INTERNSHIP REPORT ON THE POST OF

ASSISTANT STATISTICAL OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT

OF
STATE INCOME
AT

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS (DES),

BHOPAL (M.P.)

B.COM (COMPUTERS) VI G

THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

BHOPAL

2018-19

INTERNSHIP GUIDE - SUBMITTED BY –

Mr. NITIN JAIN JOSELYN JOSEPH

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR - COMPUTERS B.COM(COMPUTERS)

VI SEMESTER G

ROLL NO. : 16027053

ENROL. NO. : R170190280553

 PREFACE

This report has been submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the B.Com degree.
It consists of the Internship Project on the post of Assistant Statistical Officer in the State Income
department at The Directorate of Economics and Statistics(DES), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The
duration of the Internship program was from 21 January 2019 to 28 January 2019 making it to be
60 hours. This report is solely made by me.

The report includes all the learning during my on-job training as an intern in the organization. I
got the practical exposure of applying theories to practical work of life. I have made my sincere
attempts to collect the relevant facts for the purpose of internship report and to maintain the
confidentiality of material facts.

Writing this report has been challenging for me and I hope it fulfills the expectations. My
internship guide on this project report was Mr. Nitin Jain Course Coordinator of the Commerce
Department, who from the beginning introduced me to the internship I needed to undertake. I got
the bright opportunity to carry my internship at the Directorate of Economics and Statistics as An
Assistant Statistical Officer. I decided to join for the training as it would help my professional
growth and give hand on practical aspects.

This report attempts to bring under one cover the entire hard work and dedication put in by me in
completion of this project work.

Joselyn Joseph

B.Com(Computers)
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those people who were a part of this internship
project in numerous ways, people who gave non-biased support right from the commencement
till the end of this internship.

I am highly thankful to Mr. Chitranjan Tyagi, Commissioner of Directorate of Economics and

Statistics, Bhopal. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Sanjay Batav, Assistant Director, who patiently
guided me during the course of internship as my mentor in the organization. I also want to thank
the employees and other staff members of DES, who proved to be good co-workers.

I am greatly privileged to remunerate gratitude towards Rev. Fr. John P.J., Principal of The
Bhopal School of Social Sciences for providing such good facilities at the campus to make my
learning more joyful and my Internship guide Mr. Nitin Jain for the enthralling inspiration and
guidance which has served as a catalyst in the progress of this internship.

I am also blessed to be the daughter of Mr. A.Y. Joseph and Mrs. Susy Joseph. Without their
support and faith I could have not been able to achieve anything and be what I am today.

Date : 25 March, 2019 Joselyn Joseph

Place : Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh B.Com(Computers) VI G
Roll no.: 16027053
Enroll. No.: R170190280553
 DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT

I Joselyn Joseph daughter of Mr. A.Y. Joseph certify that the internship project report entitled
on the post of Assistant Statistical Officer of State Income department at the Directorate of
Economics and Statistics (DES), Bhopal (M.P.) prepared by me is my personal and an
authentic work under the guidance of Mr. Nitin Jain, Course Co-ordinator of Computers
Department.

Date : 25 March, 2019 Joselyn Joseph

Place : Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh B.Com(Computer)VI G

Roll No. : 16027053

TP-2, Trident Park, Danish Kunj -1, Kolar Road, Bhopal

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 INDEX

S.No. Particulars Pg.

No.
1. About the Directorate of Economics and Statistics 1
2. Organizational Structure 3
3. Departments under DES 4
4. Activities of DES 6
5. Eligibility Criteria 8
6. Introduction of Internship Report 23
7. Work allotted during the internship period 24
8. Work done during the internship period 25
9. Challenges faced during the internship period 34
10. Steps taken to overcome the challenges faced 36
11. Analysis of the organization 37
12. Suggestions 38
13. Conclusion 39
 DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS (DES)

The task of coordinating statistical activities, field surveys, collection of summaries on various
topics, tabulation and compilation of information is done by the Directorate of Economic and
Statistics. The function of Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES), encompass the
systematic collection, scientific analysis and objective interpretation of statistical data relating to
the various aspects of Socio-economic activities in the State with a view to build up a
comprehensive, coordinated picture of the developing economy in the State. To coordinate the
Statistical activities among various Government Departments and to provide important statistical
data for various developmental activities of the government is also a major responsibility of the
Directorate. The DES is declared nodal agency for statistical activities in Madhya Pradesh state.

HISTORY OF DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

The Bureau of Statistics and Economics Research was established in 1931 to systematically
collect, compile and make data available to the government as per its requirements. It was
recognized by the State Government in 1938 and was kept under Directorate of Industries. In
1947 a post of Economic Advisor and Director of Economics and Statistics was created with a
full-fledged department in the civil secretariat. The Department of Economics and Statistics was
changed to Directorate of Economics and Statistics in 1961.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND

STATISTICS

The responsibility of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics is to make a clear and factual
picture of the collective status by compiling, survey, analysis and evaluation of the desired
statistics for the compilation and administrative utilization of basic coordination related to
institutional development of public welfare schemes. Implementation and control of MP Local
Area Development Scheme and Assembly constituency development scheme was assigned to the
Commissioner, Economic and Statistics, in place of State Planning Commission. Similarly the
public participation plan was executed and controlled by the Commissioner, Economic and
Statistics.

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The State Government has also assigned the responsibility of the Chief Registrar to the
Commissioner of Economic and Statistical Department under the Death Registration Act, 1969.
Simultaneously, the Commissioner of Economic and Statistics has been given the responsibility
of registration of the Chief Registrar of Marriage. In accordance with the above, the work of
birth and death registration in the state is being done through the rural and urban units.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF DES

 Analytical study of state's economy and preparation of related publications.

 Establishment of estimates of Gross and Pure State Domestic Product on the basis of
State Income 2004-05 stable and prevailing prices.
 Preparation of financial and objective classification of state government budget.
 Calculation and survey work.
 Birth-Death Registration Function.
 Marriage registration work under mandatory registration rules of Marriage 2008.
 Regional work under National Monitoring Survey
 Preparation of estimation of capital formation
 Preparation of interstate, district and district wise indicators under the socio-economic
development.
 Calculation of employees of government and semi-government, university, public sector,
rural and urban local bodies under employment in the administrative area
 To coordinate the statistical activities of different departments / institutions of the state
and to examine and test their statistical projects / programs.
 To review and monitor activities related to State, District, Municipal, Development Block
and Gram Panchayat level Deendayal Antyoday Samitis
 Implementation and control of Centrally Sponsored Scheme and MP Local Area
Development Plan
 Collection of statistics at the local level in Madhya Pradesh
 Functions relating to implementation of 13th and 14th Finance Commission
recommendations
 Work of State Statistical Strengthening Project

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 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Commissioner

Additional Director

Directorate Division/
District

Joint Director
Joint Director

Associate Chief
Director Programmer District Planning Officer

Assistant Assistant Programmer

Director Director
District Statistical
(Administration) Officer
Assistant
Assitant
Statistical Officer
Superindentant Programmer
Clerk Assitant
Group Statistical
Investigator Officer
Clerk
Group Grade 2
Grade 3
Investigator
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3

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 DEPARTMENTS UNDER DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND
STATISTICS

