The fieldwork of 7th Economic Census has been completed. As regards to results of 7th Economic Census, 12 States/UTs have not approved the provisional results and it is pending in 10 States/UTs for decision on approval. Therefore, nationwide 7th Economic Census results could not be finalized.

West Bengal is the only state that has not participated in the 7th Economic Census. Although numerous consultations and communications between the Ministry and Government of West Bengal officials were made at various level, it could not fructify.

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Mining & quarrying sector data are being received from West Bengal government and are used for compilation of Gross Value of Output and Gross Value Added for estimation of Gross Domestic Product of the country by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.

The details of participating State/UTs in 7^th Economic Census are as under:

List of Participating State / UTs in 7^th Economic Census

1.  Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2.  Andhra Pradesh
3.  Arunachal Pradesh
4.  Assam
5.  Bihar
6.  Chandigarh
7.  Chhattisgarh
8.  Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
9.  Delhi
10.  Goa
11.  Gujarat
12.  Haryana
13.  Himachal Pradesh
14.  Jammu and Kashmir
15.  Jharkhand
16.  Karnataka
17.  Kerala
18.  Ladakh
19.  Lakshadweep
20.  Madhya Pradesh
21.  Maharashtra
22.  Manipur
23.  Meghalaya
24.  Mizoram
25.  Nagaland
26.  Odisha
27.  Puducherry
28.  Punjab
29.  Rajasthan
30.  Sikkim
31.  Tamil Nadu
32.  Telangana
33.  Tripura
34.  Uttar Pradesh
35.  Uttarakhand

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Economic Census approval delayed as multiple states withhold or await provisional results, preventing nationwide finalization. Field operations for the 7th Economic Census are complete but nationwide results remain unfinalized because several States and UTs have either not approved provisional findings or have pending approval decisions; West Bengal did not participate in the census but supplied sectoral agriculture and mining data used for GDP compilation.