Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the 7th Economic Census process in the state. Economic Census process is being organised by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation with the help of Common Service Centres. More than 40 thousand enumerators will use mobile application for the first time to gather information under the guidance of 6,500 supervisors.
Enumerators will personally visit door to door for basic information like members of the family, their economic activity, whether it is shop, office or factory. It will continue till 30th June 2020. The entire data will be compiled on 30th September 2020. The data of this Economic Census will be classified into the village, taluka and district-wise to be developed into a National Business Register. This will be a very useful document for application into socio-economic issues of the country.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Gujarat CM: Vijay Rupani; Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat; Capital: Gandhinagar.