DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS & STATISTICS
Organisational Structure (Its Evolution, Structure and Activities)
The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Government of Kerala
is the nodal agency of the State responsible for the systematic collection,
compilation, analysis, objective, interpretation and dissemination of
statistics relating to various sectors of Kerala Economy. Kerala is
one of the states in India having an well-organized statistical system.
The dept had its origin in the scheme 'Improvement of Agricultural Statistics'
started in 1949 as a Post War reconstruction Scheme under the Department
of Research in the erstwhile Travancore University.
After the integration of Travancore and Cochin States, the Travancore
Cochin State Government constituted the Board of Statistics in 1951
with the Director of Research as Chairman and the Secretary to Government
Food and Agriculture and the Professor of Statistics as members. Secretary
to Board of Statistics also appointed in 1951. The Professor of Statistics
and the head of the Department was designated as the Director of Statistics.
The professor of Statistics in the University of Travancore was appointed
as Director of Statistics in addition to his duties in the University.
In 1956 District Statistical Offices were established in the four
districts of the erstwhile Travancore-Cochin State. Consequent on
the re-organization of the states in India and the formation of the
State of Kerala in November 1956, a portion of the statistical staff
of the Madras State was transferred to this Department. In November
1957 the activities of the Department were extended to the Malabar
and Kasaragod areas by establishing District offices and Taluk Offices
in those areas. In December 1958 the Bureau of Economic Studies was
set up by the State Government to carry out research studies on various
sectors of Kerala Economy and to render advice to Government on economic
issues refereed to it. The Bureau of Economics and Statistics was
formed by the amalgamation of the Bureau of Economics Studies with
the Department of Statistics with effect from 1st August 1963.
