All economic activities-agricultural and non-agricultural (except those involved in crop production and plantation, public administration, defence and compulsory social security) related to production and / or services other than for the sole purpose of own consumption are covered.
The Economic Census provides the complete count of all establishments within the geographical boundary of the State including those in the unorganized sectors, which have a huge contribution in the Economy in terms of employment generation. The findings of Economic Census provide basic entrepreneurial data on number of enterprises mainly in the unorganized sector and on the status of employment in different sectors of the economy for planning and implementing development schemes.
It provides disaggregated information on various operational and structural variables, insight into the geographical spread/clusters of economic activities, ownership pattern, persons engaged, etc,. The information collected during the Economic Census are useful for Socio-Economic development planning at State and District Levels.
Economic Census is conducted once in five years. So far six Economic Census has been conducted. Tamil Nadu State has participated in all six Economic Census conducted by Government of India. The present Census is Seventh Economic Census.
The Seventh Economic Census is being conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India and the Department of Economics and Statistics is the Nodal department to conduct the Seventh Economic Census in Tamil Nadu.
The 7th Economic Census is conducted with advanced ICT tools and applications. CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle formed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY), has been selected as the Implementation Agency for the development of ICT platform system and conduct of field work for the 7th Economic Census (vide GOI Gazette Notification No.1749, dated:13.06.2019).
The enumeration and first level supervision (i.e. 100% supervision) of Seventh Economic Census is done by CSC e-Governance Services India Limited and second level supervision, which constitutes the work of 10% enumerators, is done by NSSO (FOD) and the State Officials of DES & DIC.
For smooth conduct of Seventh Economic Census in Tamil Nadu various Committees as required have been constituted vide G.O.Ms.No.80, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (DB) Department, Dated:03.06.2019. The Committees are State Level Co-ordination Committee (SLCC), District Level Co-ordination Committee (DLCC) and Co-ordination Committee for Greater Chennai Corporation.
The Seventh Economic Census 2019 field work was launched in Tamil Nadu by the Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu on 09.10.2019 at Chennai. Subsequently, all Districts Collectors have launched the Seventh Economic Census field work in their concerned Districts, the enumeration and supervision work is going on.