Workshop to train statisticians to be held on July 24

Shillong, Jul 22 (UNI) A day-long regional workshop for statisticians of Northeastern states will be held here on July 24 to assess the training needs to them.

Official sources said here today that the worskhop will be organised by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in collaboration with the Meghalaya Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

Director General of CSO Dr S K Nath will attend the workshop, besides other officials from CSO and about 20 participants from the entire NE region.

Meanwhile, to contain the consumption of contaminated food from street vendors here, a mong-long training on 'National Project on Street Food Safety', in collaboration with the state Health and Family Welfare Ministry, was held recently, with 68 participants.

The main objective of the training programme was creating awareness on food hygiene, nutrition, health and sanitation among the street food vendors.

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