The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will organise a National Level Consultative Workshop on “Using Administrative Data for Governance: Harmonizing Departmental Data at State Level” with State and Union Territory governments, Central ministries and departments, and other stakeholders on February 24, 2026, at Vigyan Bhawan.
The workshop forms part of the preparatory process for the forthcoming National-Level Deliberative Summit “Data for Development” with States/UTs and other stakeholders on “Using Administrative Data for Governance: Harmonizing Departmental Data at State Level,” scheduled for April 2026. This summit follows the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries of States/UTs held in December 2025.
The summit aims to advance a structured national agenda for strengthening administrative data systems and enabling responsible data harmonization across departments at the State and Union Territory level.
The consultative workshop will brief States/UTs on the objectives, scope and key issues for deliberation at subsequent State-level internal workshops. Experts from government, international agencies, industry, think tanks and academia will deliberate on various aspects of harmonization of administrative data and showcase successful use cases during the event.
Inputs emerging from State-level workshops will be deliberated upon at the national-level summit in April 2026 to identify priority reform areas on the subject.
The consultative workshop will be attended by officers from the Planning and IT Departments of State and UT governments, officers from Central Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders.