S.No. Division Name Work Details

1 Administration 1. General Administration, Establishment, Account and
Audit.
2 State Income 1. To prepare assumptions of State and District level
domestic product.
2. Aggregation and Research/Analytical Study of
Agriculture, Financial & Business Statistics.
3 Industrial & Minerals 1. Aggregation of Industry, Mineral and Energy Statistics.
Statistics
2. Formation of Industrial Production Indexes and
Circumspection of Industrial Panels
4 Economic Analysis 1. To prepare Economic Survey/Review of State.
5 National Sight Survey 1. To prepare Report and Survey/Tabulation Study of
Regional tasks under National Sight Survey.
2. Economic Calculation.
6 State Survey & 1. To prepare Reports and Socio-Economic
Divisional Job Work Survey/Evaluation Study of Govt. Welfare Schemes.
7 Statistical Coordination 1. To establish statistical coordination in different
& Training departments of Central and State Govt.
2. To prepare departmental schemes.
3. Nomination and follow-up operation for
training/workshop/ conference etc.
8 Socio and diversified 1. House & building construction statistics, family health
statistics & social welfare, Industrial & Social safety, Education,
Environment, Entertainment, Jail, Nyay Palika, Police,
Offence, Labour employment and Aggregation of
diversified statistics and formation of Statistical fund.
2. Counting of Government Employees.
9 Capital Building 1. To prepare assumptions of Capital Building.
2. Audit Analysis of public fields.
10 Public Finance & Budget 1. Economic and aimfulclassification for income traders of
Analysis State & local institutions.
2. Statistical aggregation of public finance & local
institutions.
11 Price Statistics & Market 1. Compilation/review of wholesale & retail price and
News Market news study.
12 Information Technology 1. Computerization of Scores.
& Scored Tabulation
2. Maintenance of publications of Directorate on
Computers.

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13 Living Index Statistics 1. Yearly Living Index Report and effective execution of
Birth-Death Registration Act, 1969 & Rule 1999.

2. International certificate of reasons of death.

3. Registration of marriages under Marriage Registration
Act 2008.

14 Library 1. Maintenance of Books/Publications related to

Economics, Statistics and Socio-Economic Statistics.

15 Statistical Publication 1. To publish and preparation of State level regular & ad-
hoc statistical publications.

16 District Statistical System 1. Technical Inspection and to provide technical guidance/

advisory for District Statistics Offices.

2. Circumspection of district level publications and to

suggest for qualitative improvements.

17 Program & Execution 1. Vidhan Sabha (Assembly)Constituency development

divisions schemes.

2. Member of Parliament (MP) local area development

schemes.

3. Public Participation Schemes.

-To execute and control of all above three schemes.

18 Development Authority 1. Bundelkhand Development Authority.

Division

2. Vindhya Development Authority.

3. Mahakoushal Development Authority.

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 ACTIVITIES OF DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

STATE INCOME
State domestic product ( state income) is calculated for the evaluation of the economy of state
every year. Directorate proposed for the effective progress by having the consideration of every
year and state wise product and per person’s income also. The previous chain of 2004 – 05 is
replaced with new chain of the base year 2011-12.

In 2016-17 (previous consideration) the whole state wise local product is evaluated at stationary
level 2011-12) in increased from 12.21%. Instead of the evaluation instant of rs. 414607 cr. Of
the year 2015-16, rs. 4652120 cr is considered for the future reference in 2016-17(future
consideration) , pure state wise local (domestic) product is considered 12.48% is increased in
manner which is evaluated rs. 408493 cr in the comparison of rs. 363224 CR.

In the year 2016-17 for the previous consideration: In the year 2016-17 for the future purpose the
per person’s income at state level is evaluated rs. 51852 at the stationary level cost of 2011-12
which is effectively more than 10.84% in comparison with rs. 46783 of the previous year 2015-
16(instant) of rs. 62334 is increased and become rs. 72599 in year 2016-17; that is considered.
This increased state is remained 16.47%.

STATE ECONOMY
The long term growth prospective of Indian economy is positive due to its young population,
English proficiency, corresponding low dependency ratio, health savings and investment rates
and increasing integration into the global economy. India is one of the fastest growing service in
the world with an annual growth rate above 9% since 2001. The agriculture sector is the largest
employer in the economy after the industry sector.

COORDINATION AND TRAINING

Professor P.C Mahalanobi’s birthday is celebrated on 29 June as ‘Statistics Day’ in Directorate
of Statistics and Economics. Currently, it was celebrated on the theme of ‘Agriculture Farmers’
Welfare’ .On this day , Commissioner, Joint Director and each employee of Directorate of
Economics and Statistics is present .On this occasion, 11 employees who are progressively

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working in the field of Statistics are awarded by the Commissioner of Directorate of Economics
and Statistics.

Training Programme on Evaluation of Rural Development Programmes at NIRD & PR

,Hyderabad were held in which employees from Bhopal , Devas and Raisen took effective
participation.

Department of Science and Technology ,Madhya Pradesh conducted training on new

innovations of Computer and Cyber security. In this training, 25 employees of Directorate of
Economics and Statistics took part which enhanced their knowledge in the field computer.

Such training sessions facilitates employee growth in the organization and this also proves
beneficiary to the org., as employees themselves according to current needs of the era.

PUBLIC FINANCES AND BUDGET ANALYSIS

On the basis of yearly budget of the State Government, the income of the state whether Gross
state and Net State is been explained and Economics &Purpose Classification of State
Government Budget for the current year is prepared. Also the estimation is done for the
upcoming year. These things are presented in the Vidhan Sabha’s Budget panel.

PRODUCT STATISTICS AND MARKET NEWS

In the organization, information is analyzed regularly related to monthly incoming and outgoing
of agricultural products and their trade prices. This is done with respect to agricultural farms and
market situated in Madhya Pradesh. Information is also analyzed for the preparation of
agricultural Economic Survey report of the year.

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 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Schedule – I
(See rule 5)
Pay scale included in the service of ASO

Assistant Statistical Officer:

Classification: MP Planning, economic & statistical class 3 (executive service).
Pay Scale: 5000-175-90000

Schedule – II
(See rule 6)
Method of Recruitment
Name of Department: Planning Economics and statistics Department.
Name of service: Assistant statistical officer
Total No. of post: 385
By direct recruitment (% of posts to be filled): 20%
By Promotion of members of the service: 70%
By appointment of members of the ministerial services: 10%

Schedule – III
(See rule 8)
Age and Qualification of persons to be filled by direct recruitment
Name of Department: Planning Economics and statistics Department.

Name of service: MP Planning Economics and Statistics Class.

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  Assistant statistical officer : Minimum Age – 18 years

Maximum Age – 30 years

Prescribed educational qualification:

(a) At least second class post graduate degree in one of the subjects via, Economics or
Statistics or Commerce, Mathematics or Sociology from any recognized University and
bachelor Degree in Computer Applications or Computer Operations or PGDCA or
equivalent qualification.
(b) Preference will be given to P.G. Degree holder in Regional Planning and Economics
Growth.

Note: candidate must be passed (10 + 2) high school or higher Secondary examination /
degree examination from any school / college situated in Madhya Pradesh.

Schedule – IV
(See rule 14)
Name of Department: Madhya Pradesh Planning Economics and Statistics Department.
Name of Post from which promotion is to be made : Investigator / Block level Investigator ,
Punch room , Supervisor, computer.
Name of the post to which the promotion is to be made: Assistant Statistical Officer.
Period of service for promotion: 5 years
Name of member of the departmental promotion committee see rule 23: Joint Director
(Administration) – Chairman.

Schedule – V
(See Rule 6 and 14)
Scheme for appointment on the posts of assistant statistical officer, Investigator / Block level
Investigator and Computer by Departmental limited examination of ministerial employees.

1. Title
This scheme may be called the scheme for appointment on the posts of assistant
statistical officer, Investigator / Block level Investigator and Computer by selection

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 of Ministerial Employees Directorate of Economics and Statistics and Subordinate
District Planning and Statistical offices.

