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Notification directing collection of statistics from corporate service-sector entities under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008, for Phase-II of the pilot study on the Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE).

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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation issued S.O. 4365(E) dated 4th October 2024, under sections 3 and 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009, as amended in 2017 by 21 of 2017), read with rules 5 and 7 of the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011, directing the collection of statistics from corporate entities registered under the Companies Act, 1956, Companies Act, 2013, or Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 belonging to the service sector, through Phase-II of the pilot study on the Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE); the notification appoints named Statistics Officers (Deputy Directors General of the National Sample Survey Office's Field Operations Division, including Himmat Singh Raghav, Kailash G. Sharma, Nitish Kumar, Dr. Hansraj Yadav, R. Manohar, Dr. P.T. Subha, and Saji George) with defined state/UT jurisdictions, sets a data collection period generally between 1st November 2024 and 31st March 2025 for the reference financial year 2022-23, requires informants (heads/owners of GSTIN-registered service enterprises) to furnish information in Hindi or English, and confirms confidentiality of collected data under Section 9 of the Act; the notification is signed by Dr. Chetna Shukla, Deputy Director General.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-10102024-257799 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4006] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2024/ASVINA 16, 1946 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] Dr. CHETNA SHUKLA, Dy. Director General) MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th October, 2024 S.O. 4365(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009), as amended in 2017 (21 of 2017), read with rules 5 and 7 of the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation hereby directs Collection of Statistics from corporate entities i.e entities registered under companies Act, 1956 or companies Act, 2013 or Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and belonging to service sector through a statistical survey, hereinafter referred to as ‘Phase-II of the pilot study on Annual Survey of service sector enterprises (ASSSE)', as per the details mentioned in the Schedule-I. 2. The Ministry further appoints the persons as also their assignees in office, mentioned in the Schedule II as Statistics Officers in respect of the geographical units mentioned thereof with reference to the aforesaid direction. Each Statistics Officer shall immediately submit an undertaking in the prescribed format, namely, Form-I appended to the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011, to the Additional Director General, Field Operations Division, National Sample Survey Office, Delhi. 3. The persons authorized by each Statistics Officer, after submission of the undertaking in the prescribed format, namely, Form-I appended to the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011 to the Statistics Officer, would be engaged in the geographical jurisdiction of the Statistics Officer for verification of information furnished by informants, for inspecting relevant records, and for seeking clarifications, as may be necessary, from informants. In accordance with these duties, each person authorized would carry a photo identity card and a letter of authorization issued by the concerned Statistics Officer. The Statistics Officer shall keep the undertakings of the authorized persons in his safe custody and forward a certificate of having obtained the above undertakings to the Office of the Additional Director General, Field Operations Division, National Sample Survey Office, Delhi. 4. The statistics collected in schedule of enquiry of Phase-II of the pilot study on Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises, (ASSSE), furnished by the informants, after due verification and scrutiny, will be processed by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and the unit level data and reports, if any, generated from the data through statistical techniques, may be kept in the custody of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). 5. All persons, engaged in any activity in respect of collection of statistics, processing of data and dissemination with respect to Phase-II of pilot study on ASSSE are governed by the provisions under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 and the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011. 