G.O.(Ms)No.68, Constitution of the Expert Group for State Gross Domestic Product / Net State Domestic Product Compilation

What the government order does

The Tamil Nadu Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (ST2&E) Department issued G.O.(Ms)No.68 on 19 September 2017. It creates an expert group to examine the estimation and compilation of Gross State Domestic Product and Net State Domestic Product, including the methods used to prepare Advance Estimates.

The estimates were being compiled using 2011 to 2012 as the base year and shared with the Central Government, other State Governments and government departments. The order also records that the Central Statistics Office had begun preliminary work for a new 2017 to 2018 base and had stressed the need for State level sample surveys and type studies to improve the reliability of national estimates.

Expert group membership

The Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics, is the chairman. The expert group includes representatives or officials from:

• Madras School of Economics.
• Indian Statistical Institute.
• Madras University.
• Central Statistics Office, through retired officer Thiru Ekambaram.
• NSSO, Chennai, through Deputy Director General Thiru DuraiRaj.
• Department of Economics and Statistics, through the Additional Director of the State Income Unit and the Joint Director of the State Income Unit.

The representatives from the named academic institutions are identified as non official members. Departmental representatives are identified as official members.

Matters the group will examine

The expert group is directed to discuss:

• Methodological changes adopted in the new statistical series.
• Improvements in coverage, evaluation and analysis.
• Methods that could be included when compiling Advance Estimates.
• The effect of methodological changes on State Gross Domestic Product estimates under the old series and the new base of 2011 to 2012.
• Parameters needed to fill data gaps and improve the reliability of State and national estimates.

Non official members are eligible for a sitting fee of Rs.2,000 per sitting.

Relevance to property and land

G.O.(Ms)No.68 concerns economic statistics and the organisation of an expert group. It does not contain provisions on land ownership, revenue records, patta, land classification, registration, development permission or property transactions. A property buyer, owner or land professional is therefore not given any new land related duty, approval requirement or entitlement by this document.