2. Eligibility
(a) Only such member of ministerial service, who have following qualifications
should be eligible to appear in examination specified in Para 4 of the scheme
namely:
(i) At least five years continuous service in ministerial service in Economics
and Statistics Directorate or Directorate’s Subordinate Divisional Office/
Subordinate District Office.
(ii) He has the prescribed educational qualification as specified in schedule 3 for
direct recruitment on the post of Assistant Statistics Officer, Investigator,
and Block level Investigator.
(iii) He must have not attained the age of more than 45 years on the January next
following the year in which the selection is made. The upper age limit shall
be relax able up to a maximum 50 years of age for candidates belongs to a
Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes

(b) The qualification regarding Computer shall be relax able in the Limited
Departmental Examination of ministerial employee.

3. Selection for appointment

(i) Valuation shall be made on the basis of marks obtained by passing such
examination taken under this scheme and
(ii) Previous five years Character Roll of such employee.

4. Examination
(i) Written examination should be conducted by appointing authority every
year at such intervals as determined by the appointing authority.

(ii) Two question papers should be written examination for 2.30 hours period,
in which every question paper should be 50 marks. At least 50 percent
marks for should necessary be obtained in each paper for passing the
examination course. Application shall be invited by the appointing
authority at least one month before conducting prescribed examination
from such candidates who want to appear in such examination.
Information regarding date of examination, place and time etc.

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 (iii) Valuation of answer book will be made by departmental officer nominated
by appointing authority.
(iv) A list shall be prepared of such candidates, who obtained 50 percent (45
Percent for Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribe Candidates) or more
marks in every separate question paper.

5. Valuation of character roll and final selection list:

(i) Valuation of previous five years character roll of candidates, whose names
are appearing in prepared list as per Para 4(VI) should be made by
committee.
(ii) 20 marks for every year’s CR of even candidate will be given on following
basis:-
(i) Excellent - 20
(ii) Very Good - 15
(iii) Good - 10
(iv) General - 05
(iii) Marks obtained as per character roll by each candidate should be placed
before marks obtained by him in written examination and total should be
made of both marks.
(iv) Final selection list shall be prepared on the basis of total marks obtained
by valuation of examination and character roll. Appointment should be
made in order of names included in this list on the post of Assistant
statistics Officer, Investigator / Block level Investigator and Computer. 10
percent, 15 percent and 25 percent against kota, respectively.
(v) Seniority of persons appointed from ministerial service on the posts of
Assistant Statistics Officer/Investigator/Block Level Investigator and
Computer will be same as mentioned in final list.

6. Probation

Every employee appointed under this scheme shall be on probation for two year
period. In such period they shall go under training and if any department examination
will be conducted it should be passed by them. If any employee is not found eligible
for the post of assistant statistics officer, Investigator and computer shall be reverted
on his previous ministerial post on reversion of ministerial post. On reversion of
ministerial post service rendered by them on the post of Assistant Statistics Officer,
Investigator, Block level Investigator and Computer shall be the services rendered in
ministerial services.

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The Governor of Madhya Pradesh makes the following rules for regulating the recruitment of
Madhya Pradesh Planning Economics and Statistics Class III (Executive) Services, namely :-

RULES

1. Short title and Commencement :-

These rules may be called the Madhya Pradesh Planning Economics and Statistics
Class III (Executive) Service Recruitment Rules, 2003.
These rules shall come in to force with effect from the date of their publication in the
Madhya Pradesh Gezette,

2. Definitions :-
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) “Appointing Authority” in respect of the service means the Director
Economics and Statistics, Madhya Pradesh;
(b) “Committee” means Departmental Promotion Committee as specified in
column (5) of Schedule IV;
(c) “Director” means the Director, Economics and Statistics, Madhya Pradesh;
(d) “Examination” means the competitive examination for recruitment;
(e) “Government” means the Government of Mdhya Pradesh;
(f) “Governor” means the Governor of Madhya Pradesh;
(g) “Other Backward Classes” means the other backward classes of citizens as
specified by the State Government
(h) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to these rules;
(i) “Schedule Caste” means any caste, race or tribe or part of or group within a
caste, race or tribe specified as a Scheduled Caste with respect to the State of
Madhya Pradesh under Article 341 of the Constitution of India;
(j) “Scheduled Tribe” means any tribe or tribal community or part of or group
within tribe or tribal community specified as Scheduled Tribe with respect to
the state of Madhya Pradesh under Article 342 of the Constitution of India;
(k) “Selection Committee” means the Committee as specified in Schedule IV;
(l) “State” means the State of Madhya Pradesh;
(m) “Service” means the Madhya Pradesh Planning Economics and Statistics
ClassIII (Executive) Service.

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3. Scope and Application :-
Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in the Madhya
Pradesh Civil Services (General Conditions of Services) Rules,1961, these rules shall
apply to every member of the service as mentioned in Schedule I.

4. Constitution of Service :-
The Service shall consist of the following persons, namely –

(1) Persons, who at the time of commencement of these rules are holding
substantively the post specified in Schedule I
(2) Persons recruited to the service before commencement of these rules; and
(3) Persons recruited to the service in accordance with the provisions of these rules.

5. Classification, Scale of Pay etc. :-

The classification of the service, the scale of pay attached there to and the number of
posts included in the service shall be in accordance with the provisions contained in
the Schedule I :
Provided that the Government may, from time to time, add or reduce the number of
posts included in the service, either on a permanent or temporary basis.

6. Method of Recruitment :-
(1) Recruitment to the service, after the commencement of these rules, shall be made
by the following methods, namely –
(a) By direct recruitment through competitive examination,
(b) By selection of ministerial employees according to the scheme specified,
in Schedule V,
(c) By promotion of members of the service as shown in column (2)of
Schedule IV,
(d) By transfer of persons, who hold in a substantive capacity such posts in
such services, as specified in this behalf by the State Government

(2) The number of persons, recruited under Clause (a),(b) and (c) of sub-rule (i) shall
not, at any time exceed the percentage shown in Schedule II of the number of
posts as specified in Schedule I.

(3) Subject to the provisions of these rules, the method or methods of recruitment to
be adopted for the purpose of filling any particular vacancy or vacancies in the
service as may be required to be filled during any particular period of recruitment

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 and the number of persons to be recruited by each method, shall be determined on
each occasion by the Director in consultation with the Government.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (i) if in opinion of the Appointing

Authority the exigencies of the service so require, the Government may, with
prior concurrence of the General Administration Department adopt such method
of recruitment to the service other than those specified in the said- rule as it may,
by order issued in this behalf, prescribe.

7. Appointment to the Service :-

All appointments to the service after the commencement of these rules shall be made
by the Director and no such appointment shall be made except after selection by one
of the methods of recruitment in rule 6.

8. Conditions of eligibility for direct Recruitment :-

In order to be eligible for the competitive examination candidate must satisfy the
following conditions (Exept the promotion from the cadre of ministerial employee)

(1) Age :-
(a) He must have attained the age as specified in column (3) of Schedule III
and not attained the age as specified in column (4) of the said Schedule on
the first day of January, next following the date of commencement of the
examination/ selection.
(b) The upper age limit shall be relaxable up to maximum of 5 years if a
candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other
Backward Classes.
(c) The normal upper age limit shall also be relaxable in respect of candidates,
who are or have been employees of the Madhya Pradesh Government to
the extent and subject to the conditions specified below:-
(i) A candidate who is permanent Government Servant should not be
more than 38 years of age.
(ii) A candidate holding post temporarily and applying for another post
should not be of more than 38 years of age. This concession shall
also be admissible to the contingency paid employees, work
charged employees and employees working in the project
Implementation Committee.
(iii) A candidate who is retrenched Government Servant shall be
allowed to deduct from his age the period of all temporary service
previously tendered by him up to a maximum limit of 7 years even
if it represents more than one spell provided that the resultant age
does not exceed the upper age limit by more than three years.

