New Delhi: In a move aimed at ensuring uniform standards and methodologies across all statistics and data providers including the private sector, a parliamentary panel has recommended granting full statutory powers to the National Statistical Commission (NSC), India’s nodal agency for core statistical activities.

The standing committee on finance in its report tabled in Lok Sabha Tuesday has also observed that the growing number of private players generating economic data is creating inconsistencies that not only confuse stakeholders but also erode trust in official numbers.

To restore credibility, the committee has urged the government to “establish the NSC as the nodal and autonomous body for all core statistical activities” with full statutory backing. This would empower the commissi

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