Brief

India's Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI) released a Model Context Protocol (MCP) that exposes dataset codebooks to AI agents, allowing natural-language querying, automated visualizations, and statistical analysis. Alex Tabarrok demonstrated the MCP on 2026-02-19 by connecting Anthropic's Claude and publishing an interactive dashboard using Annual Survey of Industries data (artifact id 870316d9-a8fe-49b1-a377-2bf0bf7ce809).

title: India AI Data MCP - Marginal REVOLUTION
author: Alex Tabarrok
contenttype: article
publication: Marginal REVOLUTION
published: 2026-02-19T00:00:00
sourceurl: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/india-ai-data-mcp.html?utmsource=rss&utmmedium=rss&utm_campaign=india-ai-data-mcp

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India AI Data MCP

The Government of India’s Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation has created an impressive Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI’s to Indian datasets. An AI connected to data via an MCP essentially knows the entire codebook and can make use of the data like an expert. Once connected one can query the data in natural language and quickly create graphs and statistical analysis. I connected Claude to the MCP and created an elegant dashboard with data from India’s Annual Survey of Industries. Check it out.