BUREAU OF STATISTICS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION ON

BUREAU OF STATISTICS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

PRESENTATION ON COLLABORATION AMONG DATA COMPILERS AND USERS (CADCU) (WORKSHOP ON 8 -9 MAY 2006 AT KARACHI ORGANIZED BY: - STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN)

Bureau of Statistics was established in 1971 in Planning & Development Department, Government of Balochistan under the General Statistical Act 1975. It comprises on one Director, one Additional Director, one Deputy Director and 17 Assistant Directors detail organizational structure is annexed. (Annexed: A)

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS To collect, compile data/ statistics relating to all Socio-Economic sectors of the province and disseminate their of. Build and review sound and effective Provincial Statistical Program. Prepare and issue Statistical publication to disseminate Statistical Information. Prepare the Socio-Economic Indicator of the Province. Prepare and maintain up to date forum for conducting surveys and census. Adopt and follow National Accounting standards and procedures in collection tabulation and presentation. Liaison between Federal and Provincial Governments on statistical matters and secretariat services to Provincial Statistical Council. Being Provincial Statistical Authority responsible for collecting, editing/ coding and compiling of CMIs. Preparation/ Maintenance of QIM. Act as Provincial Data Processing agency for various Provincial Departments.

Most of these responsibilities are fulfilled through its following periodical publications. 1. Development Statistics of Balochistan. 2. Balochistan in Figures (leaf let). 3. Pocket Book of Balochistan. 4. Social Indicator of Balochistan. 5. District Profile.

Bureau of Statistics relies on Secondary Data/ Statistics, the data is received from Provincial and Federal line departments on the request after exhaustive and consecutive pursuance of the Bureau of Statistics staff. On receipt of data it is thoroughly examined/ processed and then it is made reliable and useful for the users. It also serves to harmonize the data on different variables so that uniform and authentic information could be used by all the line departments, Research workers Administrators and P&DD in planning process. (List of users at Annexure: B)

The Provincial Government needs a Bureau of Statistics to have effective control over information and statistics relating to development planning and serve to centralize the preservations and dissemination of these data. Bureau of Statistics in other Provinces is so structural that they are an entity in themselves but in case of Balochistan the Bureau of Statistics is under developed. It is lagging in terms of expertise, resources and their abilities to generate statistics relating to the formation.

SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS • To improve the quality of statistics it need following measures. • Capacity building through intensive training in relevant fields of statistics to the staff of Bureau of Statistics so their skills could be developed. • Establishment of Regional Statistical Offices at Hub, Gawadar, Dera Murad Jamali and Loralai. • Provision of vehicle for operational activities i. e. Data Collection, Surveys, etc. • Provision of Equipment i. e. Computers with accessories, Photocopier and Laptop with Multimedia (for presentations and briefs).

PREPARED BY Aslam Shakir Baloch DIRECTOR BUREAU OF STATISTICS Planning & Development Department, Government of Balochistan.

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