INTRODUCTION
The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, J&K has grown out of the
nucleus of a “Statistical Section” consisting of one Research Officer, One
Research Superintendent and two Senior Assistants in the Planning Department.
The first expansion took place in 1957 when a Survey Section consisting of one
Statistician, one Statistical Assistant and four Field Investigators was set
up. This was followed, a little latter, by creation of a few more posts and
designating the unit as “Statistical Bureau” with the staff strength of twenty
officials. The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, as it is now, was set
up in 1976-68 and since then Organization has grown both vertically and
horizontally. The Directorate of Economics & Statistics has two Regional
Directorates, Kashmir and Jammu. At district level, the District
Statistics & Evaluation Offices are headed by Deputy Director level
Officers whereas Chief Planning offices are headed by Joint Director/Dy.
Director level officers. At the block level there is a Planning/Statistical
Unit consisting of one Statistical Officer, one Junior Statistical Assistant
and one Junior Assistant which is presently located in Block Development
Offices. The Directorate has Planning/Statistical Units in all important
departments in the Civil Secretariat, Heads of Departments, Provincial and
District level offices and in some cases even at block/tehsil
level offices. These Planning and Statistical units are headed by Joint
Directors/Deputy Directors/Assistant Directors/Statistical Officers. In
addition there are two Statistical Training Schools one each in Jammu Province.
There are two services viz, the gazetted
and non-gazetted service. The gazetted
service includes one post of Director General, Economics & Statistics,
Director (Plan Information & Monitoring & PA), Director (Perspective
Planning & MPP), Director (CSS), Director (P&S), PDD, Director(P&S)
Agriculture Production Department, Director(P&S), PHE department,
Director(P&S), Public Works Department and Director (P&S) in
SKUAST(Kashmir. There are 31 Joint directors, 142 Deputy Directors and 253
Assistant Directors in the cadre. The non-gazetted
service comprises of Statistical Officers, Statistical Assistant, Junior
Statistical Assistant, Field Invstigators etc. The
gazette service is administered by Planning Development & Monitoring
Department, while as non-gazetted service is
administered by the Director General Economics & Statistics ( who is the major Head of the Department of the Service).
The main function of Directorate of Economics and Statistics is to compute
State Income (GSDP) and per capita income of the State. Collection, compilation
and Analysis of data emanating from various department, conducting of Sample
Surveys, Evaluation Studies, Monitoring of Projects and Programmes
and among the main functions of the Statistical/Planning Staff. The Statistical
Personnel are also charged with preparation/co-ordination of the district and
departmental plans as well. The Department is catering to the entire
statistical and planning requirements of the state.
The Directorate of Economics & Statistics has several units and cells and each unit is charged with defined functions and
duties as detailed here under:
|
S. No |
Divisions |
|
1 |
Official Statistics Unit |
|
2 |
State Income Unit |
|
3 |
Vital Statistics Unit |
|
4 |
Economic Analysis |
|
5 |
Price collection unit |
|
6 |
Co-ordination and publication unit |
|
7 |
Evaluation of dev. Programmes
/projects |
|
8 |
Survey and National Sample Survey(NSS) |
|
9 |
Preparation of Economics Survey |
|
10 |
Administration |
The total staff strength of the cadre as on date is around 2925 with categories of various posts as
under:
|
Staff strength of the
Economics & Statistics Organization, J&K as on 22-01-2020 |
||||
|
S.No. |
Category of Post |
No. of Posts |
Pay Band/Scale of the post with grade pay |
Cadre (State/Division) |
|
1 |
Director General |
5 |
Level-
