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Methodology of Social Research

notes education, jail, health and social welfare. in this way both Central and state governments collect and
publishe data related to different subjects that are useful in both research and practical point of view.
in india, the facts collected can be divided in three parts: facts collected by Central Government, facts
collected by state government and facts collected by non-government organizations.

(a) Facts Collected by Departments of Central Government
1. Directorate of economics and statistics—this Directorate works under Agriculture and food
Mministry of indian Government. this Directorate collects agriculture statistics regarding
agriculture, agriculture production, agriculture wages and agriculture development in india
and publishes it through the medium of different letters and magazines.
2. reserve bank of india—Loan, finance, unemployment, poverty, inflation, status of living,
per person income and other financial data are collected and published through different
reports under finance ministry.
3. Ministry of commerce and industry—this department also collects and publishes data
regarding production and commerce and industry. this ministry publishes information
through the medium of ‘indian trade Journal‘ weekly magazine.
4. Ministry of labour—this Ministry publishes informations regarding number of labours,
labour act, labour protection and labour welfare in indian Labor Gadget.
5. Ministry of railway—information regarding indian rail transport is published in Monthly
railway statistics.
6. Transport Department—this department collects data related to indian transport and
publishes it in ‘Traffic Survey ‘.
7. Ministry of education—this department publishes data related to literacy, teaching policies,
development of education in ‘education in india’ (Annual).
8. Ministry of information and broadcasting—Publishing department of this department does
the important work of collecting and publishing data. this department was established in
year 1953. this department publishes magazine named Bharat in english and Hindi. Under
this the latest data is related to Indian field and public, Census characteristics of India,
financial data, cultural activities, health, education, social welfare, mass, field-improvement
, cooperation , community development , labour and residence are published. the data and
information published by this department are believed to be more reliable.
9. Central Statistical Organization—This department is established in year 1951. this
department publishes collected articles of different departments of Central Government
with a synthetic face. Now Statistical Organization is affiliated with this organization at the
state-level. this department has the responsibility of collecting and publishing data at All
india level. it publishes data by means of different weekly, monthly, half-yearly letters and
magazines.
10. National Sample Survey Organization—this department was established in year 1950 by
Central Government at the recommendation of Prof. Mahalnobis. At present this organization
has become the important source of indians statistics and information. this department
collects the data by surveying different fields for helping Planning Commission for five-year
planning. through this department the data related to economics of country, residential
position, size of family, expenditure patterns, consumption patterns, rural and urban
unemployment, rural income, landless agriculture labours are collected and published.
11. Census Report—The office of Indian Registrar General under Central Government brings out
the census work every tenth year. the data related to census is published in the magazines

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