law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  4. Powers of
  
  appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc. -
  1.  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may appoint or cause to appoint an officer to be the
  
  statistics officer for any geographical unit for the purpose of collecting any
  
  statistics directed by it.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may appoint any agency or persons working in such
  
  agencies to take, or aid in, or supervise the collection of the statistics
  
  within any specified geographical unit and such agencies or persons, when so
  
  appointed, shall be bound to serve accordingly.
  3.  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may employ on contract basis any agency or company or
  
  organisation or association or person, on such terms and conditions and on such
  
  safeguards as may be prescribed, for the purpose of collecting the statistics
  
  directed by it.
  4.  
  
  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may delegate to any statistics officer, as it thinks
  
  fit, the power of appointing agencies or persons working in such agencies or
  
  employing on contract basis any agency or company or organisation or
  
  association of persons, conferred on it by sub-sections (2) and (3) within the geographical
  
  unit for which such statistics officer is appointed.
  5.  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may, by order specify the form, the particulars required
  
  or the interval within which, and the statistics officer to whom, the
  
  statistical information by the informants shall be furnished.
  6.  
  
    The
  
  appropriate Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette,
  
  delegate to any statistics officer, as it thinks fit, any power conferred under
  
  sub-section (5) for the purpose of the collection of statistics under a direction
  
  issued by it under section 3.