The fourth economic census of the country will start from December 10. In this census, for the first time, the information about how many foreign workers are employed in the country, what type of organization they are working in, what type of position and how many men and women will be highlighted. This census will continue till December 26. This census will continue for 15 days.
The final preparations for the Economic Census 2024 project were highlighted on Thursday (November 7). On this occasion, a workshop was organized at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conference room in Agargaon, capital. There are details.
Deputy Project Director Mizanur Rahman said that 65 questions will come up in the economic census. This time the information of this census will be collected through capi method through the first tab. Already 1 crore 22 lakh units have been identified through listing. Detailed information will be collected from these units. This census is the first time that the information about how many foreign workers are employed in the country, what type of organization they are working in, what type of position and how many men and women will be highlighted.
Secretary General of Statistics and Information Management Department Mahbub Hossain, Deputy Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Mohammad Obaidul Islam and Project Director SM Shakeel Akhtar were the chief guests in the workshop chaired by Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. Sub-project director Mizanur Rahman gave details.
Statistics and Information Management Department Secretary Mahbub Hossain said that for the successful implementation of economic census, the coordinated role of all levels of BBS officials, university teachers, statistics bureau representatives, members of various ministries and organizations and stakeholders is very important. Initiatives have been taken to conduct training and outreach activities to increase awareness about the importance of census and to assist in collection of data which will help in successful census implementation.
Project Director (Additional Secretary) SM Shakeel Akhtar said that this workshop guidance will make all the officers and employees associated with census more active in fulfilling their duties. As a final preparation, training of divisional and district census coordinators, training of zonal officers at upazila and thana level and training of enumerators and round-the-clock monitoring have been taken. Apart from this, campaigns and other activities have also been completed to collect information through tabs in a modern manner.
