The Directorate coordinates the statistical activities of all Departments of the State Government. It also liaises with various agencies of the State Government in this regard. The Directorate is the main agency of the State Government to liaise with the Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation (MoSPI) Government of India and its technical wing, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) The Directorate is responsible for carrying out many statistical activities like State Domestic Product estimation, collection of price data and agricultural statistics, participation in the Statistical activities of the Ministry, like NSS rounds, Economic Census, etc. It may be noted that these statistical activities are also generally carried out by the DES / SSB (State Statistical Boards) in other states of the country. The Directorate is primarily engaged in the collection, tabulation, compilation, analysis, processing and interpretation of statistical information pertaining to various sectors of the state and its economy. The Directorate also disseminates the same to various user agencies; especially to planners and administrators for effectively managing the planning processes in the state, apart from other administrative use of such data