ESANKHYIKI PORTAL (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – Governance)

Context: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has developed an eSankhyiki portal.

eSankhyiki Portal

• About: It  provides real-time inputs for planners, policy-makers, researchers, and the public. It has officially been launched on the Statistics Day.
• Objective: To establish a comprehensive data management and sharing system for official statistics.
• eSankhyiki Portal has two modules namely:

oData Catalogue Module: This module centralizes major data assets of the Ministry for easy access.

üUsers can search within datasets and tables, download data, enhancing its usability.

üIncludes datasets like National Accounts Statistics, Consumer Price Index, etc., with metadata and visualizations.

oMacro Indicators Module: Offers time series data of key macro indicators.

üFeatures filtering, visualization tools, and API access for custom dataset downloads and sharing.

üCovers major products like National Accounts Statistics, Consumer Price Index, etc., spanning the last decade.

üHosts over 1.7 million records currently on the portal.