The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a ₹4,371 crore five-year scheme to modernise India's official data collection system from FY 2027 to 2031.
The Viksit Bharat Initiative for Statistical Transformation, Analytics and Research will incorporate artificial intelligence and alternative data sources such as mobile records and scanner data.
The Cabinet also cleared a ₹2,814 crore critical mineral processing support scheme and increased the number of fast-track courts from 779 to 850 for child abuse and rape cases.