India, April 27 -- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising one-and-a-half-day National Deliberative Summit on "Harmonizing Administrative Data for Governance" with States/UTs and other stakeholders on 29-30th April 2026 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The summit is being orgainsed as a follow up of the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries of State/UT held in December 2025. The Summit will help in building consensus on the action plan and timelines for harmonizing and making administrative data ready for wider use in policy making and governance.

Prelude to the Summit, a National Consultative Workshop with States/UTs/ Central Ministries/ Departments and other stakeholders was conducted on 24th Februar...