NSO Calls for Administrative Data Integration on 20th National Statistics Day

Officials urged standardisation, legal safeguards, expanded training to pair routine government records with survey data for faster, more accurate policymaking.

Overview

Regional NSO offices held events across Nagpur, Shillong and Assam to mark the 20th National Statistics Day and to promote use of administrative data in governance.
NSO leaders said routine government records should be integrated with household surveys to strengthen evidence for public service delivery and policy decisions.
Speakers stressed the need for clear legal protections and privacy safeguards as dataset integration grows, especially as AI and big-data tools are applied to official records.
Meghalaya’s statistics office outlined steps to standardise its administrative datasets to align with MoSPI guidance as a concrete example of state-level action.
Programmes included student competitions and outreach to build statistical literacy and technical capacity so that officials and young statisticians can work with integrated data responsibly.