On November 9, 2021, an open lesson was held at the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers by the State Committee on Statistics. It was attended by the heads of the Departments of the central office of the State Statistics Committee, the leadership of the Institute for Advanced Training and Statistical Research, faculty, researchers and students of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers.
At the event, students were provided with detailed information about the preparation process for conducting a pilot census from November 1 to 25 of this year, about the content and essence of the law “On Official Statistics” adopted on August 11 of this year, as well as about the work carried out in the country in the field of agriculture ...
Initially, it was about the importance of the population census. The head of the department for organizing and conducting the census processes of the State Statistics Committee Shukurov Nurali Sharipovich provided 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, region, the city of Khiva, Khorezm region and Yashnabad district of the city of Tashkent, it is planned to conduct a pilot census.
The head of the information service of the State Committee on Statistics - press secretary of the chairman, Adviser on Information Policy Abdurasulov Usmon Rustamovich, 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.
Responsible persons of the government, ministries and departments, as well as foreign experts of the World Bank were involved in the process. The legislation of the CIS countries, Asia and Europe, as well as law enforcement practice in relation to the official statistics of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other states were studied.
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 round table, opinions were expressed on the work carried out in our country in the field of agricultural and environmental statistics. Head of the Department of Agriculture and Ecology Statistics of the State Statistics Committee Gulomov Shovkat Abdurakhmonovich made a report on this topic.
As noted, according to preliminary data, the total volume of products (services) in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in January - September 2021 amounted to 222 198.2 billion soums, including in crop and livestock production, hunting and the provision of services in these areas - 216,282.5 billion soums, forestry - 4,728.3 billion soums, fisheries - 1,187.4 billion soums.
Also, according to preliminary data, in January-September 2021, enterprises of the republic produced industrial products worth 314.8 trillion. soums, the index of the physical volume of industrial production by the same period in 2020 amounted to 109.0%.
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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