14(144200-218200) |
State
Cadre |
|
2 |
Director |
17 |
Level- 13(123100-215900) |
State
Cadre |
|
3 |
Joint Director |
38 |
Level-
12(178800-209200) |
State
Cadre |
|
4 |
Deputy Director |
111 |
Level- 11(67700-208700) |
State
Cadre |
|
5 |
Senior Programmer |
1 |
Level-
11 (67700-208700) |
State
Cadre |
|
6 |
Assistant Director |
243 |
Level- 8 (47600-151100) |
State
Cadre |
|
7 |
Accounts Officer |
1 |
Level- 8A(50700-160600) |
State
Cadre |
|
8 |
Programmer |
5 |
Level- 8 (47600-151100) |
State
Cadre |
|
9 |
Administrative Officer |
1 |
Level-
8 (47600-151100) |
State
Cadre |
|
10 |
Statistical Officer |
780 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State
Cadre |
|
11 |
Statistical Assistant |
774 |
Level-
6B (35600-112000) |
State
= 146 Kashmir
Cadre=295 Jammu
Cadre =333 |
|
12 |
Junior Statistical Assistant |
402 |
Level- 5 (29200-92300) |
State
= 67 Kashmir
Cadre=160 Jammu
Cadre =175 |
|
13 |
EDP Supervisor |
15 |
Level-
4 (25500-81100) |
State
=03 Kashmir
Cadre=6 Jammu
Cadre =6 |
|
14 |
Section Officer |
22 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State Cadre |
|
15 |
Head Assistant |
7 |
Level-
6B (35600-112000) |
State Cadre |
|
16 |
Senior Assistant |
37 |
Level- 5 (29200-92300) |
State Cadre |
|
17 |
Junior Assistant |
154 |
Level-
4 (25500-81100) |
State
=06 Kashmir
Cadre=70 Jammu Cadre =78 |
|
18 |
Senior Stenographer |
9 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State Cadre |
|
19 |
Junior Stenographer |
32 |
Level-
6B (35600-112000) |
Kashmir
Cadre=17 Jammu Cadre =15 |
|
20 |
Programming Assistant |
10 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State
Cadre |
|
21 |
Assistant Manager Maintenance |
3 |
Level-
7 (44900-142400) |
State
Cadre |
|
22 |
Draftsman |
1 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State
Cadre |
|
23 |
Key Punch Operator |
48 |
Level-
4 (25500-81100) |
State =06 Kashmir Cadre=21 Jammu Cadre =21 |
|
24 |
P&V Operator |
4 |
Level- 4 (25500-81100) |
State
Cadre |
|
25 |
Jr. Draftsman |
1 |
Level-
4 (25500-81100) |
State
Cadre |
|
26 |
Artist |
1 |
Level- 7 (44900-142400) |
State
Cadre |
|
27 |
Junior Artist |
1 |
Level-
6 (35400-112400) |
State
Cadre |
|
28 |
Library Assistant |
1 |
Level- 4 (25500-81100) |
State
Cadre |
|
29 |
Accountant |
1 |
Level-
6 (35400-112400) |
State
Cadre |
|
30 |
Accounts Assistant |
46 |
Level- 5 (29200-92300) |
State Cadre |
|
31 |
Driver |
39 |
SL2
(19900-63200) |
State
=01 Kashmir
Cadre=19 Jammu Cadre =19 |
|
32 |
Mali |
1 |
SL2 (15900-50400) |
State
Cadre |
|
33 |
Machine Cleaner |
8 |
SL2
(15900-50400) |
State
Cadre |
|
34 |
EPBAX |
1 |
SL2 (15900-50400) |
State
Cadre |
|
35 |
Sweeper |
1 |
SL2
(15900-50400) |
State
Cadre |
|
36 |
Chowkidar |
4 |
|
|
|
37 |
Orderlies |
99 |
SL2
(15900-50400) |
State
=01 Kashmir
Cadre=19 Jammu Cadre =19 |
|
38 |
Gestetner Operator |
1 |
|
|
|
Grand
Total |
2925 |
|
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It is the apex body in the official
Statistical System of the State & mandated for the following
responsibilities.
(i) The nodal
agency for Development of the Statistical system in the State.
(ii) Co-ordinates
the Statistical work in respect of Govt, Semi Government departments & other institutes.
(iii) Prepares State
Income estimates & District Domestic estimates and related aggregates.
(iv) Organises and
Conducts Periodic surveys and Censuses.
(v) Conducts
large scale sample surveys as a part of NSSO Surveys for creating data base
needed for studying the impact of specific problems for the benefit of
different population groups in diverse Socio-economic areas such as employment,
consumer expenditure, housing conditions & environment, literacy levels,
health, nutrition, family welfare etc.
(vi) Disseminates Statistical
information on various aspects through a no. of Publications. The publications
are distributed among Government, semi Government and other users.
(vii) Conducts in-depth evaluation and impact assessment of development programmes/projects/schemes selected by SLEC.