The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics on Monday at a press conference announced that it would begin Bangladesh Economic Census 2024 today across the country to gain a detailed perception about the structural changes in the country鈥檚 economy.
The BBS also urged people to provide necessary information to the surveyors during the census period until December 26.
This is the fourth economic survey of the country, said officials at the briefing held at BBS auditorium in the capital鈥檚 Agargaon.
The census will be conducted nationwide utilising a fully digital system. The slogan of the economic census 2024 is 鈥極rthanaitik Shumarite Tathya Din, Natun Bangladesh Binirmane Ongsha Nin鈥�.
Statistics and informatics division secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, BBS director general Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, economic census project director and additional secretary SM Shakil Akhter, statistics division joint secretary Dipankar Roy spoke at the press briefing while the deputy PD Mizanur Rahman gave an overview on the overall aspects of the census.
The main objectives of the economic census are to gain insights into structural changes in the economy over time, determining structure of non-farm economic activities.
Shakil Akhter said that on completion of the main economic census operations, they would be able to provide a report at the end of January 2025.
He informed that some 95,000 enumerators, who have been selected for this census, are skilled and experienced.
A total of 140,000 tablets have been prepared for the economic census after taking those from the already completed population census operations while some 1.13 lakh tabs were kept as stand by.
For the census, the country has been divided into 13 divisions, which include 130 districts, 520 upazilas, 2,600 zones, 19,000 supervisory areas, and 95,000 enumeration areas.
The country鈥檚 first Economic Census took place in 1986, followed by the second one held in 2001 and in 2003 in phases. The third Economic Census was conducted in 2013.