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Explanation :-
The term “Retrenched Government Servant” denotes a person, who was in temporary
Government Service of this State or any of the constituent units for a continuous period of not
less than six months and who was discharged because of reduction in establishment not more
than three years prior to the date of his registration at the employment exchange or of application
made otherwise for employment in Government Service.

(iv) A candidate who is an ex-serviceman shall be allowed to deduct

from his age the period of all defense services previously rendered
by him:
Provided that the resultant age does not exceed the uppr age limit
by more than three years.

Explanation:-
The term “Ex-serviceman” denotes a person, who belongs to any of the following categories and
who was employed under the Government of India for a continuous period of not less than six
months and who was retrenched or declared surplus as a result of the recommendation of the
economy unit or due to normal reduction in establishment not more than three years before the
date of his registration at any employment exchange or application made otherwise for
employment in Government service:-
(1) Ex-serviceman released under mustering out concessions.
(2) Ex-serviceman enrolled for the second time and discharged on-
(a) Completion of short term engagement;
(b) Fulfilling the conditions of enrollment;
(3) Ex-personnel of Madras Civil Unit.
(4) Officers (Military and Civil) discharged on completion of their contact including short
service regular commissioned officers.
(5) Officers discharged on after working for more than six months continuously against leave
vacancies.
(6) Ex-serviceman invalidated out of service.
(7) Ex-serviceman discharged on the ground that they are unlikely to become efficient
soldiers.
(8) Ex-serviceman who are medically boarded out on account of gunshot, wounds etc.

 The upper age limit shall be relaxableup to a maximum of ten years to a woman
candidate in accordance with the provision of rule 4 of the MP Civil Services (Special
Provision for the Appointment of Women) Rules, 1997;
 The general upper age limit shall be relaxable upto five years in respect of the widow,
destitute and divorced women candidates;
 The upper age limit shall be relaxable upto a maximum of 2 years for those candidates
who are holding a green card under the Family Welfare Programme.
 The upper age limit should be relaxable upto 5 years in respect of awarded superior caste
partner of a couple under the inter-caste marriage incentive programme of the Tribal,
Schedule Caste and Backward Class Welfare Department.

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  The upper age limit shall be relaxable upto 5 years in respect of the Vikram Award
candidates,
 The upper age limit shall be relaxable upto 38 years of age in respect of candidates who
are employees of MP State Corporations/Boards;
 The general upper age limit shall be relaxed for Voluntary home guards and non-
commissioned officers for the period of service rendered by them subject to the limit of 8
years but in no case their age should exceed 38 years.
 The upper age limit shall be relaxable to the destitute candidates as per the instructions
issued by the State Government from time to tme.

Note (1) :-
Candidates who are admitted to the selection under the age concessions mentioned in rule
8(1) © (i) & (ii) above will not be eligible for appointment, if after submitting the application
the resign from service either before or after selection. They will however, continue to be
leigibke if they are retrenched from the service or post after submitting the applications. In no
other case will these age limits be relaxed.

Note (2) :-
(a) In no other cases shall these age limits be relaxed.
(b) Departmental candidates must obtain previous permission of the appointing authority to
appear for the examination/ selection.

(2) Educational Qualifications :-

The candidate must possess the educational qualifications prescribed for the
service as shpwn in Schedule III provided that-
(a) In exceptional cases the Director may treat as qualified any candidate, who
though not possessing any of the qualification prescribed in these rules, but
has passed examination conducted by other Institutions/ Universities by such
a standard for which the Director considers the candidate eligible to appear in
the examination/ selections; and
(b) Candidates who are otherwise qualified but have taken degree from Foreign
Universities being Universities not specifically recognized by the
Government may also be considered for appearing in the examination at the
discretion of the Director.
(3) Fees :-
The candidate must pay the fees prescribed by the Director.

9. Disqualification :-
Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain support for his candidature by any
means, may be held disqualified by the Director for appearing in the examination/
selection.

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10. Appointing Authority’s decision about the eligibility of candidates
shall be final :-
The decision of Director as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for selection shall
be final and a candidate to whom a certificate of admission has not been issued by the
selction committee shal not be allowed to appear in the examination/ interview.

11.Direct recruitment by Competitive Examination :-

(1) (i) The Competitive examination for recruitment to the service shall be held at such
intervals as the Director may from time to time determine in consultation with the
government.
(ii) The examination shall be held by the Director in accordance with such orders
issued by the Government from time to time.
(2) There shall be reserved posts for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes, and other backward classes at the stage of the direct recruitment in
accordance with the provisions contained in the MP Lok Seva (Anusuchit Jatiyon,
Anusuchit Jan Jatiyon aur Anya Pichhade Vargon ke liye Arakshan) Adhiniyam
1994, and order issued by the State Government from time to time.
(3) In filling the vacancies so reserved, candidates who are members of the Schedules
Casres, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes shall be considered for
appointment in order in which their names appear in the list referred to in rule 12 (1)
irrespective of their relative rank as compared with other candidates.
(4) There shall be reserved posts for women candidates, in accordance with the provision
of MP Cicvil Services (Special Provision for Appointment of Women) Rules, 1997.
(5) There shall be reserved posts for destitute candidates in accordance with the direction
of the General Administration Department.
(6) 9% vacancies shall be reserved for the ex-defense service men in accordance with the
direction of General Administrative Department.

12. List of Candidates recommended by the Selection Committee :-

(1) The Selection Committee shall prepare and forward the list to the Director arranged
in order of merit of the candidates who have qualified by such standard as determined
by the Selection Committee and separate list for the candidates belonging to the
Schedules Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes who though not
qualified by that standard and are declared by the Selection Committee to be suitable
for the appointment to the service with due regard to the maintenance of efficiency in
administration. The list shall also be published for general information.
(2) Subject to the provisions of these rules and of the MP Civil Services (General
Conditions of Service) Rule, 1961 candidates shall be considered for appointment to
the available vacancies from the list in the order in which their names appear in the
list.

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 (3) The inclusion of a candidate’s name in the list confers no right to appointment unless
the Director is satisfied after such inquiry , as may be considered necessary, that the
candidate is suitable in all respect for appointment to the service.
(4) The select list shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue.

13. Direct Recruitment by Limited competitive examination from

ministerial cadre to the post of Asstt. Statistical Officer/ Investigator/
Block Level Investigator/ Sangak by selection :-
(1) Director shall determine every year the date to conduct the limited Competitive
examination as per scheme stated in Schedule-V for the recruitment of the posts of
Assistant Statistical Officer/ Investigator/ Blocl Level Investigator/ Computer from
the ministerial service.
(2) For direct recruitment post shall be reserved according to the provisions of MP Lok
Seva (Anusuchit Jatiyan, Anusuchit Jan Jatiyan aur Anya Pichhada Vargon ke liye
Arakshan) Adhiniyam 1994 for schedules castes/ scheduled tribes and Other
Backward Classes.
(3) At the time of filling up the vacant posts so reserved the appointment of the
candidates of schedule castes, scheduled tribes and Other Backward Classes shall be
considered in the same order as their names appear in the list, prepared as per rules12
(1) irrespective of their relative rank in comparison to other candidates.
(4) There shall be reserved posts for women candidates, in accordance with the
provisions of MP Civil Services (Special Provision for Appointment of Women)
Rules 1997.

