The Odisha G a z e t t e
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 177 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024/MAGHA 4, 1945
[No. 962—PC-ES-ES-0066/2020-P.]
GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
PLANNING & CONVERGENCE DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION
The 16th January 2024
The Government, after careful consideration and taking into account the large vacancy in the post of Assistant Statistical Officer and very less sanctioned post in the post of Investigator, have been pleased to amend the recruitment process for the posts of Assistant Statistical Officer under Odisha Subordinate Statistics & Economics Service (OSS & ES) Cadre with regard to the proportion of vacancies arising in the post of Assistant Statistical Officer, to be filled up by direct recruitment and through promotion in the following manner :—
| Existing provision in Orissa Subordinate Statistics & Economics Service Rules, 1994 (OSS&ES) as amended in 2021 | Revised Provision |
| Rules 5(2) provides the method of recruitment of the post of Assistant Statistical Officer as follows : "The post of Assistant Statistical Officer shall be filled up by promotion from among the persons holding the post of Investigator having at least 3 years of service as such." | Rules 5(2) shall be substituted as follows : (i) 66.67% of the vacancy in the post of Assistant Statistical Officer arising in particular year shall be filled up by direct recruitment through Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC). (ii) 33.33% of the vacancy in the post of Statistical Officer shall be filled up through promotion from among the Investigator having at least 3 years of service as such. |
2. The minimum prescribed educational qualification for direct recruitment is as follows :
"Bachelor Degree in Arts/Science with Statistics/Applied Statistics/Economics/Mathematical Economics/Mathematics/Sociology/Computer Science/Computer Application as Honours/Major Subject or Degree in Commerce/Data Science.
OR
Post Graduate Degree in Statistics/Applied Statistics/Agricultural Statistics/Economics/Applied Economics/Agricultural Economics/Mathematical Economics/Mathematics/Sociology/Commerce/ Data Science."
3. The recruitment of Assistant Statistical Officer shall be conducted at par the rules laid down in Combined Graduate Level Recruitment Examination for Group-B and Group-C Specialist Posts and Service Rules, 2022.
The examination pattern shall be consisting of three stages :—
Stage-I — The Preliminary Written Examination shall be of Multiple Choice Questions of 150 Marks. Indicative Syllabus shall be as prescribed in Schedule-II appended to the aforesaid rules.
Stage-II — Main Written Examination-Technical Papers-200 Marks
There will be a Technical Paper for the post of Assistant Statistical Officer (Syllabus enclosed).
Stage-III — Computer Skill Test, Certificate Verification
4. This shall come into force with immediate effect.
Necessary Amendment in the Odisha Subordinate Statistics and Economics Services Rules, 1994 as amended in 2021 shall be made in due time following due procedures.
ORDER—Ordered that this Resolution be published in an extraordinary issue of the Odisha Gazette.
By order of the Governor
P. C. MOHANTY
Additional Secretary to Government3
ANNEXURE - I
SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT STATISTICAL OFFICER
Syllabus for Technical Paper is as follows :—
Syllabus for the Subject Statistics :
1. Collection, Classification, Tabulation and Diagrammatic Presentation of Data, Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis.
2. Correlation and Regression : Correlation and its coefficients, Linear Regression
3. Census vs. Sample Survey, Design of Sample Survey : Sampling Unit, Sampling Frame, Sampling Fraction, Sampling with and without replacement, Simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Multistage sampling, Errors in Survey.
4. Normal, Binomial and Poisson Distribution
5. Time Series Analysis : Definition & its uses, Different models, Measurement of various components, Secular trend, Seasonal variations, Cyclical fluctuations and irregular variations of statistical data.
6. Testing of Hypothesis : Concept of Hypothesis, Types of error in testing, Critical region and level of significance, Small and Large sample tests.
Syllabus for the Subject Economics :
1. Economic Concepts : Law of Demand and Supply, Concept of Elasticity, Price determination under different markets : Perfect Competition, Monopoly & Monopolistic Competition, National Income & Related Aggregates—Concepts and Methods of Computation, Basic Concepts of Economic Growth & Development. Money—Functions of Money, Value of Money, Inflation,Deflation & Monetary Policy, Banking—Types of Bank & their functions, Fundamental of Public Budget.
2. Indian Economics : Population and Economic Development, Demographic Profile of India, Nature of Population Problem—Poverty, Inequality, Unemployment Problem, Labour Problem, Population Control and Government Policy. Indian Banking System, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, Financial Inclusion, Balance of Payment in India, Economic Liberalisation in India.
3. Important Policies/Schemes of Government of India & Government of Odisha : Employment Programmes—MGNREGS/NRLM, Mission Shakti, National Education Policy, National Health Mission, Startup India/Startup Odisha, NFSA/SFSS.
Syllabus for the Subject Mathematics :
1. Elementary Mathematics : Decimal, Fraction, Percentage, Rates & Ratio, Time & Work, Average, Simple and Compound Interest and Logarithms.
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