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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 49

SSC MTS - 21 July 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q49

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Which organisation of the government of India reports the GDP of the country?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answear is Option 2 i.e. Central Statistics Office.

  1. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is a governmental agency in India under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation responsible for co-ordination of statistical activities in India, and evolving and maintaining statistical standards.
  2. The Director-General leads the Central Statistics Office.
  3. The Central Statistics Office is headquartered in Delhi. 
  4. The government declared that the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and the Central Statistics Office will be merged to become the National Statistical Office (NSO).
  5. The responsibilities of CSO include coordinating statistical activities and liaison with the Central Government Departments, State Governments and International Agencies; preparation of national accounts; conducting Annual Survey of Industries, Economic Censuses and their Follow-up Enterprise Surveys; constructing IIPetc.
  6. The CSO was formed in the year 1951, initially, it was functioning as an institute but later on, it was reformed into a CSO office that deals with all the National Statistics.