Govt to give legislative backing to National Statistical Commission

NSC does not have any member at present after its acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi resigned in January over allegedly being sidelined on key statistical decisions

The government is working on giving legislative backing to  the National Statistical Commission (NSC), from where all members resigned earlier this year. 

"Efforts are on to evolve a legislative framework under which the NSC may function with independence and give holistic guidance for improving the national statistical system encompassing MoSPI, the line ministries and the state governments," an official statement said here on Monday.

In its present form, the NSC is an executive body. The body does not have any member at present after its acting chairman PC Mohanan and member JV Meenakshi resigned in January over allegedly being sidelined on key