On December 24, 2021, a round table was organized by the State Statistics Committee at the Tashkent State Agrarian University. It was attended by the heads of the Departments of the central office of the State Committee on Statistics, the leadership of the Institute for Advanced Training and Statistical Research, the teaching staff of the university, researchers, students and representatives of the media.
At the event, students were provided with detailed information about the essence and meaning of the law "On official statistics", adopted on August 11 this year, as well as the work carried out in our country in the field of agriculture.
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, it will be possible to clearly distinguish between official and non-normative statistical information in the national information space.
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 raising, 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.
During the round table, 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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