The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has launched e-Sankhyiki portal on 29th June 2024 with the objective to establish a comprehensive data management and sharing system for ease of dissemination of official statistics in the country. It consists of two modules viz. Data Catalogue and Macro Indicators. Data Catalogue Module lists the major data assets of the Ministry with the facility for users to search and download data. Macro Indicators module offers time series data of Macro indicators of four key products of this Ministry with features for filtering and visualizing along with metadata.

Adoption of Data Safety measures is a continuous process. The major steps taken in this regard, including in the last three years, are storage of data in cloud facility of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Security audit of applications & Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) implementation of the domains, Vulnerability Assessment, compliance of guidelines issued by agencies like NIC, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) etc. In addition , CERT-In under the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) also undertakes various activities like issuance of advisories and guidelines for cyber/information security, conduct of sensitization programmes/trainings/workshops, operating Cyber Threat exchange platform & Cyber Swachhta Kendra, formulation of a Cyber Crisis Management Plan, setting up of National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) and empanelment of security auditing organisations etc. for data safety.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Data management and sharing system launched to centralize official statistics and provide searchable macro indicators with security measures. The e-Sankhyiki portal establishes a centralized data management and sharing system with two modules: a Data Catalogue enabling search and download of ministry data assets, and a Macro Indicators module providing time-series macro data with filtering, visualization and metadata. Deployment is supported by data safety measures-cloud hosting with the National Informatics Centre, security audits, SSL implementation, vulnerability assessments and compliance with cybersecurity agency guidance-alongside advisory, training and cyber threat exchange activities to protect statistical data services.