Explanation:

 The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Government of Himachal Pradesh is the nodal agency for collection, compilation, analysis of statistics relating to various sectors of Himachal Pradesh Economy.The main functions of the Department is to build firm and broad data bank for the Pradesh so as to serve as useful data base for all plan and policy formulations, bring out the estimates of GSDP/State Income/District income and the economic growth, Capital formation, participating in the Socio-Economic service of National Sample Surveys, Government of India, conduct of various studies and Surveys and coordinate various Statistical activities of different departments in the State.