National Economic Census: Approx 87 percent completed

Kathmandu, May 18: The Second National Economic Census, 2082 initiated by the National Statistics Office, has progressed 87.08 percent so far.     

The progress of the census so far has been disclosed through a press conference held today at the NSO Thapathali office.     

The Deputy Chief Statistics Officer and spokesperson Dhundi Raj Lamichhane said that the counting which started on April 15 will continue until June 21.     

In the meantime, enumerators across the country have collected field data and so far distributed more than 800 thousand paper forms and over 10 thousand 'Census Tokens', he informed.     

The Chief Statistics Officer Dr Kamal Prasad Pokhrel stated that on-site data collection is vigorously ongoing and urged the institutions involved in the counting to provide accurate and factual information. He also requested that journalists working in radio particularly help facilitate the process by promoting awareness about the ongoing economic census.     

Dr Pokhrel expressed the view that the National Economic Census could serve as an important basis for the government to achieve its upcoming goals.     

He said that economic census would be effective for purposes such as obtaining details on business establishments, businesses, their numbers, information on their employment and economic status, which would help in the timely strengthening of other estimates of gross domestic product and national accounts, and obtaining statistical 'sample frames' to conduct establishment-based surveys, and formulating and evaluating economic development policies, plans and programmes for all governments in the federal structure.(RSS)