Photo by Pradeep Gaur/MintNew Delhi: This year’s Economic Survey does not carry the usual statistical tables on the economy’s performance, which are used widely by analysts. ALSO READ | India Economic Survey backs UBI, says demonetisation impact temporaryThe new approach towards using diverse datasets is definitely an important first step towards better decision-making. Take the migration data using railway traffic for example. Marrying this data with something like income tax data for India’s top 50 cities and house-size census data can generate rich insights about our cities and their riches. For a start, the finance ministry should consider opening up the underlying data used in the survey in a machine-readable format.

Source: Mint January 31, 2017 16:30 UTC