ACTIVITIES & FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS, PUNJAB BOS Punjab1 By: Shamim Rafique Director Generall, Bureau of Statistics

OVERVIEW  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND  ORGANOGRAME  DISTRICT STATISTICAL CELLS  FUNCTIONS  BUREAU'S ACTIVITIES  Regular  Special  PUBLICATIONS BOS Punjab2

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND  Central Statistical Office (CSO) established, in  West Pakistan Bureau was Created  West Pakistan Bureau of Statistics was bifurcated into Four Provincial Bureaus in  Declared Attached Department of the P & D Department in BOS Punjab3

ORGANOGRAME OF BOS, PUNJAB DIRECTOR GENERAL DIRECTOR SR. SYSTEM ANALYST (Data Processing & IT) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (CIS) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (CMI) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Agri & RS) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Publications) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Education) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Admn & Field Offices) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Coord & Price) DEPUTY DIRECTOR Bahawalpur DEPUTY DIRECTOR D.G. Khan DEPUTY DIRECTOR Multan DEPUTY DIRECTOR Sahiwal DEPUTY DIRECTOR Faisalabad DEPUTY DIRECTOR Gujranwala DEPUTY DIRECTOR Rawalpindi DEPUTY DIRECTOR Sargodha ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Bahawalnagar ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kasur ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Shekhupura ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Sialkot ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Chakwal ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Bhakkar ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Layyah CIS = Current Industrial Statistics CMI = Census of Manufacturing Industries Agri & RS = Agriculture and Rural Statistics Coord. = Coordination

DISTRICT STATISTICAL CELLS  7 Existing Bureau’s Field Offices augmented.  07 new District Statistical Cells and 01 Divisional Office created during the financial year & (Restructuring of BOS, Punjab) (Restructuring of BOS, Punjab) BOS Punjab5

FUNCTIONS OF BOS, PUNJAB  Collection of Statistical data on socio-economic aspects through:  Institutional Sources  Censuses / Surveys  Tabulation, processing, preservation and dissemination of the statistical information through periodic publications and website.  Technical guidance and assistance to other Provincial Statistical Cells.  Meet the data needs of the Federal Government under General Statistics Act, BOS Punjab6

BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Crop Acreage Censuses-Rabi & Kharif Crop Acreage Censuses-Rabi & Kharif Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI) Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI) Monthly Survey of Current Industrial Statistics (CIS) Monthly Survey of Current Industrial Statistics (CIS) Directory of Registered Factories in the Punjab Directory of Registered Factories in the Punjab Census of Educational Institutions (CEI) Census of Educational Institutions (CEI) Health Statistics Health Statistics Survey of Daily Retail Prices Survey of Daily Retail Prices BOS Punjab7

BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Coordination with: Coordination with: P&D Department P&D Department Federal Bureaus of Statistics Federal Bureaus of Statistics Provincial Bureaus of Statistics Provincial Bureaus of Statistics Federal Ministries / Divisions Federal Ministries / Divisions Statistical Cells Operating in Various Provincial Departments Statistical Cells Operating in Various Provincial Departments BOS Punjab8

9 BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Crop Acreage Censuses-Rabi & Kharif Crop Acreage Censuses-Rabi & Kharif  Collection of Crop Acreage Statistics and Land Use Statistics from 26,000 Mouzas of Punjab. Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI) Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI)  Joint venture of FBS, PBOS & Director Industries.  CMI covers all establishments engaged in manufacturing activities.  Results supplied to FBS for Consolidation at national level.

BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Monthly Survey of Current Industrial Statistics (CIS) Monthly Survey of Current Industrial Statistics (CIS)  Collection of industrial production and employment from about 2300 factories belonging to 47 important industries manufacturing 99 items. Directory of Registered Factories in the Punjab Directory of Registered Factories in the Punjab  Directory contains information on factories by district/ tehsil and industry. Census of Educational Institutions (CEI) Census of Educational Institutions (CEI) Census of Educational Institutions (CEI) Census of Educational Institutions (CEI)  covering Inter / Degree Colleges/Higher Secondary Schools & Professional Colleges, Poly Technical Institutes, Colleges of Technology, Commercial Training Institutes, Teacher’s Training Institutes, Vocational Institutes and Universities etc. BOS Punjab10

BOS Punjab11 BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Health Statistics Health Statistics  Collection of Data from Six thousand Health Institutions, Medical and Para Medical Staff from Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and Pakistan Nursing Council, Islamabad. Survey of Daily Retail Prices Survey of Daily Retail Prices  Collection of Daily Retail Prices of 63 Consumable Kitchen Items from eight big cities.  Daily, Fortnightly, Monthly & Annual Prices Situation Report.

BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES Coordination with:-  P&D Department, Punjab  Federal & Provincial Bureaus of Statistics and other Federal Ministries / Divisions Under General Statistical Act, 1975  Statistical Cells Operating in Various Departments of the Provincial Government. BOS Punjab12

BOS Punjab13 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS GDP Estimates  BOS computed GDP estimates for Punjab.  These are, however, crude due to paucity of data and lack of break-up of information by provinces for many sectors as well as the conceptual and methodological problems involved therein.  In the cases where provincial data was not available GDP estimates for Punjab were arrived at by apportioning the national GDP on the basis of labour force engaged in that sector.

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)  The Bureau conducted a District-based MICS in Punjab during  Socio-Economic Surveys of this nature need to be repeated every three to four years to track progress on the indicators.  Activities of Second round of MICS-2008 are in progress.  About 92,000 households Covered through tehsil based MICS-08 as compared to 31,000 during Previous MICS.  70 Indicators instead of 44 concerning Education, Health, Population Welfare, Hygiene/Sanitation Practices and Poverty etc.  Highlight inter-district disparities, update & compare the results of the indicators covered in previous MICS and benchmark for indicators not covered in the last MICS. BOS Punjab14 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

BOS Punjab15 PUBLICATIONS Sr. no TitleFrequency 1. Punjab Development Statistics Annual 2. Statistical Pocket Book of the Punjab Annual 3. Punjab in Figures Annual 4. Crop Acreage Statistics-Kharif Annual 5. Crop Acreage Statistics –Rabi Annual 6. Monthly Survey of Industrial Production & Employment in the Punjab Monthly 7. Directory of Registered Factories in the Punjab Annual 8. Statistics of Intermediate & Degree Colleges in the Punjab Annual 9. Daily/Fortnightly Retail Prices Report Daily/ Fortnightly 10. Gender Disaggregated Statistics, Punjab Gender Disaggregated Statistics, PunjabAd-hoc

THANKS BOS Punjab16