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Nearly two weeks after he resigned as acting chairperson of the National Statistical Commission, PC Mohanan has rubbished NITI Aayog claim that the NSSO report that shows joblessness at a 45-year high, was a ‘draft report’. While speaking to NDTV, Mohanan said:
The NSSO report, which claimed unemployment in India under the Modi government had reached 6.1 percent – highest in 45 years, had reportedly been approved by the NSC under Mohnan’s guidance on 5 December 2018.
However, the report was not released and members of the NITI Aayog were later quoted saying that the report was but a ‘mere draft’ and did not include the quarterly data required to publish a "comparable" jobs report. This prompted Mohanan and another member of the NSC, J Meenakshi, to resign.
Mohanan recounts that he and Meenakshi met the chief statistician on 23 January to find out the reason for the delay, however, he did not get any official response.
“They also said there's some need to check the data properly but that was not satisfactory for us. And the fact all along has been that the NSSO reports have been released within few days of approval," Mohanan added.
PC Mohanan also laid emphasis upon the importance of the Statistical Commission working autonomously for the sake of credibility.
(With inputs from NDTV)
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