14. List of eligible candidates recommended for appointment :-

(1) The list of qualified candidates prepared as per the merit and standard specified in
Schedule-V and the list for those candidates of Schedules Castes, Schedules Tribes and
other backward Classes who though not qualified as per standard but the
Committee/Director has declared them suitable for appointment in the service with due
regard to the maintenance of efficiency in administration shall be prepared.

1. Subject to the provision of these rules, the candidates will be considered in respect of
appointment on the available vacant post in which their names appear in the list.
2. The inclusion of name of any candidate in the list confers no right to appointment unless
the Director is satisfied after such enquiry , as may be considered necessary , that the
candidate is suitable in all respect for appointment to the service.

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15.Appointment by promotion :-

(1) There shall be constituted a committee consisting of members as mentioned in

Shedule-IV for making a selection for promotion of eligible candidate
(2) The promotion of the members of service specified in column (3) of Schedule IV to
the posts as specified in column (5) thereof the eligibility of candidate selection
process and appointment by promotion shall be in accordance with the provisions as
specified in Madhya Pradesh (Promotion) Rules, 2002.
(3) Certification by the Appointing Authority :- Every appointing authority shall endorse
on the promotion order to be used by him, a certificate to the effect that he has
compiled with the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Lok Sev (Anusuchit Jatiyon,
Anusuchit Jan Jatiyon Aur Anya Pichhade Vargon Ke Liye Arakshan) Adhiniyam,
1994 (No. 21 o 1994) and the Madhya Pradesh Lok Seva (Promotion) Rules, 2002
and the instructions issued in the light of the provisions of the said Act and Rules by
the State Government and that he has full cognizance of the provisions of sub-section
(1) of section 6 of the said Act.

16.Condition for Eligibility for Promotion :-

(1) Subject to the provision of sub rule (2) the committee shall consider the cases of
persons who are on the 1st day of January of that year had completed such number of
years of service (whether officiating of substantive) on the from which promotion is to
be made or any other post or posts declared equivalent by the Government as specified
in column (4) of Schedule IV and are within the zone of considerations in accordance
with the provision of sub-rule (2).
(2) For the zone of consideration for promotion the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Lok
Seva (Promotions) Rules, 2002 shall apply.
(3) The employees will not get the first promotion until he has completed the minimum
three years services in scheduled area, means the three years service in scheduled are
shall be the condition for eligibility for promotion.

17.Preparation of List of Suitable Candidate :-

(1) The committee shall prepare a list of such persons who satisfy the conditions
prescribed in Rule 16 and are held by the committee to be suitable for promotion to
the service. The list shall be sufficient to cover the anticipated vacancies on account
of retirement, promotion during the course of one year from the date of preparation of
the select list. A reserve list consisting of 25% of the number of persons included in
the said select list shall also be proposed to meet the unforeseen vacancies. Occurring
during the course of the aforesaid period.

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 (2) The selection for inclusion in such list shall be based on merit and suitability in all
respects with due regard to seniority.
(3) The name of persons included in the select list shall be arranges in order of seniority
in the service or posts as specified in column (2) of Schedule IV at the time of
preparation of each select list.

Provided that any junior employee, who in the opinion of the committee is of exceptional merit
and suitability may be assigned in the list higher place than of the officers senior to him.

Explanation :- A person; whose name is included in the select list but who is not promoted
during the validity of the list, shall have no claim to seniority over those considered in a
subsequent selection merely by the fact of his earlier selection.

(4) The select list so prepared shall be reviewed every year.

(5) If in the process of selection, review or revision it is proposed to separate any member
of the service. The committee shall record its reason for the proposed supersession.

18.Select List :-

(1) The appointing authority shall consider the list prepared by the committee along
with other documents received from the committee and unless it considers any
change necessary, approve the list.
(2) If the appointing authority considers it necessary to make any change in the list
received from the committee, he shall inform the committee at the change
proposed and after taking into account the comments if any of the committee, may
approve the list finally with such modification, if any, as may in the opinion be
just and proper.
(3) The list as finally approved by the appointing authority shall form the Select List
for promotion of the members of the services from the post shown in Column (2)
of Schedule IV to the post mentioned in Column (3) of the said schedule.
(4) The select list shall ordinarily be in the force until it is reviewed or revised in
accordance with sub-rule (4) of Rule 17 but its validity will not be beyond a total
period of 18 months from the date of its preparation;

Provided that in the event of a grave laps in the conduct or performance of the duties on the
part of any person included in the select list, a special review of the select list may be made at
instance of the appointing authority and the committee may if deem fit, remove the name of
such persons, from the select list.

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 19.Appointment to the service from the Select List :-
Appointment of the persons included in the select list to the posts borne on the cadre of the
services shall follow in the order in which the names of such employees appear in the select
list.

20.Trail :-

Every person promoted to the service shall be appointed on trail for a period of two
years.

21.Probation :-

Every person directly recruited to the service shall be appointed on probation for a
period of two years. But even if the post of promotion is of direct recruitment than the
probation period for these posts shall be the same as prescribed for the said post.

22.Interpretation :-

if any question arises relating to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to
government, whose decision thereon shall be final.

23.Relaxation :-

Nothing in these rules shall be construed to limit or abridge the powers of the governor
to deal with the case of any person, to whom these rules apply in such manner as may
appear to it to be just and equitable.

Provide that no case shall be dealt with in any manner less favorable to him than that
provided in these rules.

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24.Savings :-

Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation and other conditions required
to be provided for the Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes in accordance with
the orders issued by the State Government from time to time, in this regard.

25.Repeal :-

All rules corresponding to these rules and enforce immediately before the
commencement of these rules are hereby repeated in respect of matters covered by these
rules:

Provided that any order made or any action taken under the rules so repealed shall be
deemed to have been made or taken – under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

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 INTRODUCTION OF INTERNSHIP REPORT

I did my internship in a Government organization the Directorate of Economics and

Statistics which is responsible for the systematic collection, scientific analysis and
objective interpretation of statistical data relating to the various aspects of Socio-
economic activities in the State.

I did my internship under the State Income Depaartment from 21st January 2019 to
28th January 2019 for a duration of 10a.m. to 6p.m.

The Commissioner of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Mr.

Chitranjan Tyagi gave me the opportunity to work as an intern in the organization.
Firstly he introduced me with the details about the organization and then described
various departments that come under the Directorate. He gave me the choice to decide
the department I would be training under and introduced me to the Joint Director of
DES, Mr. S.K. Mahale who then assigned me to the mentor Mr. Sanjay Batav,
Assistant Director who guided me throughout my internship program. The Assistant
Director helped me interact with the Assistant Statistical Officers whose post I was
assigned to as an Intern. Then the ASO showed me how different work is done on his
behalf in the State Income Department. Various facts and figures were provided and I
was asked to make a research report on the forestry and logging section of the
primary sector. In the research report I had to analyze the data that was given to me
and interpret it accordingly and finally had to give conclusions as to what measures
can be taken to implement economic growth in the country.

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 WORK ALLOTED

I was assigned to make a analytical report on Gross State Value Added which aims to
analyze the economic growth of a country. During internship I performed various
duties like project implementation, communication and documentation, analyzing and
interpreting the various facts and figures provided by the organization.

