In sync with emerging changes in the sphere of data usage across the globe, this department in addition to being a data provider will also be a Data analyser. Various Government Departments in the course of their functioning generate voluminous data which are rarely organized and analyzed to produce actionable reports. Therefore, in the Budget Speech 2015-16, the formation of the Data Analytics Unit in the Department of Economics and Statistics in collaboration with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) was announced so as to provide data based inputs to apex policy making bodies to support evidence based policy making. Tamil Nadu is the first State to establish such a unit in India.
This unit aims to provide relevant data to quicken the decision making process, using application software and latest Information Technology tools. This unit envisages to create a State level information portal to compile the data of various departments speedily with accuracy and also to support data requirements of different departments.