Yet to get majority states’ nod on 7th Eco Census results: Report

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NEW DELHI: The government is yet to receive approval from a majority of states for the provisional result of the seventh Economic Census, which creates a database of all formal and informal non-farm establishments in the country , according to a report released by the standing committee on finance on Thursday...

In its submission to the committee, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation stated that it had received approval for provisional results from 13 state-level coordination committees..

The committee, therefore, reiterate their recommendation and desire that the ministry accelerate data collection, foster close collaboration with states and ensure timely approval of the provisional results by the State Level Coordination Committee, the panel noted...