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Notification directing the collection of statistics for the Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24 and appointing Statistics Officers under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008.

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Issued as S.O. 3047(E) by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 25 July 2024, this notification, exercising powers under 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, directs the collection of statistics on manufacturing and related activities through the 'Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24' as detailed in Schedule-I, covering the whole of India for the reference period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, with informant submissions generally due between August 2024 and July 2025; it appoints named officers listed in Schedule-II as Statistics Officers for designated geographical jurisdictions, including Himmat Singh Raghav (DDG, Regional Office Mohali) for Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir (UT) and Ladakh (UT), Kailash G. Sharma (DDG, Chandigarh) for Haryana, Chandigarh (UT) and Himachal Pradesh, Nitish Kumar (DDG, Delhi) for Delhi, Hansraj Yadav (DDG, Jaipur) for Rajasthan, R. Manohar (DDG, Bengaluru) for Karnataka, P.T. Subha (DDG, Chennai) for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT), Sunitha Bhaskar (DDG, Thiruvananthapuram) for Kerala and Lakshadweep (UT), and Kiran Kumar (DDG, Vijayawada) for Andhra Pradesh, requiring each Statistics Officer to submit an undertaking in Form-I to the Additional Director General, Field Operations Division, National Sample Survey Office, New Delhi, and delegates powers to Statistics Officers to depute authorized officials, issue notices, and permit electronic filing, while data on Part I of the ASI schedule is processed by the Office of the Deputy Director General, Industrial Statistics Wing, Kolkata and Part II data by the Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-31072024-255948 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2906] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2024/ SHRAVANA 9, 1946 4727 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th July, 2024 S.O. 3047(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 on manufacturing and related activities through a statistical survey, hereinafter referred to as 'Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24', 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, New Delhi. 3. The persons authorized by each statistics officer, after submission of 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, New Delhi. 4. The statistics collected in Part I of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) schedule after due verification and scrutiny, will be processed by officials working at the Office of the Deputy Director General, Industrial Statistics Wing, Kolkata and the statistics collected in Part II of the ASI schedule thereof will be processed by officials working at the Labour Bureau. Subject to the provisions of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 and the Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011, the unit level data and the reports, generated from the data through statistical techniques, may be kept in custody and disseminated by the Industrial Statistics Wing and the Computer Centre of this Ministry and the Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour and Employment to the users within and outside the Government, the States/UTs and the public at large as per policy guidelines of the Government. 5. All persons engaged in any activity in respect of collection of statistics, processing of data and dissemination with respect to ASI 2023-24 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 any owner or occupier or person in-charge of a factory or establishment or management, 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 factories/establishment for which the Statistics Officer has not deputed/authorized any official under his administrative control. (b) A Statistics Officer is empowered to give one month notice or for the period deemed fit to each of the informant for furnishing return in the format, specified for the purpose of collection of statistics. (c) A Statistics Officer is empowered to provide to any informant, the facility of furnishing return in electronic form through a web-portal 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 organized manufacturing sector comprising activities related to manufacturing processes, repair services, gas and water supply and cold storage is collected through Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24. Geographical area for collection of statistics: 2. The Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24 is conducted in the whole of 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 unit or units for which, and the formats and the manner in which information is required to be furnished, including submission of information in electronic form through a web-portal designed for the purpose and made available to informants up to a certain date, specified in the notice. Nature of informants for whom data may be collected: 4. The informants are owners or occupiers or persons in-charge, of factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 or of establishments registered under the Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act,1966 or the units registered under any of the following Acts/Boards/Authority viz., Companies Act, 2013, Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, Societies Registration Act, Cooperative Societies Act, Khadi and Village Industries Board, Directorate of Industries (District Industries Centre) who would be issued notice by Statistics Officer for furnishing information under the aforementioned direction. 5. A Statistics Officer may require furnishing of consolidated information in respect of two or more factories or establishments under a single management operating within a State or Union Territory, in case information is not separately available for individual factories or establishments, through a notice issued to the concerned owner or occupier or person in-charge of the management. 