ANALYTICAL REPORT

In recent years, analytical reporting has been evolving into one of the most important
organization intelligence components that compelled organizations to adapt their
strategies based on data-driven insights. While many organizations struggle to
leverage an effective organization intelligence strategy, the importance of analytical
information created fluctuation of data that cannot be simply collected into a single
spreadsheet. It has become harder to create and use a single report and communicate a
wide range of vital information between departments, stakeholders and important
parties in a single company. That is why an organization needs a proper analytical
report that will help filter important data and improve the creation of the full report
that can lead to a successful operation. That doesn’t mean that creating these kinds of
reports should only be intended for specialized analysts, who can read and interpret
complex data more swiftly, but with self-service tools that expand the knowledge of
all employees in an organization, analytical reports can become one of the most
invaluable reporting tools that force progress, directly affect operating costs and use
modern interface which everyone understands.
An analytical report is a type of a report that uses qualitative and quantitative
organization’s data to analyze as well as evaluate an organization’s strategy or
process, while empowering employees to make data-driven decisions based on
evidence and analytics.
While analytical reporting is based on statistics, historical data and can deliver
predictive analysis of a specific issue, its usage is also spread in analyzing current
data in a wide range of industries. For example, a hospital has seen into their report
that the average waiting time can be reduced by conducting specific actions. Harvard
University even stated in its own research that the total waiting amount is 121
minutes. A marketing agency can decide to allocate their budget differently after the
team has seen that the most traffic comes from a different source of the invested
budget. Applications of these kinds of reports are different, and, therefore, the writing
style and generating data is distinctive in every industry.

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 WORK DONE

During the 60 hours internship at the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, I was assigned to
make An analytical report on Gross State Value Added (GSVA) for the Forestry and Logging
department in the Primary Sector which gives a picture of the state of economic activity from the
producers’ side or supply side and helps in analyzing the economic growth of each sectors in an
economy. The analytical report contains the background of the organization and the data analysis
and interpretation of the facts and figures that I was provided with, giving a brief study about the
state of economic growth in the forestry and logging sector. Finally I have given a conclusion
about what measures can be taken to boost the economic growth in the sector I was assigned to.
The following is a part of the analytical report I was assigned to make which was submitted to
the Commissioner of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS (DES), BHOPAL

(MP)

The function of Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES), encompass the systematic
collection, scientific analysis and objective interpretation of statistical data relating to the various
aspects of Socio-economic activities in the State with a view to build up a comprehensive,
coordinated picture of the developing economy in the State. To coordinate the Statistical
activities among various Government Departments and to provide important statistical data for
various developmental activities of the government is also a major responsibility of the
Directorate. The DES is declared nodal agency for statistical activities in Madhya Pradesh state.

ECONOMY OF INDIA
Indian economy is growing at a good rate. The agricultural, industrial as well as service sector in
our country is expanding and improving with time and thus contributing to its economic growth.
However, just like other developing countries, the economy of India has also faced numerous
challenges. The efforts of the Indian government and the hard work of the general public have
paid off. India has become one of the fastest growing and developing nations. Our country has
made good progress in various industries during the last few decades and this has led to its
economic growth. Information Technology, infrastructure, retail, financial services, automotive
and healthcare are among the sectors that have seen a major boom lately. These are growing at a
steady pace and are contributing majorly to the country’s economic growth.

India has emerged as the fastest growing major economy in the world and is expected to be one
of the top three economic powers of the world over the next 10-15 years, backed by its strong
democracy and partnerships. The average GDP of our country is around 7 percent. India stands
at the seventh position worldwide when it comes to GDP. It is estimated to have increased 6.6

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per cent in 2017-18 and is expected to grow 7.3 per cent in 2018-19. During the first half of
2018-19, GDP (at constant 2011-12 prices) grew by 7.6 per cent.

What is GDP?

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the most commonly used indicator of national income.
It attempts to measure the sum of incomes received by the various wealth-creating sectors
of the economy, from manufacturing and retail to agriculture and service industries.
It is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a
country's borders in a specific time period, though GDP is usually calculated on an
annual basis. It includes all of private and public consumption, government outlays,
investments and exports less imports that occur within a defined territory.

What is GVA?

After following GDP for many years, policy makers have now also started looking at Gross
Value Added (GVA) to analyze growth. It is a measure of total output and income in the
economy. It provides the rupee value for the amount of goods and services produced in an
economy after deducting the cost of inputs and raw materials that have gone into the production
of those goods and services. It also gives sector-specific picture like what is the growth in an
area, industry or sector of an economy. It is the sum of a country’s GDP and net of subsidies and
taxes in the economy.

While GVA gives a picture of the state of economic activity from the producers’ side or supply
side, the GDP gives the picture from the consumers’ side or demand perspective. Both measures
need not match because of the difference in treatment of net taxes. A sector-wise breakdown
provided by the GVA measure can better help the policymakers to decide which sectors need
incentives/stimulus or vice versa. Some consider GVA as a better gauge of the economy because
a sharp increase in the output, only due to higher tax collections which could be on account of
better compliance or coverage, may distort the real output situation.

PRIMARY SECTOR

The three sectors constituting an economy are the Agricultural or Primary sector, the Industry or
Secondary sector and the Services or Tertiary sector. The primary sector is directly concerned
with natural resources of the country. Agricultural, forestry, fishing and mining constitute the
primary sector. This sector utilizes the natural resources and produces raw materials and basic
goods which may be used by the industries or by the end-users. Hence, it can be said that the
primary sector serves as a basic sector assisting the growth of the secondary and tertiary sectors.

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At the time of Indian independence this sector had biggest share in the Gross Domestic Product
of India. But year by year its contribution goes on declining and currently it contributes only
17% of Indian GDP at current prices. It is worth to mention that agriculture sector provides jobs
to around 53% population of India.

FORESTRY AND LOGGING

Madhya Pradesh is one of the most blessed states of India in terms of natural resources including
rich and diverse forests. Forests cover about 30.72 per cent of its total area.
This significant resource of the state is being conserved and harnessed through innovative
measures like community participation and decentralization. The state has been a pioneer in
making forestry people-oriented with 15228 Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs)
involved in protection and management of about 70% of the forest area. People are the real
dwellers and the real caretakers of the forests and, thus, are made the beneficiaries of the
dividends of this field. Forests and forest produce based industries make an important
contribution to the economy of the state. Owing to economic importance of forest wealth, efforts
are being made for the systematization of the trade of forest produce in the state. The state takes
care of the trade of nationalized forest produce viz., Tendu Leaf, Sal Seed and Kullu Gum. In
addition, a number of forest produce like Aonla, Harra, Lac, Achar, Mahua etc. are also being
collected & traded through a network of Cooperative Societies. Aonla, Gum, Tendu Leaf, Sal
seed, Harra and various medicinal plants of Madhya Pradesh are in great demand in national and
international markets. Tendu leaf collection activities alone account for an income of about Rs.
145 crore every year to the forest dwellers.

Teak and Sal forests are the pride of the state. The Forest Department and the Forest
Development Corporation have done extensive Teak plantations during the last few decades. The
dense forests of Teak lie in Jabalpur, Seoni, Balaghat, Panna, Sehore, Dewas, Hoshangabad,
Harda, Betul, Sagar, Chhindwara and Mandla districts. Similarly, the Sal forests are mainly
located in Mandla, Dindori, Balaghat, Sidhi, Umaria, Anuppur and Shahdol districts.
The geographical and biotic diversity of the state is well reflected in its 18 forest types ranging
from thorn-forests to subtropical hill forests. The state is divided into 9 natural regions and 11
agro-climatic zones.

