 bill no  47  of  2017 the collection of statistics (amendment) bill, 2017 a billto amend the collection of statistics act, 2008be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the collection of statistics (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint57 of 2009amendment of section 12 in the collection of statistics act, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 1, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—"(2) it extends to the whole of india:10provided that it shall apply to the state of jammu and kashmir in so far as it relates to statistics pertaining to matters falling under any of the entries specified in list i (union list) or list iii (concurrent list) in the seventh schedule to the constitution as applicable to that state"amendment of section 23 in the principal act, in section 2, after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—'(da) "nodal officer" means the officer designated as a nodal officer  under sub-section (1) of section 3a;'4 in the principal act, after section 3, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3anodal officer5"3a (1) the central government or a state government or union territory administration shall designate one of its officers as a nodal officer for the purposes of statistics under this act10(2) the nodal officer shall coordinate and supervise such statistical activities in the central government or the state government or union territory administration, as the case may be, in which he is designated, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as may be prescribed"amendment of section 95 in the principal act, in section 9, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—15"(1) the statistics officer or any person or agencies authorised under this act shall, for statistical purposes, use any information furnished under section 6 in such manner as may be prescribed"6 in the principal act, in section 33,—amendment of section 33(i) in sub-section (1), after the words "the central government may", the words"subject to the condition of previous publication" shall be inserted;20(ii) in sub-section (2),—(a) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(aa) the coordination and supervision of statistical activities by the nodal officer and the powers and duties of the nodal officer under sub-section (2) of section 3a;";25(b) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(da) the manner of use of information under sub-section (1) of section 9;" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe collection of statistics act, 2008 (7 of 2009) was enacted to facilitate collection of statistics on economics, demographic, social, scientific and environment aspects by the ministries or departments at the centre or the states or union territories or by local governments the said act came into force on 11th june, 2010 and extends to the whole of india, except the state of jammu and kashmir2 the jammu and kashmir collection of statistics act, 2010 enacted by the jammu and kashmir legislature extends to the state of jammu and kashmir3 the collection of statistics act, 2008 and the jammu and kashmir collection of statistics act, 2010, do not cover the matters specified in list i (union list) in the seventh schedule to the constitution as applicable to jammu and kashmir under the constitution (application to jammu and kashmir) order, 1954 the central law is not applicable to matters specified in list iii (concurrent list) as applicable to the state of jammu and kashmir thus there is a legislative vacuum in respect of the statistical matters in the union list or concurrent list applicable to jammu and kashmir4 the collection of statistics act, 2008 does not empower any person to coordinate and supervise the statistical activities in the central government, state governments, union territories or local government therefore, it is proposed that the central government and state government may designate its officers as nodal officers to coordinate and supervise the statistical activities for the purposes of this act5 the amendments proposed in the bill, inter alia, seeks to,—(a) extend the statistics act, 2008 to the state of jammu and kashmir in so far as it relates to any statistical survey relating to any matter falling under any of the entries specified in list i (union list) or list iii (concurrent list) in the seventh schedule of the constitution as applicable to that state;(b) empower the central government and each state government to designate one of its officers as  nodal officer to coordinate and supervise the statistical activities and to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be made by rules 6 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectivesnew delhi;dv  sadananda  gowdathe 9th march, 2017 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government or a state government or union territory administration to designate one of its officers as a nodal officer since the employees of appropriate rank already working shall be notified as nodal officers no additional expenditure would be incurred for the purpose2 the bill does not involve any  additional expenditure of a recurring or non-recurring nature memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules on powers and duties of a nodal officer, who may be designated to coordinate and supervise such statistical activities in the central government or a state government or union territory administration2 clauses  5 and 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules relating to the manner of using any information by the statistics officer or any person or agency under section 6 of the act for statistical purposes3 clause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules with the condition of previous publication of the said rules4 the matters in respect of which rules may be made under the aforesaid provisions are matters of procedure and administrative detail and it is not practicable to provide for them in the bill itself the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character annexure extracts from the collection of statistics act, 2008 (7 of 2009)1 (1)    short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir  chapter iii disclosure of information in certain cases and restrictions of their usesecurity of information9 (1) any information furnished to the statistics officer or to any person or agenciesauthorised under this act shall only be used for statistical purposes    power to make rules33 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the provisions of this act     lok  sabha———— a billto amend the collection of statistics act, 2008————(shri dv sadananda gowda, minister of statistics and programme implementation)