Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) was constituted by merging the erstwhile Programme Evaluation Office (PEO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). 2. It is an attached office under NITI Aayog, aimed at fulfilling the organization’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mandate and building the M&E ecosystem in India. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) was constituted in September 2015 by merging the erstwhile Programme Evaluation Office (PEO) and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). It is an attached office under NITI Aayog, aimed at fulfilling the organization’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mandate and building the M&E ecosystem in India.

The objectives of DMEO are:

• To enable data-driven policy making; to enable a culture of deep learning from regular self-evaluation in all the tiers of the government;
• To institutionalize rigorous tracking of performance metrics and comprehensive programme evaluations;
• To strengthen the whole ecosystem to mainstream rigorous outcome monitoring and evaluation;
• To introduce and expand use of cutting edge technologies and data analytical tools for real time monitoring of government programmes;
• To provide data and tools to drive effectiveness and efficiency of government programmes; and
• To help identify weaknesses and bottlenecks for necessary course correction.