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Economic Times
10 hours ago
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- Economic Times
Niti Aayog lays out data quality road map to stop leakages, increase efficiency
Niti Aayog reveals that flawed data causes budget issues. It inflates welfare spending by 4-7%. The think tank suggests assigning data ownership at all levels. This ensures data interoperability and incentivizes quality. The goal is to strengthen digital governance and public trust. It also aims to improve service delivery and reduce system leakages. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Niti Aayog on Tuesday said fiscal leakage and erroneous or duplicate beneficiary records due to poor quality data drain budgets and inflate welfare outlays by an estimated 4-7%.In the third edition of its quarterly insights series, Future Front, titled 'India's Data Imperative: The Pivot Towards Quality', the government's think tank called for fixing ownership for data at all levels, ensuring interoperability of data and incentivising quality data rather than quantity to fortify digital governance , cultivate public trust , ensure efficient service delivery and reduce leakages in the system. Policy blind spots , inconsistent, non-standardised datasets distort evidence, leading to mis-targeted schemes or delayed course-corrections," the report said. "Public trust erosion, citizens confronting mismatched records, rejected claims, or endless rectification queues lose confidence in digital governance."The report, prepared by the Aayog in partnership with Hyderabad-based data science company Gramener, outlined challenges in data use across the entire value chain including storage, use, sharing and retirement of data."Quality suffers when data has no clear owner. The fix lies in assigning stewardship, not just for compliance, but for ongoing care," it said, suggesting designating data custodians at each level (national, state, district) who are empowered and accountable for data health.
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Business Standard
17 hours ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Strengthen data quality to build digital trust, says NITI Aayog report
Government think tank NITI Aayog on Tuesday released a report highlighting the need to strengthen data quality frameworks across government systems, warning that poor data quality could "undermine digital governance, public trust, and service delivery". In its latest quarterly report Future Front, the think tank said, "India's digital future will be shaped not just by how many platforms we build, but by how much trust we build into them. And that begins with data that's ready to serve." Titled 'India's Data Imperative: The Pivot Towards Quality', the report examines the challenges posed by unreliable data and proposes two new tools: a Data-Quality Scorecard to evaluate and track data quality attributes, and a Data-Quality Maturity Framework for self-assessment and future planning. NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) BVR Subrahmanyam released the report along with Saurabh Garg, Secretary at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), and Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow at the Aayog. According to the report, while India has laid strong digital foundations, the focus must now shift towards the reliability of data flowing through these platforms. 'Data quality is no longer a back-end concern; it is central to public trust, effective service delivery, and the success of India's own AI ecosystem,' it said. The report suggests that states should take the lead by institutionalising data quality cells, aligning quality metrics with service outcomes, and rewarding good practices. It also calls for sustained investments in capacity building, leadership development, and on-ground support to embed data quality as a core governance priority. (With inputs from PTI.)
