India, June 29 -- Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr. P.K. Mishra on Monday said administrative data should be treated as a "strategic national asset" to strengthen evidence-based policymaking, improve governance and support India's vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047.

Speaking as the chief guest at the 20th Statistics Day celebrations, Dr. Mishra congratulated the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on releasing its Vision Document 2026-31, the Progress Report on the Sustainable Development Goals and the country's first city-level estimates of labour markets and informal enterprises. He also felicitated Professor Arup Bose with the Sukhatme National Award.

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