Sunday, September 20
A senior Indian statistician has called for enhanced data-sharing between institutions and the central government, including access to mobile payments and official records, to boost the accuracy and reliability of key economic indicators.Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, chairman of the National Statistical Commission, the top advisory body to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, said many organisations, from banks and payment firms to transport services and even government departments such as tax and railways, are hesitant to share data. The reluctance, he noted in an interview reported by Bloomberg, stems from privacy and legal concerns.“But high-level policy decisions need to be taken as to what can be shared,” he said. Talks are currently underway to enable sharing of
