· The
Directorate of Economics & Statistics of Orissa was originally created as a small cell
under the Planning & Reconstruction department in
1950.
·
This Statistical cell continued to
function under the Planning & Reconstruction
department,
till 1956.
·
During 1956, this cell was transferred to
the control of Finance Department.
·
This cell was declared as a separate Heads
of Department, in the name of Bureau of Statistics & Economics on 01.05.1958.
·
Realising its functional association with
planning Machinery, the State Govt.
transferred back this Heads of Deptartment again to the administrative control of Planning
& Coordination Department during 1961.
·
This organization was renamed as
Directorate of Economics & Statistics, in the year 1987.
· The Directorate of Economics & Statistics is at present the nodal statistical organization in the State.