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National Statistics Day – June 29
June 30 , 2019
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- The National Statistics Day is observed annually on June 29.
- The theme of this year's Statistics Day is Sustainable Development Goals.
- This day commemorates the birth occasion of Professor P C Mahalanobis.
- He was the chief architect of Indian statistical system as well as father of statistical science in India.
- He established the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931 in Kolkata.
- He was a member of the Planning Commission.
- The “Mahalanobis model” was employed in the Second Five Year Plan, which worked towards the rapid industrialisation of India.
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