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Governmental Statistical Agencies
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Governmental Statistical Agencies

Government of India has a number of agencies that collect and publish various economic statistics. Details of the agencies, type of data collected, type of reports generated by them and their web links are given below.

� Office of the Registrar General of India conducts Population Census of India at an interval of every decade. Census statistics are available at http://www.censusindia.gov.in

� The Central Statistical Organization (CSO) compiles and maintains standards of the macro-economic statistics of India. Major Statistics compiled in CSO are:
- National Income Accounting / GDP and related measures. Data are available at: http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_nad_main.htm
- Annual Survey of Industries that gives detailed data on organized manufacturing sector of India, are available at: http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_asi.htm
- Index of Industrial Production (IIP) to measure the industrial growth are available at : http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_iip.htm
- All other data compiled by CSO are available at: http://mospi.nic.in/cso.htm
� The National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) is the central government agency that prepares Survey Design, conducts surveys to collect data relating to various sectors of the economy. Details of NSSO�s surveys and statistics are available at: http://mospi.nic.in/nsso.htm

� Indian Ministry of Finance prepares, presents, and monitor annual Union Budget. Union Budget are available at: http://indiabudget.nic.in

� The annual Economic Survey containing macro-economic review is presented one day in advance of the Union Budget every year. Economic Surveys are available at: http://indiabudget.nic.in

� Indian Public Finance Statistics containing fiscal deficit/surplus and its components published annually by Ministry of Finance is available at: http://finmin.nic.in/downloads/reports/IPFStat200607.pdf

� Quarterly report on India�s External Debt brought out by Ministry of Finance is available at: http://www.finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/economic_div/QEDS_Quar_june07.htm

� Agricultural statistics of India compiled and published annually by the Indian Ministry of Agriculture are available at http://agricoop.nic.in/Agristatistics.htm

� Inflation Rates in India is measured based on two types of indices:
- The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) generated by the Office of the Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry are available at : www.eaindustry.nic.in
- The Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for Urban Non-Manual Employees generated by CSO are available at http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_cpi.htm. CPI for Industrial Workers, Agricultural Laborers and Rural Laborers generated by the Labor Bureau under the Indian Ministry of Labor are available at : http://labourbureau.nic.in/indexes.htm.
� Director General of Foreign Trade under the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry monitors and compiles Foreign Trade Statistics of India which are available at: http://commerce.nic.in/india_trade.htm

� Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy under the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry monitors and compiles data relating to Foreign Direct Investment as well as domestic investment in manufacturing sector of India. Monthly Foreign Direct Investment Statistics are available at http://siadipp.nic.in/publicat/pub_mn.htm. Monthly Statistics relating to domestic investments in Indian industries are available at : http://siadipp.nic.in/publicat/stats/sep2007/index.htm

� Planning Commission of India is responsible for formulation of the Five Year Plans. Five Year Plan documents of India are available at: http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/default.html

� Planning Commission also came out with a National Human Development Report for the first time in 2001. The report is available at: http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/reportsf.htm

� Macroeconomic monetary indicators of both domestic and external sectors of the Indian economy are monitored and compiled by the Reserve Bank of India.
- Balance of Payments reported monthly in RBI Bulletin are available at http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx
- Foreign Exchange Reserves reported in Weekly Statistics are available at : http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewWSS.aspx
- Exchange Rates and various interest rates are reported daily at: http://www.rbi.org.in/home.aspx
- Capital Market indicator reflected in Share Price Indices is available at RBI Bulletin: http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx
Investment by Indian Companies Abroad

� Overseas Investment Policy
� Routes for overseas investment
� Streamlining of the overseas investment policy
� Overseas investment approvals
� Actual outflows
� Inflows from JV/WOS
� Sector-wise, country-wise etc. classification of overseas investment
� Annexure-1 - Statement of approved overseas investments
� Annexure-2 - Actual investment outflow
� Annexure-3 - Inflows from JV/WOS
� Annexure-4- Sector-wise break-up of overseas investment approvals
� Annexure-5- Classification of approved overseas investments by Economic Regions
Annexure-6- Country-wise classification of approved overseas investment
� Data relating to State Economies of India are available at: http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm
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Credit Rating/Market Research Agencies in India

� Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL): www.crisil.com

� Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India (ICRA): www.icra.in

� Credit Analysis & Research Limited (CARE): www.careratings.com

� Onicra Credit Rating Agency of India Ltd.: www.onicra.com

� Operation Research Group & Marketing & Resaerch Group: ORG-MARG

� Duff & Phelps Credit Rating India Private Ltd. (DCR India)

� Other state level Market Research agencies are listed at: http://dir.indiamart.com/indianservices/market1.html

International Credit Rating Agencies doing credit rating of India

� Standards & Poors

� JP Morgan

� Price WaterHouse

� Morgan Stanley

� Merill Lynch
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Non-Government/Autonomous Economic Research Agencies

� CMIE: http://www.cmie.com

� NCAER: http://www.ncaer.org

� National Institute of Public Finance and Policy: http://www.nipfp.org.in

� Indian Institute of Foreign Trade : http://www.iift.edu/iift/index.asp

� Tata Economic Consultancy Services: http://www.tecsglobal.com

� Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER): http://www.icrier.org

� Institute of Economic Growth: http://iegindia.org

� Centre for Development Studies: http://www.cds.ac.in

� Centre for Policy Research http://www.cprindia.org

� Centre for Economic & Social Studies: http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/cessmain.asp

� Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics: http://www.gipe.ernet.in

� Indian Institute of Management : http://www.iimahd.ernet.in

� Indian Statistical Institute: http://www.isical.ac.in

� Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research: http://www.igidr.ac.in

� National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research: http://www.icar.org.in/ncap/ncap_index.htm

� Gujarat Institute of Development Research: http://www.gidr.ac.in

� Indian Institute of Finance: http://www.iif.edu

� Institute for Social and Economic Change: http://www.isec.ac.in

� Institute for Studies in Industrial Development: http://isidev.nic.in

� Madras Institute of Development Studies: http://www.mids.ac.in

� Indian Institute of Capital market: http://www.utiicm.com

� V.V.Giri National Labour Institute: http://www.vvgnli.org
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