Data necessary for policy decisions be generated: Mukherjee
External Affairs Minister asked statisticians of the country to generate data which are necessary to facilitate policy decisions in a multilateral framework and complement India's socio-economic development.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked statisticians of the country to generate data which are necessary to facilitate policy decisions in a multilateral framework and complement India's socio-economic development.
"In a world which is rapidly getting integrated and where major issues of global nature are becoming more important, it is incumbent for our statistical system to generate data which are necessary to undertake analysis and facilitate policy decision in a multilateral framework," he said.
"Environmental degradation, climate change and its concomitant effects, disaster management, and global food and energy security are only a few examples of such imperatives that have come to the fore in recent years," he said at a function to mark the 115th birth anniversary of renowned statistician P C Mahalanobis.
Mukherjee noted that the country has to play a key role in developing statistical standards as many developing countries look to India for providing standard statistical methodologies.
"This is a responsibility we cannot shirk," he said while expressing confidence that Indian statisticians would rise to the challenges as they have demonstrated in the past.
With the increase in demand for diversified statistical products and owing to the needs of globalisation, Mukherjee said the statistical system has to develop its base right from the village level.
"The existing institutional mechanism has, therefore, to harness the skill of statistical work from limited scope of colleges and universities," he added.
"In a world which is rapidly getting integrated and where major issues of global nature are becoming more important, it is incumbent for our statistical system to generate data which are necessary to undertake analysis and facilitate policy decision in a multilateral framework," he said.
"Environmental degradation, climate change and its concomitant effects, disaster management, and global food and energy security are only a few examples of such imperatives that have come to the fore in recent years," he said at a function to mark the 115th birth anniversary of renowned statistician P C Mahalanobis.
Mukherjee noted that the country has to play a key role in developing statistical standards as many developing countries look to India for providing standard statistical methodologies.
"This is a responsibility we cannot shirk," he said while expressing confidence that Indian statisticians would rise to the challenges as they have demonstrated in the past.
With the increase in demand for diversified statistical products and owing to the needs of globalisation, Mukherjee said the statistical system has to develop its base right from the village level.
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"The existing institutional mechanism has, therefore, to harness the skill of statistical work from limited scope of colleges and universities," he added.
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