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MoSPI Secretary: Government Building Harmonised Data Infrastructure for Viksit Bharat by 2047
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News18•21-09-2026, 14:15
MoSPI Secretary: Government Building Harmonised Data Infrastructure for Viksit Bharat by 2047
- •MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg announced the government is developing a harmonised data infrastructure for systematic information discovery, understanding, connection, and utilisation.
- •This initiative is crucial for ensuring data can be effectively used, especially as data serves as the raw material for AI.
- •A five-step process is underway involving central and state governments, starting with harmonising government data, followed by metadata maintenance.
- •Key steps include achieving uniformity in definitions across ministries and departments, implementing identifiers for data set comparison, and establishing quality assessment for data usage.
- •Garg emphasized that updated and harmonised data is essential for achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047, requiring universally recognized data quality.
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The government is building a harmonised data infrastructure to ensure that information can be systematically discovered, understood, connected, and utilized. MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg noted that having updated data is essential for achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.
The five-step process involves first harmonizing government data across ministries and states, second maintaining metadata, third bringing uniformity in definitions, fourth using identifiers to compare datasets, and fifth conducting a quality assessment while using the data.
MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg announced the steps while addressing a session at AIMA's 53rd National Management Convention in New Delhi.
