Well equipped planning machinery is required to ensure a system of scientific planning for the assessment of plan resources and optimal utilisation at various levels.

The Directorate of Economics and Statistics is entrusted with the responsibility of collection, compilation, tabulation and analysis of various types of statistical data required by the State Govt./ Central Govt.. and Researchers. Various types of Statistics collected by the Directorate are Agriculture Statistics, State Income, Vital statistics, Price and other Socio-Economic statistics. Agriculture survey wing brings out reports on Agriculture production, District-wise crop yield, reports for agricultural insurance schemes, and different use of land etc. Vital statistics wing is mainly entrusted with the work of registration of births and death. State Income wing of the Directorate brings out data on subjects like State Domestic Product, Capital formation etc., National Sample Survey wing of the Directorate conducts surveys on selected topics selected by GOI.

The Planning and Development Department of the State is the co-ordinating department for all plan related work.