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 August, 2024 to July, 2025. Reference period: 7. Information is required to be furnished for the financial year commencing from 1st April 2023 and ending on 31st March 2024 or for the Accounting Year of a unit ending on any date between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2024. Nature of information to be collected: 8. The information required relates to assets and liabilities, receipts, expenses, input items (indigenous and imported), products and by-products, distributive expenses, employment and labour cost, working days, man-days worked, absenteeism, labour turnover, man-hours worked, earning and social security benefits. Language in which information is to be furnished by informant: 9. An informant shall furnish information in the prescribed formats, either in Hindi or in English. Obligation of informant: 10. An owner or occupier or person in-charge of a factory or establishment or management, 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 should 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 authorized by him. Nature of business records and other records which may be inspected: 11. 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 authorized by him. The manner of inspection: 12. The concerned Statistics Officer or a person authorized 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 owner or occupier or a person in-charge of a factory or establishment or management, as the case may be, or a person authorized by him of the unit. SCHEDULE-II +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S.No.| Statistics Officer | Jurisdiction | Address | +======+==================================+==============================+=============================================================================+ | 1. | Sh. Himmat Singh Raghav | Punjab, Jammu & | NSSO (FOD), Building No. 418 | | | DDG, RO, Mohali | Kashmir (UT) & Ladakh (UT) | Bulk Material Market, Sector | | | | | 65, Phase-11, SAS Nagar, | | | | | Mohali-160065. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Sh. Kailash G. Sharma | Haryana, | NSSO(FOD), 6th floor, Kendriya | | | DDG, RO, Chandigarh | Chandigarh (UT) and | Sadan, Sec-9A, Chandigarh -160017. | | | | Himachal Pradesh | | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Sh. Nitish Kumar | Delhi | NSSO (FOD), Sankhyiki | | | DDG, RO, Delhi | | Bhawan, D-Block, 4th Floor, | | | | | GPOA Building, CBD | | | | | Shahdara, 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 | NSSO (FOD), 'B' Wing, II Floor, | | | DDG, RO, Chennai | Puducherry (UT) | III Block, Shastri Bhawan, | | | | | Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, | | | | | Chennai-600006. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Smt. Sunitha Bhaskar | Kerala and | NSSO (FOD), Block B, | | | DDG, RO, Thiruvananthapuram | Lakshadweep (UT) | Ground Floor, CGO Complex, | | | | | Poonkulam, Vellayani P.O., | | | | | Thiruvananthapuram -695522. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Sh. Kiran Kumar | Andhra Pradesh | NSSO(FOD), 5th floor, C.G.O. | | | DDG, RO, Vijayawada | | complex, Industrial estate, | | | | | Autonagar, Vijayawada-520007 | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Sh. Saji George | Goa and Andaman | NSSO (FOD), 2nd floor, | | | DDG, ZO, Bengaluru | & Nicobar Islands (UT) | B-Wing, Kendriya Sadan, | | | | | C.G.O. complex, | | | | | Komarmangala,, | | | | | Bengaluru-560034. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Sh. D. Satish | Telangana | NSSO (FOD), 293/7, 1st Floor, | | | DDG, RO Hyderabad | | R&B Complex, A.C. Guards, | | | | | Hyderabad-500004. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Sh. Rajnish Mathur | Uttar Pradesh | NSSO(FOD), INS-IV, | | | DDG, RO, Lucknow | | Sector-11, Vikas Nagar, Ring | | | | | Road, Lucknow-226022. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Sh. Ajith Kumar N | Uttarakhand | NSSO (FOD), C-15, Sector-1, | | | DDG, RO, Dehradun | | Defence Colony, | | | | | Dehradun- 248001. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | 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. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | Sh. Roshan Lal Sahoo | Bihar | NSSO(FOD), 7th Floor, Block D & E, | | | DDG, RO, Patna | | Karpuri Thakur Sadan, GPOA Building, | | | | | Near Rajiv Nagar Thana, Ashiyana Digha Road, | | | | | Patna - 800025. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | Sh. Sanjeeb Basu | West Bengal | NSSO (FOD), CGO Complex, 2nd | | | DDG, RO, Kolkata | | Floor, E-Wing, DF Block Sector-I, | | | | | Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | Sh. Anupam Lahiri | Odisha | NSSO (FOD), Commercial Complex, 1st Floor, | | | DDG, RO, Bhubaneswar | | Acharya Vihar, | | | | | Bhubaneswar-751013. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | Sh. Atanu Kumar Chowdhury | Jharkhand | NSSO (FOD), 6th Floor, | | | DDG, ZO, Kolkata | | Mahalnobis Bhawan, 164, | | | | | G.L.T. Road, Kolkata-700108. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | Smt. Swapnalee Bhattacharya | Assam | NSSO (FOD), 3rd Floor, Central Block, | | | DDG, RO Guwahati | | Housefed Complex, Basistha Road, | | | | | Dispur Guwahati-781006. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | Dr. K. M. Singh | Manipur, | NSSO (FOD), Thangmeiband | | | DDG, RO, Imphal | | Lourung Purel Lekei, | | | | | Imaemoinusanasanglen, P.O., | | | | | Imphal-795001 | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | Sh. N. Mohondas Singh | Meghalaya, Nagaland | NSSO(FOD, 6th Floor, West End Block, | | | Director, ZO, Guwahati | Arunachal Pradesh, | Housefed Complex, Basistha Road, Dispur, | | | | and Sikkim | Guwahati, Assam -781006. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | Sh. Anil Digambar Patil | Tripura and Mizoram | Sree Ram villa, near SBI, PO Kunjaban, | | | DDG, RO, Agartala | | Agartala, Tripura -799006. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 22. | Smt. Supriya Roy | Maharashtra | NSSO (FOD), 4th Floor, A-2/3 Wing, | | | DDG, RO, Mumbai | | Near Konkan Bhawan, CGO Complex Building, | | | | | CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 23. | Sh. S. K. Bhanawat | Gujarat, Dadra and | NSSO (FOD), Near Urban Health Centre, | | | DDG, RO, Ahmedabad | Nagar Haveli & | Behind Narayanpura Police Station, | | | | Daman and Diu (UT) | PurshotamNagar, NavaVadas, Ahmedabad-380013. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24. | Sh. Altaf Hussain Haji | Chhattisgarh | NSSO (FOD), 2nd Floor, Bhakta Mata | | | DDG, RO, Raipur. | | Karma Commercial Complex, Room No.8-25, | | | | | New Rajendra Nagar, Raipur-492006. | +------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. S-11014/IS/COSA/2017-18-FOD] RAUSHAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY, Dy. Director General,

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