Statistical news letter: Mahalanobis special/ Directorate of Economics & Statistics

Inauguration of Computer Lab at Statistical Training School, Jammu... Visit of Financial Commissioner, Planning & Development to Directorate of Economics & Statistics -- 5th Meeting of Reconstituted Technical Advisory Committee -- (TAC) on Evaluation -- Meeting of State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC) on
Improvement of Industrial Statistics -- Director General, Economics & Statistics visits Poonch and
Rajouri districts (19" - 22 April 2009) -- Development Concerns of Special Category States with Special Reference to J&K State -- Paper on Performance Review of J&K Economy 2008-09 presented by Shri. G.A. Qureshi, Director General, Economics & Statistics, J&K in two day's conference at University of Jammu on 27th to 28th April 2009 -- Other District level visits/meetings of Director General, Economics & Statistics -- Highlights of Evalation Study on implementation of "Market Intervention Scheme" in J&K -- Findings of Evaluation Study on "Cooked Mid Day Meals Scheme" -- Trainings organized within the state -- Newly elected body of the J&K Statistical Non Gazetted Employees Association -- 4th Meeting of State Level Evaluation Committee (SLEC) -- Statistics Day Celebrations - 29th June 2009 -- Profile of Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972) -- Live TV talk of director general, economics and statistics, J&K on 22-06-2009 on door darshan kendra, kashmir -- Press coverage of the event (messages) -- Programme -- Statistics day celebration 29th june 2009 -- Welcome Address on "Statistics Day" -- Paper presentation -- Importance of Statistics and Planning in India -- Importance and Scope of Statistics -- Size-biased Distributions and their Applications -- Role of Statistics in Socio-Economic Planning -- Vital Statistics & Implementation of CRS in J&K State -- Digest of Statistics and Data on Literacy Rate in J&K State -- Importance of Statistics in planning and Policy -- Statistics in Economic planning and policy making — A new Approach -- Concept of Linear Regression Analysis And Its Applications -- Backwardness of Jammu and Kashmir by Division and Sector wise -- Statistics-A Neglected Subject: It's Role in Biological Sciences -- Publications Released during the period January to June 2009 -- Statistical Trainings and Results -- Promotions -- Appointments -- Retirements during the period January 2009 to June 2009 -- Obituary

The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, J&K has been bringing out Statistical Newsletter since long to keep abreast the readers with the latest developments at the Directorate. This publication aims at briefing the planning & statistical personnel working in the country and also in entire state about the activities carried out by the Directorate from time to time. This publication presents news items, articles and views on economic and statistics related matters and as such serves as an effective medium of communication with official statisticians, planners and readers. newsletter covers both official and personal views on diverse issues.
The publication of this Newsletter is indeed an important activity of the Directorate of Economics & Statistics as it provides a channel to the readers and the statisticians to express their views. It also promotes a culture of dialogue and discussion which is very essential for improving and updating knowledge and expertise of the staff associated with development planning and economic analysis. The present Volume is 11th Issue in the series pertaining to the period January to June 2009. This issue is of special interest as it interalia presents the proceedings of the third Statistics Day celebrated on 29th June 2009 to commemorate 116th Birth Anniversary of Late Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, the father of Modern Indian Statistical System. To enrich the contents of this publication, papers presented by the participants during the course of Statistic's Day celebrations are included in this special issue of the Newsletter.
In the present era of liberalisation and rapidly changing socio-economic scenario, the Statistical Cadre has to meet the ever increasing demand from policy makers and planners for timely and accurate data. The Statistical System has, therefore, an important role to play in these efforts for generating accurate, relevant, credible and timely data for the users. Evidently the Statistical System will have to be reinforced to meet the emerging data needs of a dynamic socio-economic environment. To restore trust in statistics, the organisational personnel are requested to address the credibility and quality aspects of data continuously. Besides, all the members of J&K Economics and Statistics Gazetted Service and sub-ordinate Economics & Statistics Service are requested to contribute articles/notes on the activities being carried out by them in different capacities, enabling us to make the upcoming issues of this newsletter more interesting and useful. They are also requested to share their field experiences and statistical knowledge with this organisation regularly.