New Delhi, March 20 (NationPress) India has made remarkable advancements in establishing an AI-ready public data infrastructure, significantly enhancing access to official statistics and facilitating AI applications in sectors such as health, agriculture, weather, and various public services, as disclosed in an official statement on Friday.

The e-Sankhyiki, inaugurated in 2024 as the nation’s official statistics platform, currently features 21 statistical products comprising over 136 million records. This allows users to directly query data, integrate datasets into analytical systems, and automate statistical reporting.

Additionally, it offers a unified interface for accessing multiple datasets, which is anticipated to minimize the time spent on data retrieval and bolster efficiency in analysis and decision-making, according to government sources.

The National Data and Analytics Platform compiles datasets from various government bodies, covering 52 ministries and 31 sectors. It presents the data in a structured format while providing analytical and visualization tools, as per the official documentation.

In the healthcare sector, the government introduced the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health (BODH) in February 2026. This platform is designed to facilitate systematic assessments of AI models using diverse and anonymized real-world health datasets.

The platform evaluates AI systems for performance, robustness, bias, and generalizability prior to large-scale deployment, thereby helping to establish benchmarking standards that enhance reliability and clinical relevance aligned with national public health priorities.

It creates an environment where developers can train and test AI systems on various datasets, allowing regulators to conduct structured third-party evaluations with improved statistical confidence.

The government also highlighted the usage of AI and machine-learning technologies by meteorological agencies for short-range global forecasting, precipitation downscaling, fire location predictions, and fog forecasting, among other applications.

Overall, India’s official statistical platforms are increasingly evolving towards AI-driven data access systems, enhancing user interaction with public datasets, as stated.

India’s journey illustrates how AI can be scaled effectively to fortify public digital capabilities, thereby enhancing practical applications in responsive governance and sector-specific decision-making, as noted in the statement.

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