New Delhi, April 27 -- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will convene a national deliberative summit on "Harmonizing Administrative Data for Governance" on April 29-30 in Bhubaneswar, aimed at building consensus on an action plan to make administrative data interoperable and ready for policy use.

According to an official release by the ministry, the one-and-a-half-day summit will bring together States, Union Territories, central ministries and other stakeholders to discuss timelines and strategies for harmonizing administrative datasets for governance and decision-making.

The ministry said the summit follows the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in December 2025 and is focused on repurposing...