India, July 15 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The National Statistical Office (NSO), India, in collaboration with the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education (MoE), today launched a Grand Challenge titled "Statathon - A Data Journey Towards Viksit Bharat". The problem statements for the challenge were unveiled by Dr. Saurabh Garg, Secretary, MoSPI, at an event held in New Delhi.

The Grand Challenge is a national-level competition designed to harness emerging technologies and innovative solutions to transform the landscape of official statistics in India. Organised under the aegis of MoSPI's Data Innovation Lab (DI Lab) initiative, the Statathon marks an important milestone in the commemoration of 75 yea...