The shared understanding that statistics is a ‘key technology’ in dealing with real life problems is resonating across the world. Aptly, the 50th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) held in March 2019 had ‘Better Data Better Lives’ as its leit motif. 4.
The Reserve Bank’s statistics and information management system has evolved over several decades in response to demands for national level statistics of the highest quality and their dissemination as a ‘public good’. Over the years, more and more information is being compiled and released in the public domain, including those data that form inputs in policy-making.