6. Following powers have been delegated to the Statistics Officers: (a) A Statistics Officer is empowered to depute/authorize officials to collect statistics in respect of the aforementioned direction, to verify any information furnished by informants on the basis of business records and other records and to seek clarifications from head or member or the owner or occupier or person in-charge of an enterprise, as the case may be, at the premises where such records are kept. A Statistics Officer is also empowered to depute/authorize officials under the administrative control of any State Government or Union territory Administration, which is willing to collect statistics from any of those enterprises for which the Statistics Officer has not deputed/authorized any official under his administrative control. (b) A Statistics Officer is empowered to decide the mode of collecting data and give one month notice or for the period deemed fit to each of the informant for furnishing information in the prescribed format, specified for the purpose of collection of statistics. (c) A Statistics Officer is empowered to provide to any informant, the facility of furnishing the schedule of enquiry in electronic form for certain period, to be specified by him in the notice to be issued to the informant. SCHEDULE-I Subject and purpose for collection of statistics: 1. Statistics relating to growth, composition and structure of corporate entities i.e entities registered under companies Act, 1956 or companies Act, 2013 or Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and belonging to service sector is collected through Phase-II of the pilot study on Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE). Geographical area for collection of statistics: 2. The Phase-II of the pilot study on Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises is conducted in the whole of Union India. Method of data collection: 3. A notice will be issued by each Statistics Officer to informants under his jurisdiction, indicating therein the date by which, the officer or office to whom, the enterprise or enterprises for which, and the formats and the manner in which information is required to be furnished, specified in the notice. Nature of informants from whom data may be collected: 4. The informants are the head or the owner or occupier or person in-charge of an incorporated service sector enterprise registered under Goods and Services tax Network (GSTN), who would be approached for the required information and would be issued notice by Statistics Officer for furnishing information under the aforementioned direction. 5. A Statistics Officer may seek furnishing of consolidated information in respect of an enterprise (a specific Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN)) operating within a State/Union Territory, which includes the principal place of business and additional places of businesses pertaining to the selected GSTIN. Such request may be made through a notice issued to the concerned head or owner or occupier or person in-charge of the enterprise. Period during which collection of statistics may be completed: 6. The date for submission of information by each informant would be mentioned in the notice and would generally fall during 1st November 2024 to 31st March 2025. 7. Reference period: Information is required to be furnished for financial year commencing from 1st April, 2022 and ending on 31st March, 2023 or for the Accounting Year of a unit ending on any date between 1st April, 2022 and 31st March, 2023. 8. Nature of information to be collected: The information required relates to particulars of operational characteristics of the enterprise, assets and liabilities, working capital and loans, employment and labour details, receipts and expenses from trading and production of services, tax, subsidies, distributive expenses, total input, output and gross value added for relevant reference period, etc. 9. Language in which information is to be furnished by informant: An informant shall furnish the information in the prescribed formats, either in Hindi or in English. 10. Obligation of informant: A head or owner or occupier or manager or person in-charge of an enterprise, as the case may be, shall furnish information in the manner and by the date mentioned in the notice received by him from the concerned Statistics Officer. He/She shall also furnish relevant records for inspection, and answer questions in relation to the information sought, as may be required by the Statistics Officer or a person authorised by him. 11. Nature of business records and other records which may be inspected: Business records of a unit, such as balance sheet, profit and loss account, muster rolls, attendance registers, labour register, pay rolls, Director's report or any other document in support of the information furnished may be inspected by the Statistics Officer or a person authorised by him. 12. The manner of inspection: The concerned Statistics Officer or a person authorised by him may verify the information furnished under the aforementioned direction on the basis of business records and other records of the unit and seek clarifications, at the premises where such records are kept, from the concerned head or the owner or occupier or person in-charge of an enterprise, as the case may be, or a person authorised by him of the enterprise. 13. Confidentiality of information and disclosure of data collected As per Section 9 of Cos Act, 2008 the information collected in Phase-II of the pilot study on Annual Survey of Service Sector Enterprises (ASSSE), will be used solely for statistical purposes and information on identification particulars of entities will be suppressed in case of publication. SCHEDULE-II +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S.No. | Statistics Officer | Jurisdiction | Address | +=======+=============================+===================================+==================================================================================+ | 1. | Sh. Himmat Singh Raghav | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir (UT) & | NSSO (FOD), Building No. 418 | | | DDG, RO, Mohali | Ladakh (UT) | Bulk Material Market, Sector | | | | | 65, Phase-11, SAS Nagar, | | | | | Mohali-160065. