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The National Statistics Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of PC Mahalanobis is observed on June 29. On June 29, 2006, the first Statistics Day was observed.

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• National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 across the country. The main aim of marking this day is to make statistics popular in an individual’s daily life.
• The day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, a world-renowned statistician whose invaluable contributions led to the establishment of the National Statistical System in India.
• He is also called the ‘father of Indian Statistics’.
• The key contribution of PC Mahalanobis is known as
• Mahalanobis distance’.
  • The formula is used to find the distance between a point and a distribution, based on measurements in multiple dimensions.
  • It is widely used in the field of cluster analysis and classification.

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

• The Ministry has two wings, one relating to Statistics and the other Programme Implementation.
• The Statistics Wing called the National Statistical Office (NSO) consists of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the Computer centre and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
• The Programme Implementation Wing has three Divisions, namely, (i) Twenty Point Programme (ii) Infrastructure Monitoring and Project Monitoring and (iii) Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
• Besides these two wings, there is the National Statistical Commission created through a Resolution of Government of India (MOSPI) and one autonomous Institute, viz., Indian Statistical Institute declared as an institute of National importance by an Act of Parliament.