The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will celebrate the 20th Statistics Day on 29 June 2026 at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. The 2026 theme is “Unlocking the Potential of Administrative Data”.
Focus and definition
- Administrative data: Data routinely collected by public agencies during service delivery or regulation (examples: civil registration, tax records, social protection, health, education, land and public finance records).
- Primary challenge: Harmonisation and interoperability across siloed datasets to enable linking and consistent indicators.
Key releases and actions at the event
- Publications: Sustainable Development Goals – National Indicator Framework Progress Report 2026; Labour Market Dynamics in Million‑plus Cities; Handbook on Harmonisation of Datasets.
- Sukhatme National Award 2026: Conferred to Prof. Arup Bose (announcement on 24 June 2026).
- Discussion paper: Methodological Approaches for Compilation of Monetary Valuation of Coal Asset Accounts in India (released 24 June 2026).
- Index of Services Production (ISP): MoSPI to launch ISP in July 2026; trial monthly indices for 2025‑26 and April 2026 scheduled for release on 14 July 2026.
IASPOINT Booster Facts
- Statistics Day origin: Observed annually since 2007 to mark the birth anniversary of P. C. Mahalanobis.
- MoSPI role: Nodal ministry for national statistical system and compilation of national indicators.
- Administrative data use-cases: Nowcasting, local-level targeting, monitoring of public programmes, and compilation of sub‑national indicators.
- Technical priorities: Metadata standards, unique identifiers for record linkage, and harmonised classification systems for comparability.