NEW DELHI: The government is planning to build an advanced technology platform to host and interpret huge amount of data that will integrate and help better understand of citizens’ data, spend patterns of the government, consumption trends and the success of various government policies All data would be aggregate data on government functioning, with no individual or personal identifiable data collected on the portal. The aim is to increase transparency in government functioning by giving citizens access to this data.The technology tool, which will pool data from central ministries and state governments, is aimed to aid more informed policy making. NITI Aayog is working on a plan to develop the National Data & Analytics Platform in collaboration with private players, a top government official told ET. The Aayog is currently scouting for partners to develop and operate this platform which will use artificial intelligence (AI) for in-depth analysis.The platform will be the single source of sectoral data for citizens, policymakers and researchers. The ministry of electronics and IT already has the Open Government Data Platform called data.gov. in, which hosts hundreds of data sets, but the platform doesn’t have any analysis capabilities.NITI Aayog has decided to develop NDAP through public-privatepartnership on design, build, operate and transfer basis, said the official. “The Aayog will shortly come out with a request for proposal based on which a consultant would be chosen through competitive bidding to develop the platform where AI would be extensively used for data analysis,” the official said.Most large IT companies , such as IBM, who have analytics and AI offerings, along with Indian firms such as Wipro, TCS and HP are expected to show interest.“This will significantly improve government decision making and quality of service delivery,” said Neel Ratan, executive director of PwC. “This will propel the use of AI and ML (machine learning) in the government, and also, then, each ministry will not have to do their own investment in building analysis tools. Everyone will not have to make efforts to build the capacity of their own,” he added.Cost of developing NDAP could between Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore and would be funded by the Aayog. To begin with, data from ministries will be sourced followed by data from state and districts. Both public and private entities would be able to access the data from NDAP. “The platform is expected to meet the international security standards for safeguarding the privacy of individuals and entities,” the official added.