The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an Independent Ministry on 15.10.1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation. The Ministry has two wings, one relating to Statistics and the other Programme Implementation. The Statistics Wing called the National Statistical Office (NSO) consists of the [[Central Statistics Office (India)|Central Statistics Office]] (CSO).CSO establish in 1951<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF2207984.html|title=CSO|last=|first=|date=|website=pib.nic.in|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>, the Computer Centre and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).NSSO formed in 1950<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF2207984.html|title=NSSO|last=|first=|date=|website=pib.nic.in|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>. The Programme Implementation Wing has three Divisions, namely, (i) Twenty Point Programme (ii) Infrastructure Monitoring and Project Monitoring and (iii) [[Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme]] (MPLADS). Besides these two wings, there is [[National Statistical Commission]] (NSC) created through a Resolution of Government of India (MoSPI) and one autonomous Institute, viz., [[Indian Statistical Institute]] (ISI) declared as an [[Institute of National Importance]] (INI) by an Act of Parliament.
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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an Independent Ministry on 15.10.1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation.
