India Joins UN Committee on Big Data

Key Points

• 1India has joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UN-CEBD).
• 2The UN-CEBD was created to investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data.
• 3India recently assumed membership of the United Nations Statistical Council.
• 4India will contribute to shaping global standards in harnessing big data for official statistical purposes.
• 5India will highlight its initiatives like the Data Innovation Lab.