Shimla, Nov. 1 -- The Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta after inaugurating a workshop on 'Strengthening the use of data in Governance in Himachal Pradesh' here today said that the data is like the 'new soil of governance' and the better it is used, the better the results will be. In the era of AI and information technology the role of data was constantly increasing.
Better use of data will not only help in policy formulation but also accelerate the state's progress. He emphasized that the true power of data is revealed when various facts are properly integrated.
The Chief Secretary noted that various departments collect different types of data and better aggregation and integration of this data was essential for planning. He emphasized that 'D...