<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the 3rd World Statistics Day on the theme 'Connecting the world with Data we can Trust' was celebrated in Budgam yesterday.<br />''<br />''District Development Commissioner Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza was the chief guest on this occasion. The speakers present at the event highlighted the importance of trustworthy data for the effective and result oriented policy making and the need to fill the gap between the statisticians and policy makers.<br />''<br />''It was further emphasized that Statistics being the language of all sciences, credibility of statistics is subject to the credibility of organizations concerned with collection of statistical data as there is no place for statisticians to compromise with their professional integrity.<br />''<br />''On the occasion, the Evaluation Study Reports on National Rural Livelihood Mission and Janani Surakhsha Yojna prepared by District Statistics and Evaluation Office Budgam were also released.</span><br />