in the Country
To strengthen the coordination of statistical activities between Centre and State/UTs, and; between the MOSPI and different Central Ministries/Departments
To deliberate on any other matter having bearing on the development of the Statistical System at the Centre and in the States.
List of Links
Standing Committee for the 18th COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 21th COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 23rd COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 19th COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 22nd COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 24th COCSSO
Standing Committee for the 20th COCSSO
14th COCSSO
(April 10 - 11, 2007 – New Delhi)
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Arunachal Pradesh (NE State)
5) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)
15th COCSSO
(Feb. 7-8, 2008 – Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
1) Goa
2) Gujarat
3) Haryana
4) Assam (NE State)
5) Chandigarh (UT)
16th COCSSO
(Dec. 4 - 5, 2008 – Shimla, HP)
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Jharkhand
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Manipur (NE State)
5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT)
17th COCSSO
(Feb. 8 - 9, 2010 – Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Meghalaya (NE State)
5) Daman & Diu
18th COCSSO
1) Maharashtra
2) Orissa
3) Punjab
4) Mizoram (NE State)
5) Lakshadweep
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