Economic Survey proposes connecting citizen data across ministries

The first suggestion for sharing of community data that serves larger public interest came in the draft e-commerce policy, introduced in February this year.

Building on that premise, the Economic Survey explained how the cost of per gigabyte of storage has dropped from Rs 61,050 in 1981 to less than Rs 3.48 today, and data analytics has grown as a much sought-after field. 

Given that the cost of disseminating data over the internet is also negligible, with mobile data and broadband becoming increasingly affordable, the Survey has proposed connecting citizen data across ministries and departments into one comprehensive database.

The white paper that