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on or with respect to iterns specified in also represented our ultimate data
the said Act. At the same time it USETS.
assures secrecy of the informatisn
supplied by the respondents. TYPE & GEOGRAPHIGAL COVERAGE

CENS|jS ORGANIZATIOil The Agricultural Census 2000
was sample based. The design

The provisions of the Census Act however varied for different regions of
implicitly provide for the establishment the country in view of the ground
of an Agricultural Census Organization realities. The decision to carry out
for iulfillment of the objectives outlined sample census was based mainly on
in the Act. The same is currently the following considerations :-
working as an attached department of
a) The accuracy of census results
Statistics Divisisn, Ministry of Finance,
mainly depended upon the quality
Economic Affairs and Statistics, and is
based at Lahore of enumeration which in turn largely
rested with the adequacy of training
and effectiveness of supervision of
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
eRumerators. In case of complete
census, a large number of census
The census taking exercise was
master trainers and an army of
guided by a think tank in the form of an
enumerators was required. The
Advisory Committee. This committee
availability, training and supervision
comprises of about 50 official and
of such a large staff and achieving
non- officiai members drawn from
the required standards appeared
the concerned Federal and Provincial
difficult and unapproachable reality.
Government Departments, Universities,
Similar problems were also
Research Institutes and Agricultural
envisioned for all the data
Development Bank, while non-official processing stages.
members from the progressive
farmers. The proposals 0n census
b) ln case of a complete census it
doctrine as well as the strategy were
would not have been feasible to
placed befare the Advisory Cornrnittee
publish data below the level of a
for its in depth review and
district due to heavy expenditure on
incorporating omisslons and deletions,
tabulation and printing, and also
if any. The advice af the members of
because of low demand for data at
the Advisary Committee was also
lower level of administration. On
sought coRcerning the ini*rrnatran to the other hanC for generating
be celiected and also cn ihe tabulatlan
tabulations at dlstrict levei a sample
plan through. which the census data
eensus could provide almost
vlrere tc be presented as the comrniitee
equally good results and that too at
a m*ch lesser cost.

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