Classification of Forests:
• Reserved Forests
• Protected Forests
• Unclassified Forests
In the state, protected forests constitute 31098 sq km of the total forest area. Reserved forests are
spread over 61886 sq km and unclassified forests cover an area of 1705 sq km.
As per Champion & Seth Classification, the state has 18 forest types which belong to three forest
type groups, viz. Tropical Moist Deciduous, Tropical Dry Deciduous and Tropical Thorn

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Forests. Percentage-wise distribution of forest cover in different forest type groups found in the
state on the basis of the forest cover assessment is as below :-

S. No. Forest Type Group Percent Forest Cover

1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests 8.97%
2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests 88.65%
3. Tropical Thorn Forests 0.2

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Gross State Value Added (GSVA) of Forestry and Logging by economic activity at current
prices

GSVA of Forestry and Logging

(Current price)
Year Current Price
2011-12 811315
2012-13 892627
2013-14 939534
2014-15 1354519
2015-16 1453858
2016-17 1560331
2017-18 1613876

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 ANALYSIS

The estimate of the State Domestic Product measuring the Gross State Value Added (GSVA) by
economic activity at current prices takes previous year as the base year.

In 2011-12, the GSVA of forestry and logging is Rs.811315 lakhs. In the year 2012-13, it has
increased by Rs. 81312 lakhs as the GSVA measured is Rs. 892627 lakhs. In 2013-14, there is
an increase in the GSVA by Rs. 46907 lakhs but unlike the previous year the increase rate is
lesser. In the year 2014-15, the GSVA is Rs.1354519 lakhs with an increase of Rs. 414985 lakhs.
Here, the increase is higher than the previous year and the state experienced a great economic
growth in case of forestry. Again a decrease in the increase rate of the GSVA for the next year,
2015-16 which is the provisional estimate showing an increase of Rs. 99339 lakhs. The quick
estimate year, 2016-17 shows an increase of Rs. 106473 lakhs. In the year 2017-18, which
shows us the advance estimates, there is an increase in the GSVA by Rs. 53545 lakhs.

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Gross State Value Added of Forestry and Logging by economic activity at constant (2011-
12) prices

(Percentage Growth)

GSVA of Forestry (constant price)

Year Percentage Growth
2011-12
2012-13 1.25
2013-14 -2.79
2014-15 37.09
2015-16 1.21
2016-17 1.11
2017-18 1.77

ANALYSIS
The estimates of State Domestic Product measuring the percentages of Gross State Value Added
by economic activity at constant prices take the base year as 2011-12 for analyzing the estimates
for the next 6 consecutive years.

There is an increase in the year 2012-13 but a sudden decrease percent of -2.79 thereafter in the
very next year i.e., 2013-14 when compared with the base year 2011-12. The state managed to
increase its GSVA in the year 2014-15 with the highest growth rate of 37.09 when compared
with the base year. There is a continuous increase in the next 3 consecutive years but the
percentage is the least with 1.21% in the year 2015-16, 1.11% in the year 2016-17 and 1.77% in
the year 2017-18 which are the years of provisional, quick and advance estimates respectively.

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 INTERPREATION

By analyzing the estimates of all the 7 years it can be observed that in the year 2014-15, the state
experienced the highest economic growth in case of forestry and logging as compared to all the
years calculated. There is a continuous increase in the GSVA of Forestry and Logging which is a
good sign as forests are one of the mismanaged resources in most of the countries. This is partly
because forests are undervalued and many environmental benefits are not captured by market
values. But MP government broke through all such barriers and managed to enhance the
production by optimum utilization and conservation of forest produce thus balancing the
economic growth in the sector.The state produces about 25 lakh standard bags of tendu leaves
every year, which is about 30% of the national production. The state has a monopoly over
collection and trade of tendu leaves. The collection of tendu leaf provides employment to about
15 lakh people during the hot summer season when employment availability in agriculture is
low. Tendu leaf collection operations yield an income of about Rs. 145 crore every year to the
forest dwellers. Besides being a pioneer in herbal production and processing, the State of
Madhya Pradesh has also taken a lead in the utilization and value-addition of many other minor
forest produce. Lac is one such produce, which is becoming popular not only in India but also in
the International market. The production of natural fiber like sisal and sabai is also gaining
momentum. Honey, Amla Murabba and Sharbat, Ayurvedic medicines etc., are some of the
fields in which the village level groups have made good progress.

Madhya Pradesh has been the main source of raw material to the processors of various herbs
throughout the country whether based in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi or Kolkata. Needless to say
that today huge demand of Indian herbal industry is met out by the herbal collection centres of
Madhya Pradesh situated at Shivpuri, Betul, Katni, Neemuch etc. These centres together meet
about 40% demand of the country. The natural occurrence of most of the herbs blended with
mass scale cultivation of many herbs has made Madhya Pradesh the herbal hub of the country.

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 RECOMMENDATION

Strategies to achieve the targets of increasing the production would start with finding the land,
budget and technology to do it, along with people's support.

Areas that need to be brought under tree cover would include both government and private land.
The former would include degraded and scrub forest lands, revenue waste lands, community and
grazing lands and pasture, fallows, panchayat areas, river, canal and tank banks, besides land
lying unused with public sector units, Railways, national and state highways, village roads, etc.
But revenue waste lands are becoming scare as governments reserve these for various socio-
economic programmes, besides earmarking them for compensatory afforestation under the Forest
Conservation Act. Further, many areas projected for afforestation are historically grazing,
pasture and grass lands which have their own socio-economic value and ecological significance
and must not be attempted to be brought under massive tree cover.

The biggest challenge here would be to ease the existing tree-felling and transit rules which, in
their present form, demotivate farmers taking up tree-planting. Recent relaxation for a few trees
in some states, including bamboo being brought under single transit permit throughout the
country, is a welcome step. These need to be further expanded quickly to other species grown by
farmers.

Another crucial aspect is research and technology. Only dry, degraded agriculture and fallow
land with private individuals can be targeted for block plantations as good agricultural land
cannot be diverted for forestry. Therefore, only strips at best will be available for agro-forestry.
We have not come out with many replicable models to suit different agro-climatic zones of the
country. This will have to be prioritized by the forestry research sector.

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 CONCLUSION

Forests are recognized as an integral part of national economies, providing a wide range of
production inputs, environmental goods, food, fuel, medicines, household equipment, building
material and raw materials for industrial processing. Forests support agriculture by providing
materials for farm implements, harvesting and transportation equipment, crop storage containers
and dryers as well as fuel for crop processing. However, these multiple benefits and services are
valued differently by different people. Moreover, local, national and international interests also
differ. For a number of reasons, the roles that forests are expected to play in local, national and
global development change dramatically over time. Economic development strategies
increasingly recognize the capital values of forests in national policies and programmes that
modify forest stocks, qualities and distributions. Forests are now widely acknowledged as both
productive capital stocks and as components of public infrastructural systems. As ecological
analogues of industrial capacity and physical infrastructure, forests are entering the central
equations of macro-economic growth, often with new definitions of what the forest is and does.

Advances in national accounting make it possible to incorporate explicitly the capital value of
forest resources as productive stocks, and to assess the effects of changes in them on national
productive capacity. Forests represent productive assets that are used as a means for attaining
national development objectives, including equity, stability, investment and growth. Programmes
in community forestry have become central to rural development programmes that seek to build
more productive relations between rural communities and publicly-owned natural resources.

Extensive and reliable quantitative and qualitative knowledge about forests and ecosystems are
indispensable for today's foresters, policy-makers and scientists. This information is required to
develop appropriate strategies and programmes to conserve and manage this important
renewable natural resource. It is also the only way to monitor global trends in forest cover and
the supply of goods and services forests provide.

