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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6168
TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026
DIGITALISATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADATION OF
STATISTICAL SYSTEMS
6168. DR. C M RAMESH:
Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has undertaken digitalisation and
technological upgradation of the Official Statistical System to
improve data collection, validation, processing and dissemination
and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the details of digital initiatives launched including the
revamped Microdata Portal, adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and Machine Learning (ML) tools and modern data management
systems;
(c) whether these initiatives aim to enhance transparency, real-
time accessibility and reliability of Official statistics and if so, the
manner in which these objectives are being achieved;
(d) the measures taken to ensure data security, privacy
protection and cybersecurity safeguards in view of increased
digital integration; and
(e) the financial outlay, implementation timeline and expected
outcomes of these technological reforms?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION;
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY
OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
CULTURE [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]
(a) to (e) : Yes Sir, Digitalisation and technological upgradation
consisting of various modules related to data collection,
processing, analysis and dissemination have been undertaken forimprovement of the Official Statistical System by the Ministry.
Further, Data Innovation Lab component under Capacity
Development Scheme has been launched for incorporating
emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
Machine Learning (ML) in Official statistical systems. Six use
cases of AI & ML have been deployed. Through these intiatives,
the access to Official statistics has been made seamless for the
stakeholders. The data dissemination, in machine readable format
through API, has reduced the timeline between publication and
access of data.
Security by design principles have been incorporated at the
development stage. All the guidelines issued by National
Informatics Centre (NIC) and Indian Computer Emergency
Response Team (CERT-In) on cyber security are being
implemented. Moreover, MoSPI has onboarded an agency for
ensuring compliance with the cyber security guidelines by
different users. Ministry has also appointed Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO) for the purpose. All the applications are
deployed after security audit and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
certification.
Technological reforms are continuous in nature and are made part
of annual action plan on need basis. The expected outcomes of
these reforms would be improvements in data collection,
validation, processing and dissemination.
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