ACTIVITIES & FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU OF STATISTICS, PUNJAB

1. ACTIVITIES & FUNCTIONSOF BUREAU OF STATISTICS, PUNJAB By: Shamim Rafique Director Generall, Bureau of Statistics BOS Punjab

2. OVERVIEW • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • ORGANOGRAME • DISTRICT STATISTICAL CELLS • FUNCTIONS • BUREAU'S ACTIVITIES • Regular • Special • PUBLICATIONS BOS Punjab

3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • Central Statistical Office (CSO) established, in 1950. • West Pakistan Bureau was Created 1957. • West Pakistan Bureau of Statistics was bifurcated into Four Provincial Bureaus in 1970. • Declared Attached Department of the P & D Department in 1973. BOS Punjab

4. 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 Gujranwala ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Bahawalnagar ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Bhakkar DEPUTY DIRECTOR D.G. Khan DEPUTY DIRECTOR Rawalpindi ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kasur ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Layyah DEPUTY DIRECTOR Multan DEPUTY DIRECTOR Sargodha ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Shekhupura CIS = Current Industrial Statistics CMI = Census of Manufacturing Industries Agri & RS = Agriculture and Rural Statistics Coord. = Coordination DEPUTY DIRECTOR Sahiwal ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Sialkot DEPUTY DIRECTOR Faisalabad ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Chakwal

5. DISTRICT STATISTICAL CELLS • 7 Existing Bureau’s Field Offices augmented. • 07 new District Statistical Cells and 01 Divisional Office created during the financial year 2006-07 & 2007-08. (Restructuring of BOS, Punjab) BOS Punjab

6. 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, 1975. BOS Punjab

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

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

9. BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES 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) Joint venture of FBS, PBOS & Director Industries. CMI covers all establishments engaged in manufacturing activities. Results supplied to FBS for Consolidation at national level. BOS Punjab

10. BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES 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 contains information on factories by district/ tehsil and industry. 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 Punjab

11. BUREAU'S REGULAR ACTIVITIES 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 Collection of Daily Retail Prices of 63 Consumable Kitchen Items from eight big cities. Daily, Fortnightly, Monthly & Annual Prices Situation Report. BOS Punjab

12. 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 Punjab

13. 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. BOS Punjab

14. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) • The Bureau conducted a District-based MICS in Punjab during 2003-04. • 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 Punjab

15. PUBLICATIONS BOS Punjab

16. THANKS BOS Punjab