Selected Socio-Economic Statistics India 2000

Abstract

From Preface: Social Sector development has always been an important goal of development planning in India. A sound system for collection of Socio-economic Statistics is vital for the effective development of social policy, for informed decision-making on policy issues and for evaluation of the impact of social and economic policies. This has become all the more important in the context of economic liberalisation programmes currently underway in the country. As the nodal department for the official statistics, it has been the endeavour of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOS&PI) to make available such statistics and indicators for the use of planners, policy makers, academicians, researchers and public at large. Keeping this objective in view, CSO is bringing out a publication entitled “Selected Socio-Economic Statistics India” on a regular basis. In view of the utility of this publication, expressed by various users, it has now been made an annual publication. The present issue is ninth in the series of this publication.