| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2 May 1951 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | New delhi, India |
| Minister responsible | |
| Parent department | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| Website | www |
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is a governmental agency in India under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation responsible for co-ordination of statistical activities in India, and evolving and maintaining statistical standards. It has a Graphical Unit. The CSO is located in Delhi. Some portion of Industrial Statistics work pertaining to Annual Survey of industries is carried out in Calcutta. It deals with statistical data of different departments.