Our Correspondent
Kohima | July 23
The new directorate building of Economics & Statistics, constructed at the cost Rs. 8, 28, 80, 900 was formally inaugurated today by Nagaland’s Economics & Statistics, Fisheries & Aquatic Resources and Evaluation Advisor L.Khumo here at Nagaland Secretariat site.
It is located towards Land Resources directorate.
Khumo expressed happiness over owning the new building and called upon the officers and staffs to perform better with sincerity and integrity.
He said that Economics & Statistics department is an important department which involves in compiling and data collection for socio-economic development of the state.
Meanwhile, Khumo called upon each and every individual to join the initiative of chief minister Neiphiu Rio to bring positive change in the state.
Building constructed Rs. 8, 28, 80, 900
Er. L. Senti, chief engineer, PWD (Housing) in his technical report informed that the construction of the new directorate building was completed at a total cost of Rs. 8, 28, 80, 900.
The completed building is now of a G+3 configuration with plinth area of 31,430 sq.ft. with 37 rooms, 2 conference hall, 15 toilets and ramp for the differently abled people.
He said that the inauguration and commissioning of this building, we hope that the other components of the project including site and services works will also be completed at an early date.
He stated that the construction was initially started with an estimated cost of Rs. 4,94,27,000 for 3 floor (G+2). After observing necessary codal formalities basing on NPWD SOR 2010, the work was awarded to M/S Neikho-o Mere & Co on 22nd September 2010. However, the work could not be taken up on full pace as there was no existing approach road to the project site and this hampered the progress of the work to a very large extent.
Therefore, Er. Senti, said, during the year 2016, on request of the contractor and the User department and with the increase of rate of materials and labour charges in the subsequent years, a revised estimated was prepared and approved for an amount of Rs. 6, 78, 80, 900 with a cost deviation of Rs. 1, 84, 53, 900 from the original project cost.
Again, due to the necessity of Conference Hall and some more rooms for the office, a proposal for additional floor was made and got approved, and for which the work order for the third floor was also given an estimated amount of Rs. 1,50,00, 000.
“The project took a long time to come to this stage due to irregular funding from the government and also some amount which was sanctioned for the building had to be diverted for the construction of approach road, retaining wall and culverts, as it was very much necessary for the progress and completion of the office building,” Er. Senti said.
‘New directorate building will facilitate better performance’
Also speaking on the occasion, Commissioner & Secretary for Economics & Statistics Kelei Zeliang said that the new directorate building will facilitate better performance of the department and the staff would work with renew viguor and zeal.
He said that the officers and staff are blessed to work under the roof of a new building with better facilities.
“We should work harder for the benefit of the state,” he said.
Highlighting the activities and achievement of the department, he informed that economic survey is an annual activity of the department of economic and statistics. The survey contains the achievement of the state in the economic activities along with the socio-economic data of the state.
The estimation of Gross State Domestic product is an annual activity of the department. The GSDP is defined as the total money value of all the goods and services produces within the state during the period of time. The GSDP portray not only the contribution of the different sector to total state income but also the structural changes taking place in the country.
The directorate of economic and statistics is the nodal department for implementation of registration of Births & Deaths Act in the state. Currently, there are 1445 registration centres functioning in the state as on April 2018.
Village Level Development indicator is a publication of the department which captures the level of amenities available in the villages of Nagaland. Village level development indicators 2016 report is the latest in the line of publication. It contains information of 1326 villages spread across the 11 districts in the state.
The directorate collects price date from all the 11 districts in the state. For retail prices the data are collected on weekly basis covering 11 urban price centres and 22 rural price centres. Wholesale prices are collected from the Dimapur urban Centre.
Statistical Handbook is one of the major publication of the department. These data is available in public domain through the website of the department www.statistics.nagaland.gov.in.
The directorate of economic and statistics along with the rest of the country has been partnering the Government of India in the conduct of National Sample Survey since 1972. The survey result serves as major source of information for formulating comprehensive planning in the country.
The directorate collects housing statistics under the guideline of National Building Organization. Presently, the statistics are collected only from three district of Kohima, Dimapur and Tuensang.
The directorate of economic and statistics has started collecting statistics on gender since 2017. It focuses on population, health, social obstacle on women empowerment, labour etc.
The department also compiles the total number of employees under the state government through the data gathered from the line department.
Earlier, R. Kronu, Additional Director, Economics & Statistics Nagaland chaired the inaugural function while Y. Sacheo Ovung, Director Economics & Statistics Nagaland delivered welcome address. Vote of thanks was proposed by Neidilhou Angami, Joint Director Economics & Statistics Nagaland.
