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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Two members of National Statistical Commission quit

Two members of National Statistical Commission quit

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published Published on Jan 30, 2019   modified Modified on Jan 30, 2019
-Hindustan Times

Acting chairman PC Mohanan and external member J Meenakshi both had terms lasting until June 20 next year, according to the website of the National Statistical Commission. Mohanan was also an external member. With their departures, the commission now has no external members.

Upset over the way the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was perceived to have sidelined them and undermined their authority, the acting chairman and an external member of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) have put in their papers, two officials with knowledge of the development said on Tuesday on condition of anonymity.

Acting chairman PC Mohanan and external member J Meenakshi both had terms lasting until June 20 next year, according to the website of the NSC.Mohanan was also an external member. With their departures, the commission now has no external members.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and chief statistician of India Pravin Srivastava remain as ex-officio member secretary, respectively.The NSC came into existence on July 12, 2006 and has four members besides a chairperson.

According to one of the two officials cited above and a report in the news website The Wire, the reasons for the resignations by Mohanan and Meenakshi were differences they had with the government over the publication of last year’s employment survey and over Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data pertaining to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) — showing that the economy had performed much better under the NDA than it did during the UPA.

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Hindustan Times, 30 January, 2019, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/two-members-of-national-statistical-commission-quit/story-zh9cDUMUOQoNStiP9Bo8cP.html


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