Lok Sabha Question No. 3112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Data-Visualization Hackathon
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3112

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## DATA-VISUALIZATION HACKATHON

3112. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  data-visualization  hackathon  title  Innovate  with GoIStats;
- (b)  the  manner  in  which  the  Government  plans  to  ensure  that  the insights  generated  from  hackathon  will  be  effectively  utilized  in policymaking;
- (c) the manner in which the Government intends to leverage technological  advancements  such  as  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  and Machine learning (ML) in analyzing and visualizing Government statistics through this hackathon; and
- (d) the details of additional initiatives the Government is undertaking to promote  data  literacy  and  statistical  analysis  among  students  and researchers in India?

## ANSWER

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 [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a)  to  (c):    The  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation (MoSPI) in collaboration with MyGov is organising a data visualization hackathon titled 'Innovate with GoIStats' during the period 25.2.2025 to

31.03.2025. Students enrolled in undergraduate (UG)/ postgraduate (PG) degrees/ diploma or equivalent courses, research associates currently enrolled  in  recognized  and bonafide  Indian  universities,  colleges  and institutions or completed the above degrees in financial year 2024-25

are eligible to participate in the hackathon.

The hackathon is organised aiming to create awareness about the data being generated by the Ministry and encourage students and researchers  to  utilize the data  for  analysis  to  create  any  data visualization  by  using  technology  which  may  include  AI/ML.  The visualizations would aid dissemination of insights derived from the data for further use by researchers and policy makers.

- (d)   MoSPI has taken the following measures to promote data literacy and statistical analysis among students and researchers in India:
- i. The  official statistics being generated  by  the Ministry are published on the website of the Ministry and also disseminated through social media handles of the Ministry for use by students and researchers.
- ii. MoSPI provides internship opportunities to students pursuing or completed graduate/post-graduate or research scholars in recognized institutes / universities / research institutes under the 'National Internship in Official Statistics' programme.
- iii. MoSPI promotes research in official statistics by way of providing financial  assistance  under  the  Grant-in-Aid  component  of  the Capacity Development scheme of the Ministry.
- iv. The  National  Statistical  Systems  Training  Academy  (NSSTA) organizes  one-week awareness  programme  on  official  statistics for Heads of the Departments and UG/PG Students of Departments of  Statistics  /  Economics  /  Social  Science  of  Central  and  State
- Universities.
- v. NSSTA  also  organises  one-day  awareness  workshop  on  official statistics for UG/PG  students  of  Departments  of  Statistics/ Economics/Social  Science  at  the  campuses  of  the  Universities/ Colleges.