The Unique Identification Authority of India,UIDAI, has launched its 'Public Data Portal' for the Aadhaar project to enable the people to access several anonymised datasets generated in its ecosystem. It is in consonance with the larger vision of the Centre to make data available through www. data.gov.in
Speaking at the launching function , UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said, it is a major step in enabling transparency for improving UIDAI’s operations. Mr Nilekani said using data to enhance decision making capabilities and informed decision making is at the core of the rationale for the public portal.
Echoing the similar views on the occasion, UIDAI Director General, Ram Sewak Sharma, said the public data portal will enable big data analysis using crowd sourcing model for the benefit of the society at large.
Our correspondent reports, UIDAI is currently releasing five data sets pertaining to Aadhaar enrolment and another five data sets pertaining to Aadhaar authentication. These datasets provide insights on enrolment and authentication request processed by UIDAI distributed by geography, by ecosystem partner and by certain demographic characteristics.