Kohima, August 18 (MTNews): Advisor to the chief minister of Nagaland, Abu Metha said today that use of technology which will boost transparency and meritocracy in the State which in turn will also be the basis of good governance and urged the department of Economics & Statistics to use technology to the maximum. He said this at a book release function at the Conference Hall of Economics & Statistics Directorate on 18th August where a book on Annual Price Bulletin 2022 and National Sample Survey 75th Round Reports was released.
The National Sample Survey 75th Round Reports covers two segments- Household Social Consumption: Health and Household Social Consumption: Education.
While speaking at the program, Commissioner and Secretary, Kevileno Angami said that the Department has been declared as the nodal agency for collection of data, for coalition, publication and dissemination of data for the State. She further said that gathering, analyzing and interpreting data aids in many decision making process and if false data were to be collected, the State’s policies would be faulty.
NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY (NSS) 75th ROUND (JULY 2017 – JUNE 2018)
National Sample Surveys are large scale sample surveys on various socio-economic subjects conducted perennially by the National Statistical Office (NSO) since its inception in 1950. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Nagaland has been participating in this nation-wide survey since 1972. The present NSS 75thRound report presents key State level parameters on Health and Education in Nagaland pertaining to the period July 2017 — June 2018.
1. Household Social Consumption on Health in Nagaland:
The National Sample Survey on Household Social Consumption related to Health forms a vital source of primary data on the subject for the State and the country as a whole. The survey gathers basic information on the health sector like morbidity, profile of ailments including treatment, role of Government and private facilities in providing health care, expenditure on medicines, medical consultation, investigation, hospitalization and expenditure thereon, maternity and childbirth, the condition of the aged, etc. Some of the key findings of the survey are:
• About 6% of the rural population and nearly 5% of the urban
population reported as ailing during a 15 day reference period.
• ‘Infection’ was the most prevalent ailment among both genders in both rural (48 per 1000 persons) and urban (29 per 1000 persons) sectors.
• 83% of ailments in rural areas and 66% in urban areas were treated at Government/Public hospitals.
• 85% of women received pre-natal care and 76% received post-natal care in both rural and urban areas.
• 55% of the aged population (60 years & above) in rural areas and 72% in urban areas were economically independent.
• 100% of children aged 0-5 years in rural areas and 99% in urban areas had received some vaccination.
2. Household Social Consumption on Education in Nagaland:
The National Sample Survey on Household Social Consumption related to Education is the primary source of data for generating various indicators on education like level of education, attendance, incentives received by the students, expenditure on education, etc. These are used in decision support, policy inferences and analysis.
Some of the key findings of the survey are:
• Estimated male population between age 3 to 35 years was 401000 (304000 in rural & 97000 in urban) while that of female was 331000 (251000 in rural & 80000 in urban)
• Nearly 87% of households in rural areas and 73% of households in urban areas reported availability of primary school within 1 km from the house.
• 5.4% of persons aged 15 years and above were ‘not literate’ while 14.2% were literate up to Primary level and 15.2% were Graduate and above.
• Nearly 64% of males and 54% of females in the age group 3-35 years were currently attending education.