Good data ensures effective implementation: Gowda

Availability of good data during the implementation process ensures effective control on delivery of public services and results in good governance, Statistics Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said today.
With an objective of 'Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas', the central government is formulating suitable indicators to achieve various goals in the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) of UN in consultation with State Governments and various other agencies, the minister said in his address at the 24th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) here.
Gowda said the importance of statistics has been growing rapidly with the greater integration and inter-dependence of world economies, which is also evident from burgeoning data.

Local level statistics have immense significance for understanding the socio-economic reality and thereby appropriate policy formulation, he said.
The statistics on infrastructure, health, educational facilities and socio-economic conditions of the society are essential to cater to the needs of planning and policy formulation at Sub-State levels. In such a scenario, interaction between the Central and State Governments in a federal set up as ours becomes very important, he added.
The Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) provides an excellent platform for such interaction & coordination in the field of Statistical activities in different States/UTs and Central Ministries/ Departments.

Informing about initiatives of his ministry Gowda stated that in recent past, it has taken a number of new steps to switch over from traditional way of data collection & storage to digital & smart way.
Online data collection of Consumer Price Index, Index of Industrial Production is also being done in efficient manner, he added.
The theme of this year's Conference, organized by Statistics Ministry in collaboration with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Maharashtra, is 'Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare'.