The
National Statistical Commission (NSC) has constituted a committee on 8th
November, 2010 under the Chairmanship of Prof.N.R. Madhava Menon, an eminent
legal educator in the country to look into legislative measures on statistical
matters including a bill to provide statutory status to the NSC. The other
Members of the Committee are-
(1)
Shri
T.K. Viswanathan, Secretary General, Lok Sabha
(2)
Prof.
G. Mohan Gopal, Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal
(3)
Shri
Ramajah, Former Secretary of the Legislative Department
(4)
Prof.
Sudipto Mundle, Member, NSC (Special Invitee)
(5)
Prof.
T.C.A. Anant, Chief Statistician of India (Special Invitee)
(6)
Secretary,
Department of Justice
(7)
Registrar
General & Census Commissioner
(8)
Representative
of the Legislative Department
(9)
Dy.
Director General, NSC Secretariat
The Terms of reference for the
Committee are as under-
- Statutory
provisions to be made to make the NSC more effective in exercising its
mandate.
- Statutory
provisions to be made to have State level Statistical Commissions and
their relationship with the NSC
- Whether
any umbrella legislation is needed to make the administrative statistical
system more effective, and if so, the details thereof
- Whether
the Census Act and the Registration of Births and Deaths Act are needed to
be amended to make them more effective in terms of ensuring public trust
etc
- Reviewing
the implementation of Statistical laws at the Centre and in the States to
suggest further improvements.
- Any
other matter relevant to legislative measures on statistical matters,
including evolving a system for judicial statistics.
The tenure of the Committee would be
one year. However, the Committee is requested to give its report in respect of
the terms of reference given at items above within a period of six months.
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