At last forest plantations are established for a variety of reasons including the production of
industrial roundwood, fuelwood and poles, and for soil conservation and shelters. Plantations
cannot provide the full range of goods and services supplied by a natural forest. They are tree
crops, analogous to agricultural crops, with a simplified ecology of one or, at most, a few species
usually chosen for their yield and ease of management. The primary purpose of most plantations
is to produce wood or other products quickly and cheaply. Their role, which is a highly valuable
one, complements national or global forestry management strategies.

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 CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE INTERNSHIP PERIOD

During my internship at DES, I encountered some difficulties which include:

1. Time constraint :

Statistical work is a huge field and requires more time to touch all of the part of
development works. During the internship period I have only covered the forestry and
logging area from the primary sector whereas other sectors and most of the areas were
untouchable due to time constraint. In short period it is difficult to cover all the sectors
and the important topics of development field gained from the course.

2. Lack of availability of some colleagues to share their knowledge with

interns :

Internship and training is a period of exchanging ideas and experiences among

practitioners of development sectors and other specific areas. Internship program in a
government organization offers opportunity to young people to acquire knowledge and
improve skills in the development areas. However, some staff members were not usually
available because of which it prevented interns to approach them for requests for
clarification of a certain matter.

3. Lack of expertise in specific field

During my internship period I felt that all staffs are not experts in all side. Some staffs are
expert in some particular field and yet they wanted to do the other work that they are not
assigned to.

4. Lack of professional environment

During my internship period, I felt that DES has some gap on professional environment
front, management and administration, executive committee and faces a communication
barrier amongst the staff members of different departments. Organization is more
centralized. There should be a good flow of communication amongst the staff members
which is a very essential element for good professional environment and job satisfaction.

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5. Lack of network connectivity

The value of a network connection should never be underestimated. In fact, it is the

backbone of an organisation. It is important to adopt a good network connectivity in
order to comfortably execute their daily business operations. All the statistical facts and
figures has to be fed in the website which is a very essential element to adopt by the
organization.

6. Lack of intuitive understanding

When asked to provide the concerned documents, I observed that they were unable to
understand the basic things that are required during the internship process as they had
never given any such internship trainings before.

7. Language Barrier

All the official works are done in Hindi language as it is the county’s official language.
All the facts and figures and all the other necessary information were in pure hindi
language which I was unable to understand. Because of which I was not able to closely
analyse about the topics or relate with the information so far accessed.

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 STEPS TAKEN TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES FACED

By getting involved in all the departments during a short period of time will not allow us
to gain any thorough practical knowledge about all the fields. Therefore, focusing on a
particular topic helped me to know more and get a clear view about the work.

When the required staff were not present at the moment I approached the superior of the
former staff who gave me the necessary information about the concerned topics.
Afterwards I approached the concerned staff with which I get the perspectives of both the
superior as well as the subordinate staff.

I approached the concerned person who were assigned for the particular job. The officer
gave the full information about the related topic and provided the books, documents and
various facts and figures related to the topic.

I observed that there was a lot of communication barriers amongst the staff members of
the department. Because of which I myself communicated to the concerned staff as and
when necessary.

I was not able to access the internet to getthe necessary facts and figures related to my
topic due to lack of network connectivity. I asked my mentor for a place with a good
network connectivity.

Government organisations should provide internshipprogams for young people so that

they can also understand the works that are done in different sectors and what implements
the economic growth of a country. I took an initiative to help them know the basic
necessities required by an intern in an organisation.

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 ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATION

The best thing that I observed in DES was that the working environment is friendly and
everyone was kind, fully supportive and generous. I was not only working with the
Assistant Statistical Officer but also with his subordinates and his superiors, the Joint
Director and the Commissioner as well. They were all reachable and helpful in providing
the necessary information and guided me on different tasks and each one gave me the
feedback related to my analytical report.

I had a misconception about how the government offices work especially the official
works. They proved me wrong by giving me the feedback on my report. They checked
each and every figure that I had used in the report and corrected me where I was wrong
and made me understand about the mistakes I had done and helped me to correct it with
providing the necessary information.

The organization has an online website of its own which is a very good thing that one can
expect from a government organization. But the thing that I have observed was that all
the links in the website was not working which depicts that it was not updated as and
when required. The step towards the technological advancement was a good initiative but
the organization should also manage to maintain the website according to the
requirements.

The other thing that I observed in the organization was about the language that was being
used in the organization. Hindi is definitely assigned as the official language of the
country but one should also keep records of necessary information about the organization
in English as well. Hindi is the official language but it is not necessary that every person
working knows the language. The records should be maintained in English as well, as it
is the universal language known by most of the people across the globe.

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 SUGGESTIONS

 Interns play a very vital role in the improvement of office working and for the
continuation of this improvement the permanent job status should be given to the Interns.

 A monitoring team/committee should be established to evaluate, examine and ensure the

individual performance/progress of the Interns working in different departments. After
evaluation a summary/report should be prepared, which contains the names of those
Interns who successfully completes their assignments and are working in the good
benefit/profit of their Departments.

 Proper training should be given to all the employees (especially technical and managerial
staff) for the purpose of improving working quality, output and efficiency.

 Human Resource and IT departments should play their respective roles for improvement.

 The officers should motivate other staff for the enhancement of their working output and
quality.

 Proper check and balance of all the issues.

 More funds should be required for the Development sector to improve the infrastructure.

 More and more data should be computerized in order to increase the efficiency of work.
Specially, the paper system should be computerized so that the people could easily trace
out their cases without facing problem of going behind their files.

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 CONCLUSION

An internship is opportunities to test drive a career without making any serious

commitments. It provides you with experiences, lessons and the tools you will need to
get a full-time gig in the future. It is often a great choice because it gives you a feel
for work without even being thrown into the deep end straight away. This provides
you with the opportunity to grow and learn before fully entering the working world.

Through these performances I gained crucial experience that has resulted in

immeasurable impact in my aptitude in various fields. The internship helped me to
acquire knowledge in depth on professional communication, time management, team
building, report writing, critical thinking and managerial works. This internship has
highly broadened my knowledge base through observing the performances of various
office tasks and activities and through trainings attended. It gave me an idea of what
your biggest strengths are, as well as areas of improvement I should work on.

Working on professional setting for the first time was difficult to get used to. But it is
the best way to learn how to navigate the working world through real-life, hands-on
experience. One of the most valuable skills that I got from this internship is the ability
to speak with people in a professional setting. Discussions with superiors and co-
workers are different from the discussions with lecturers and fellow students. I met
many new people of various cultures. The internship gave me an opportunity to
interact, learn and share ideas with the DES staff members in different fields which
broadened my thinking and practical skills on development approaches such as ways
to increase the productivity of forestry and logging in primary sector.

I understood that intern life can be tough, and within the short time period I had to
make a lasting impression. However, it was a great opportunity to gain experience,
make friendships and learn.

On the whole, It has improved my thinking and analytical skills and strengthened my
professional ability to work in a multicultural environment. There were challenges
sometimes especially the way DES does its work such as office procedure
nevertheless it helped me to overcome those challenges and handle the situations as
and when required. However, I felt most privileged to associate and work with such
an important and highly reputable organization as Directorate of Economics and
Statistics (DES). I am very glad to have done my internship at DES as it has given me
a first-hand experience with a Government Organization.

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My experience at DES was amazing and it is one that I will certainly never forget.
The chance to interact and network with people at this level, providing an insight into
the workings of DES was an unparalleled opportunity.

In a nut shell, I appreciate the way I was guided throughout the internship, beginning
with the given opportunity to expand my knowledge in the state income department
under their supervision. Though internship opportunities are for sure challenging,
nonetheless it is rewarding and a doorstep for future career advancements.

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