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    Amidst a raging debate on the quality of official data

    and the sampling methodologies followed, the government has renamed and expanded the scope of an existing standing committee which is being  headed by ________.
    A Pronab Sen Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B G.P Samanta Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Bimal Kumar Roy Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

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    Amidst a raging debate on the quality of official data and the sampling methodologies followed, the government has renamed and expanded the scope of an existing standing committee headed by former chief statistician of India Pronab Sen.   The committee has been tasked to review the existing framework and address the issues raised from time to time on the subject/ results/ methodology related to all surveys as brought before the SCoS by MoSPI.   The terms of reference also ask the standing committee to advise on survey methodology. These include sampling frame, sampling design, survey instruments and finalisation of tabulation plan of surveys and survey results.

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