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bring data in an advanced, objective and widely acceptable formats. Huge
unused data will be supplied for the decision makings that take place at
governance and business lives. It will fill gaps in socio-economic data. The new
technologies and knowledge, if not replace, will gradually lessen the
traditional sources of data - census and surveys. Despite the future of big data
is also in 'cloud', it is already penetrating the horizons of national statistical
system and minds of data users. The NSS of Nepal has curiously looked at the
big data initiative and taken it as a complimentary wide source of socio-
economic data. In this connection, the NSO has also introduced the digital
data in its proposed new Statistics Act. It will no doubt open another door for
the entry of big data in NSS of Nepal.

Keywords
Big data, data supply, NSDS, NSS, NSO, social media, statistical infrastructure,
statistics act

1. Introduction
Modernization of society with the adoption of rapid change in the
technology, more specifically, information and communication technology has
advanced a new data sources namely Big Data. The term “Big Data” has also
been coined in Nepal in recent years. The term has been famous in the sector
of information, communication and technology. Big Data usually mentions to
moreover large and complex data sets which are often generated with the
continuous use of ICT tools or ICT based tools. The conventional software
applications are not suitable to process such big data sets effectively due to
the challenge of capturing, storing, transferring, and processing within a
tolerable time frame. However, the big data of any sector should be
transformed into usable statistics for the welfare of society. Statistical
organizations should utilize the big data to produce a cost-effective statistical
product that lead to better policies formulation, good decisions and strategic
business moves.
Nepal has not more than 70 years of history in the production of modern
statistics after the conduction of 1952/54 population census. The Nepalese
statistical system exhibits the traditional characteristics in terms of data
production and data exploitation for many years. However, in recent couple of
years, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) which is a lead government statistical
organization have made attempts to modernize the data production process
despite the several statistical infrastructure constraints. Technology
innovations and its application in day to day life cannot be ignored in global
context. Big data as a by-product of day to day application of modern
technology products like use of mobile phones, growing use of internet, use
of digital transactions has a become a new dimension in the domain of official
statistics. Nepalese Statistical System also have to be modernized in creating

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