India needs harmonised data infrastructure to power next growth phase: MoSPI Secretary

New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): India will need to build a harmonised and trusted data infrastructure to enable evidence-based decision-making and support its growth ambitions over the next 20 years, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Saurabh Garg, has said.

Speaking at the Platinum Jubilee National Management Convention 2026 of the All India Management Association, Garg said India had built strong digital public infrastructure (DPI) across areas such as identity, payments, account aggregators, DigiLocker and DigiYatra, but the next step was to create a data ecosystem where information could be systematically discovered, understood, connected and used.