The data sharing policy, which aims to increase the accessibility of central government owned data to the public for better planning and development, has got a new buyer - the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI).  The authority, confirming to the policy, has launched 'public data portal', hosting "anonymised" data on Aadhaar enrollment and authentication, based on geography, demography and user agencies.

The authentication data includes categorised information on number of successful authentication, failed authentication, average response time on the basis state, district sub-district, gendre and age. The data on enrollment includes number of Aadhaar generated and enrolment rejected on the basis of respective registrars. The move will increase transparency and open up the authority to the critics.

According to UIDAI, the public data portal, 'data.uidai.gov.in' (currently accessible on https://data.uidai.gov.in), is in line with the National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy (NSDAP) 2012.

“The public data portal is a major step in enabling transparency for improving UIDAI’s operations. Using data to enhance decision making capabilities and informed decision making is at the core of the rationale for the public portal,” said Nandan Nilekani, chairman, UIDAI, in a press release on Thursday.

“The public data portal will enable big data analysis using crowd sourcing model for the benefit of the society at large,” said Ram Sewak Sharma, director general, UIDAI.

The public data portal is in consonance with the larger vision of the Government of India to make data available through data.gov.in, the release said.

The government of India notified the NSDAP 2012 on 17th March, 2012. The NDSAP policy is designed to promote data sharing and enable access to central government-owned data for national planning and development.