Chandigarh, September 25 - Haryana Chief Minister Shri Naib Singh Saini said that accurate data is the basis for right decision and development is incomplete without facts. The role of accurate data is decisive in every field and any policy will be successful only when it is based on available data.
Chief Minister Shri Naib Singh Saini said this while addressing policy makers, statisticians and representatives from different states during the 29th Central and State Statistical Organization Conference organized on the theme of Empowerment of Local Level Governance here today. Union Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh was also present on the occasion.

Strengthening governance at the local level is also the path to fulfilling the hopes of a new India. He said that strengthening governance at the local level is not only the need of the hour, but also the path to fulfilling the hopes of a new India. When governance is strengthened at the local level, then plans do not just remain in files, but reach the masses, then this is the power of democracy. During this, the Chief Minister and the Union Minister of State released Children in India 2025 and Environment Accounting on Forests 2025. Prime Minister has given priority to data driven governance in the last decade. Shri Naib Singh Saini said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given priority to data driven governance in the last decade. He has ensured identification through Aadhaar card and has worked to deliver schemes directly to the poor through Jan Dhan accounts. Data collection and transparency have been given a new height through Digital India. The role of central and state data organizations is important at every stage from policy-making to policy implementation.

Only coordination of data with technology gives current and effective results
He said that today's era is the era of technology. Only coordination of data with technology gives current and effective results. With the combination of data and technology, we have done many successful experiments in Haryana. Today, many states of the country are also following them. The biggest example of this is the Mera Parivar Meri Pachhaan program.
Through this, the government has prepared a database of every family. On the basis of this data, the benefits of the schemes are reaching the eligible families directly without any discrimination. Education, health, employment, social security, this data is bringing a revolutionary change in every sector.

Every state should compete with each other in accurate data collection and usage
The Chief Minister said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has set a goal of making India developed by the year 2047. Local governance and accurate data will play the most important role in fulfilling this. He said that in the coming time, every Panchayat should have a data dashboard, every district should have a data innovation lab and every state should compete with each other in accurate data collection and usage.

The picture of Haryana's economic development is also clear with the accuracy of data
Shri Naib Singh Saini said that the picture of Haryana's economic development is also clear with the accuracy of data. In the year 2014-15, the state's GDP was Rs. 4 lakh 37 thousand crores. This has increased to Rs 12,13,000 crore in the year 2024-25. During this period, per capita income has increased from Rs 1,47,000 to Rs 3,53,000.

Recognizing the importance of data, initiative has been taken to start several data centers in Haryana
He said that recognizing the importance of data, initiative has been taken to start several data centers in Haryana. A pilot project of online paperless deed registration has been started in Narayangarh from August 11, 2025. He said that if we want to strengthen governance at the local level, then accurate data, updated records of every information at the village, ward and mohalla levels, public participation, use of technology such as AI, machine learning and monitoring of schemes through digital tools will have to be done.

Haryana AI Investment of Rs 474 crores to be made under the development project
Shri Naib Singh Saini said that Haryana AI. is going to invest Rs 474 crores under the development project for the year 2025-26. Under this, a World Artificial Intelligence Centre will be established in Gurugram and an Advanced Computing Facility will be established in Panchkula.
He said that the Ministry of Statistics has signed an AOU of Rs 5 crores to make the statistics system of Haryana more robust and technologically advanced. This event will prove to be an effective platform for discussing common issues and capacity development between the Central and State Statistics Organizations.
On this occasion, the conference was attended by Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation D Saurabh Garg, Chief Secretary, Haryana Mr. Anurag Rastogi, Chief Secretary, Punjab Mr. K A P Sinha and Vice Chairman, Planning Board, Himachal Pradesh Mr. Bhawani Singh Pathania along with officials from various states.