The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has invited suggestions from the public on the draft Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025, as part of the pre-legislative consultative process, open until October 24. The draft Bill proposes major structural reforms to the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), a 94-year-old premier institution synonymous with India’s early efforts to use Statistics for policy and development, founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.

The draft Bill seeks to transform the Institute from a registered society into a statutory body corporate; to redefine its objectives from a nation-building and welfare-oriented mission to one centred on global excellence, institutional branding, and innovation; and to overhaul its governance framework by replaci

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