One-day camp on Annual Survey of Industries

Staff Reporter

Shillong, April 6: A one-day camp on Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)-2021-22 was held at Maithan Alloys Ltd. today for sensitisation and to enable self-compilation of ASI return through the ASI web portal by the industrial units covered under ASI 201-22.

The camp was jointly organized by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Field Operations Division (FOD), Regional Office, Shillong, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation(MoSPI), Govt of India and Byrnihat Industries Association.

About 30 industrial units around the Brynihat Industries area participated in the camp. NSSO, FOD is responsible for conducting large-scale surveys in diverse fields across the regions. The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is one of the principal sources of Industrial Statistics in India. It provides statistical information to assess and evaluate, objectively and realistically the changes in growth composition and structure of the organised manufacturing sector comprising activities related to manufacturing processes, repair services, gas and water supply and cold storage etc.

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This survey also provides one of the important inputs for calculating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The survey is being conducted annually under the statutory provisions of Collection of Statistics (COS) Act, 2008 (as amended in 2017) and the rules framed there under in 2011.

While addressing the camp, N. Mohondas Singh, Joint Director & Regional Head, NSSO (FOD), RO Shillong stressed the importance of ASI data in the calculation of GDP of the country and appealed all the units for self-compilation and timely submission of the returns. He informed that the defaulting units could be prosecuted as per rules framed under Statistics Act 2008. He further stated that the camp was organised to enable self-compilation and ensure timely submission of returns of the units.

Representing the association, P. K. Mishra, Director, Maithan Alloys Limited thanked the NSSO (FOD) for organising such an important camp and appealed to all the units for timely submission of returns to avoid any legal action against the defaulting units and cooperation may be given to officials visiting the units.

The meeting was also attended by senior officers of NSSO (FOD), RO Shillong.

Shillong gets Digital design labs for livelihood at Don Bosco Technical School

Staff Reporter

Shillong, March 12: Secretary, NEC, K Moses Chalai inaugurated the project namely Digital Design Labs for Livelihood Generation recently here at Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong.

Present in the event were Sherry Lalthangzo, Economic Adviser (E&M), NEC, S Sundar, MD, AMTRON, Guwahati, Fr.  Sagi Stephan of Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong, Tanung Jamoh, Director (S&T), NEC, ALIMCO officers and other Senior Officers of NEC.

This project is being funded by NEC at a cost of about Rs. 5 crore combined with ACC Institute, Senapati, Manipur. The Centres developed will be providing training of use case deployment for technologies namely Graphic Designing and Animation with high end Softwares.

Later on, it will move towards 3D printing, 5G applications, digital designing of training/ instructional videos/3D Animations in different languages including local North Eastern Languages.

The day marks one of the modest initiatives in NER towards Digital and 4.0 Industry journey which will open up to huge scope and opportunities ahead in Digital space in the days to come. NEC along with the Ministry of IB is starting a training programme in March 2023 namely Animation 3D courses for 100 youths of NER in Delhi.

Very soon, NEC along with the Ministry of DoNER and AMTRON will take up 3D Printing project in the 8 NER States, which would be a revolutionary move. Also, along with AMTRON, NEC will also take up 5G Applications training in the 8 NER States, which will be up and running in the next 2 or 3 months again to open up multiple opportunities as 5G is already underway. NER is already quite challenged in terms of economic transformation and job opportunities particularly for the youth.

This initiative is in line with the vision of the Prime Minister which he spoke about when he addressed the NEC Plenary in Shillong in 2016 and emphasized the need for economic transformation in the NER region from time to time.