Will work closely with Indian Statistical Institute: Pranab

KOLKATA: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said said the government and industry will collaborate with premier research and academic body Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) to develop new innovative models for ensuring inclusive growth.

Briefing newsmen after an interactive session with representatives of the government, academia and industry here, Mukherjee, who is also the chairman of the ISI Governing Council, said there was a need for sound data and perfect analysis for making policies.

In this context, he said the ISI was perfectly suited for the task.

The meeting was attended by industry representatives from Google, the Airbus Engineering Centre and Synopsys, Chief Statistician of India T C A Anant, Finance Ministry Joint Secretary Anup Pujari, DRDO Chief V K Saraswat, West Bengal IT Minister Debesh Das and members from the academic community.