Statistics Day 2025

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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will celebrate the 19th Statistics Day in Delhi on June 29th.

What is Statistics Day?

• Statistics Day is celebrated annually on 29th June to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, a pioneering Indian statistician and planner.
• The day aims to create awareness, especially among the youth, about the importance of statistics in socio-economic planning and evidence-based policymaking.

• Theme of Statistics Day 2025: “75 Years of National Sample Survey”
• It highlights the long-standing contribution of the National Sample Survey (NSS) in providing reliable, timely, and large-scale socio-economic data essential for governance and national development.
• Organised by: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)

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About Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

• Birth: 29 June 1893
• Known as the Father of Indian Statistics.
• Creator of Mahalanobis Distance – a key statistical metric for multivariate data analysis.
• Founder of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931.
• Established the National Sample Survey (NSS) in 1950.
• Member of India’s First Planning Commission, contributed to Five-Year Plans.
• Awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his contribution to science and statistics.
• Advocate of data-based governance and planning.

Other Important Facts

• National Statistics Day was first celebrated in 2007.
• World Statistics Day is observed by the United Nations every five years on 20th October.

Source: PIB