Kerala to appoint new Statistical Commission

With concerns having been raised about "political interference" in statistical data in the country, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Tuesday Kerala was in the process of appointing a new Statistical commission, which will serve as a model for other states.
In his inaugural address at a workshop on 'state-level statistics for Kerala', Vijayan emphasized the importance of timely, complete, accurate and reliable statistics.
Stressing the need for such statistics for effective planning and policy formulation, he said the state's social and economic policies should be guided by high-quality statistical data.
He said the workshop assumes significance in the light of the recent controversy regarding the statistical system in the country, whereby the integrity of government statistics was being questioned.

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