Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of the Capacity Development Scheme for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20.
It is an Ongoing Central Sector Scheme and aimed to augment infrastructural, technical as well as manpower resources for making available credible and timely Official Statistics for policy makers and public at large.
Capacity Development Scheme has two Sub-schemes, Economic Census and Support for Statistical Strengthening (SSS).