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Cabinet approves VISTAR scheme to overhaul India's statistical system
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Cabinet approves VISTAR scheme to overhaul India's statistical system
Cabinet clears VISTAR to upgrade data collection, AI use and unorganised-sector data.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The Union Cabinet has approved a new three-pronged scheme, VISTAR, to modernise India's statistical system.
It aims to strengthen data collection and analysis, bring AI into statistical work and generate fresh data on the unorganised sector so that the GDP estimate becomes more accurate.
Official statistics are compiled by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- VISTAR
- Statistical system
- MoSPI
- GDP data
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- VISTAR, Statistical system, MoSPI, GDP data
मेन्स
Use as an example in GA answers (GS3: Indian Economy, data and statistics).
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The official estimates of India's Gross Domestic Product are compiled and released by which body?
- Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT
- NITI Aayog
- Reserve Bank of India
- National Statistics Office under MoSPI
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: D — Correct: National Statistics Office under MoSPI — The National Statistics Office in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation prepares the national accounts and GDP estimates. • Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT — wrong: The Office of the Economic Adviser publishes the Wholesale Price Index, not the national accounts. • NITI Aayog — wrong: NITI Aayog is a policy think tank and does not compile national accounts. • Reserve Bank of India — wrong: The RBI compiles monetary and banking data and the balance of payments, not GDP estimates.
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