TNPSC Thervupettagam

7th Economic Census

July 30 , 2019 1975 days 1333 0
  • Union Government has started off the 7th Economic Census from Tripura.
  • It will be launched in other states and union territories in August and September.
  • Economic Census (EC) is the complete count of all establishments/units located within the geographical boundaries of the country.
  • It is the only source of information on the significantly large unorganized sector in the country.
  • Agriculture is not covered in Economic census.
  • The census is being conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI).
  • Six Economic Censuses (EC) have been conducted till date:
    • First EC (1977), Second EC (1980), Third EC (1990), Fourth EC (1998), Fifth EC (2005) and Sixth EC (2013).

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