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Sh. Kailash G. Sharma | Haryana, Chandigarh (UT) and | NSSO(FOD), 6th floor, Kendriya | | | DDG, RO, Chandigarh | Himachal Pradesh | Sadan, Sec-9A, Chandigarh -160017. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Sh. Nitish Kumar | Delhi | NSSO (FOD), Sankhyiki | | | DDG, RO, Delhi | | Bhawan, D-Block, 4th Floor, | | | | | GPOA Building, CBD | | | | | Shahdara, Near Karkardooma Court Delhi- | | | | | 110032. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | Dr. Hansraj Yadav | Rajasthan | NSSO(FOD), 70/149-154, | | | DDG, RO, Jaipur | | Patel Marg, Mansarovar, | | | | | Jaipur-302020. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | Sh. R. Manohar | Karnataka | NSSO (FOD), V Floor, | | | DDG, RO, Bengaluru | | E&F Wing, Kendriya Sadan, | | | | | 17 Main-2nd Block, Koramangala, | | | | | Bengaluru -560034. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | Dr. P.T. Subha | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT) | NSSO (FOD), 'B' Wing, II Floor, | | | DDG, RO, Chennai | | III Block, Shastri Bhawan, | | | | | Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, | | | | | Chennai-600006. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Sh. Saji George | Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Andaman & | NSSO (FOD), 2nd floor, | | | DDG, ZO, Bengaluru | Nicobar Islands (UT), Kerala and | B-Wing, Kendriya Sadan, | | | | Lakshadweep (UT), Telangana | C.G.O. complex, | | | | | Komarmangala,, | | | | | Bengaluru-560034. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Sh. Manoj Kumar | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand | Zonal Office, Lucknow | | | DDG, ZO, Lucknow | | NSSO Bhawan, Sector -11, Ring Road, | | | | | Vikas Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - | | | | | 226022 | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Sh. Rahul Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | NSSO(FOD), Vijay Stambh, | | | DDG, RO, Bhopal | | Hall No. 201 & 205, 2nd Floor, | | | | | M.P. Nagar, Zone-I, | | | | | Bhopal-462011. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Sh. Roshan Lal Sahu | Bihar | NSSO(FOD), | | | DDG, RO, Patna | | 7th Floor, Block D & E, | | | | | Karpuri Thakur Sadan, | | | | | GPOA Building, | | | | | Near Rajiv Nagar Thana, | | | | | Ashiyana Digha Road, | | | | | Patna - 800025. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Sh. Sanjib Basu | West Bengal | NSSO (FOD), CGO Complex, 2nd | | | DDG, RO, Kolkata | | Floor, E-Wing, DF Block Sector-I, | | | | | Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Sh. Anupam Lahiri | Odisha | NSSO (FOD), Commercial Complex, 1st | | | DDG, RO, Bhubaneswar | | Floor, Acharya Vihar, | | | | | Bhubaneswar-751013. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | Sh. Atanu Kumar Chowdhury | Jharkhand | NSSO (FOD), 6th Floor, | | | DDG, ZO, Kolkata | | Mahalnobis Bhawan, 164, | | | | | G.L.T. Road, Kolkata-700108. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | Smt. Swapnalee Bhattacharya | Assam | NSSO (FOD), | | | DDG, RO Guwahati | | 3rd Floor, Central Block, | | | | | Housefed Complex, | | | | | Basistha Road, | | | | | Dispur Guwahati-781006. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | Dr. K. M. Singh | Manipur, | NSSO (FOD), Thangmeiband | | | DDG, RO, Imphal | | Lourung Purel Lekei, | | | | | Imaemoinusanasanglen, P.O., | | | | | Imphal-795001 | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | Sh. N. Mohondas Singh | Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, | NSSO(FOD, 6th Floor, West End Block, | | | Director, ZO, Guwahati | and Sikkim | Housefed Complex, Basistha Road, Dispur, | | | | | Guwahati, Assam -781006. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | Sh. E. Renbi Jami, Director | Nagaland | Transport Commissioner's Office | | | | | Building, Opp. Nagaland Civil | | | | | Secretariat, Kohima, Nagaland | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | Sh. Anil Digambar Patil | Tripura and Mizoram | Sree Ram villa, near SBI, PO Kunjaban | | | DDG, RO, Agartala | | Agartala, Tripura -799006 | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | Smt. Supriya Roy | Maharashtra | NSSO (FOD), 4th Floor, A-2/3 | | | DDG, RO, Mumbai | | Wing, Near Konkan Bhawan, | | | | | CGO Complex Building, CBD | | | | | Belapur, | | | | | Navi Mumbai-400614. | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | Sh. Srinivas Uppala | Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & | NSSO (FOD), Zonal Office, Western Zone, | | | DDG, ZO, Nagpur | Daman and Diu (UT) | A-Block, 3rd Floor, C.G.O. Complex, | | | | | Seminary Hills, Nagpur - 440006 | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | Sh. Altaf Hussain Haji | Chhattisgarh | NSSO (FOD), 2nd Floor, Bhakta | | | DDG, RO, Raipur. | | Mata Karma Commercial | | | | | Complex, Room No.8-25, | | | | | New Rajendra Nagar, | | | | | Raipur-492006 | +-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. M-12011/8/2024/ASSSE] Dr. CHETNA SHUKLA, Dy. Director General) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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