(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires— (@) “Act” means the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008;
(b) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;
(c) *nodal officer” means an officer designated as nodal officer under Rule 3 of these rules;
(d) ‘personal information” means any information, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an informant whose identity can reasonably be ascertained from such information;
(e) “reference period” means the time period over which the data collected reflects the characteristics of the units of enumeration;
(f) “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administration thereof; and
(g) “outsourcing” means making use of the services of a private service provider for the purposes of these rules.
- " (2) Words and expressions used but not defined herein shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act,