On November 4 this year, an open lesson was held at the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies by the State Committee on Statistics. It was attended by the heads of the Central Office of the State Committee on Statistics, the leadership of the Institute for Advanced Studies and Statistical Research, faculty, researchers and students of the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies.
At the event, students were provided with detailed information about the preparation process for the pilot census from November 1 to 25 this year, the content and essence of the law “On Official Statistics” adopted on August 11 this year, as well as the work carried out in the country in the field of industry.
Initially, it was about the importance of the population census. Employee of the Department of Organization and Conduct of Census Processes of the State Committee on Statistics Siddikov Olimjon Abdirakhimovich detailed information on this topic.
As noted, the population census is a large-scale event of a nationwide scale that allows you to get a “photograph” of the country's population at a certain point in time and is a reliable source of information about the population.
The data of each citizen is of paramount importance in the conduct of a population census, since, first of all, detailed data are collected on such indicators as the specific population, age, sex, citizenship, ethnic composition, marital status, education, level of housing, employment, sources of income.
The legal basis for the population census is the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Population Census”, adopted on March 16, 2020. This law is the first law on population census adopted in the years of independence and regulates relations in the field of population census.
In order to effectively organize the implementation of this law, on November 11, 2020, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 710 “on measures for the preparation and conduct of the population census in the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2023” was adopted.
According to this resolution, the population census in the Republic of Uzbekistan will be conducted from November 1 to 25, 2023. It was also noted that in order to conduct the census process and approbation of all regulatory documents, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 11, 2020 No. 710, from November 1 to November 25, 2021 in the Khojaabad district of the Andijan region, of the region, the city of Khiva, the Khorezm region and the Yashnabad region of the city of Tashkent, it is planned to conduct a pilot census of the population.
The head of the Department of the State Committee on Statistics, Odiljon Mamadaliev, spoke separately about the essence and content of the law “On Official Statistics”, adopted on August 11, 2021. When developing this law, he relied on the model law “On Official Statistics”, developed by the UN Economic Commission for Europe specifically for the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The new law consists of 7 chapters and 44 articles, radically different from our previous law, and we can see the main points and innovations in the following:
First, a new concept is introduced into practice, that is, the concept of official statistics. The law establishes that official statistics consists of statistical data characterizing economic, demographic, social, financial, environmental phenomena and processes in the Republic of Uzbekistan and other phenomena and processes that are prepared and disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
From now on, any statistical information not prepared in accordance with the provisions of this law cannot be recognized as official, and with the help of this concept in the national information space, it will be possible to clearly distinguish between official and non-normative statistical information.
Also during the open lesson, opinions were expressed about the work carried out in our country in the field of industry. Irgashev Batyr Samarovich, Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Activity and Trade Statistics of the State Statistics Committee, made a presentation on this topic.
As noted, in January-September 2021, the republic's foreign trade turnover reached USD 28,216.0 million, which, compared to the same period in 2020, increased by USD 680.4 million (an increase of 2.5 %).
The largest volume of foreign trade turnover was recorded in May 2021 and was noted at the level of USD 4,250.1 million. Compared to the same month in 2020, its increase amounted to USD 2,078.9 million. In September 2021, the volume of foreign trade turnover amounted to USD 3,252.2 million and, compared to the same period in 2020, it increased by 10.1%.
At an open lesson, Goskomstat specialists answered in detail all the students' questions.
Books were presented to students who took an active part in the event.
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