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
Revised Provision
(OSS&ES) as amended in 2021
Rules 5(2) provides the method of recruitment of
Rules 5(2) shall be substituted as follows :
the post of Assistant Statistical Officer as follows :
“The post of Assistant Statistical Officer shall be
(i) 66.67% of the vacancy in the post of
filled up by promotion from among the persons
Assistant Statistical Officer arising in
holding the post of Investigator having at least
particular year shall be filled up by direct
3 years of service as such.”
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.
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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 Government
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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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