India, Feb. 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The National Metadata Structure (NMDS 2.0) is designed with the objective that data and information are uniformly represented, provide clarity on the data sources, collection methods and enhance discoverability of data sets. It is to bring in improved understanding of various data sets in public domain such as census, surveys, administrative and those from other sources.
The NMDS 2.0 has been shared with Ministries/Departments for implementation. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation regularly interacts with the Statistical Advisors of Ministries/Departments on various issues, including this.
This information was given by the Minister of State (...