Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

09-February-2012 12:22 IST

The Union Cabinet today approved the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy – 2012 (NDSAP-2012). The objective of the policy is to facilitate access to Government of India owned shareable data and information in both human readable and machine readable forms through a network all over the country in a proactive and periodically updatable manner, within the framework of various related policies, Acts and Rules of the Government, therefore, permitting a wider accessibility and use of public data and information.

The NDSAP policy is designed to promote data sharing and enable access to Government of India owned data for national planning and development.

The National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy will apply to all data and information created, generated, collected and achieved using public funds provided by Government of India directly or through authorised agencies by various Ministries / Departments/ Organisations/ Agencies and Autonomous bodies.

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Data sharing and accessibility promoted to enable public access to government-owned shareable data across formats and platforms. The National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy establishes a framework to promote sharing and public access to Government of India owned shareable data in both human readable and machine readable forms, requiring proactive, periodically updatable dissemination through a nationwide network and applying to all data created, generated, collected or archived using public funds by government entities and authorised agencies.