NSC members who resigned never expressed reservations, says govt; Cong says another body destroyed

With two independent members of the National Statistical Commission quitting over non-release of job figures, the government Wednesday said the two had not expressed any concern in panel meetings, but the opposition Congress slammed it for destroying yet another institution.

P C Mohanan, who along with J V Meenakshi resigned earlier this week, cited delays in the release of the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO) report on employment as one of the reasons for the decisions.

Stating that the National Statistical Commission (NSC) had recommended to release the employment report in January 2019, he said the members were sidelined and were "unable to discharge" duties.

Speaking to PTI, Mohanan had said: "I have resigned from NSC. We thought that the Commission is not very effective nowadays and we also thought that we are not able to discharge the Commission's responsibility".

However, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in a clarification stated: "These ...