Ministry of Jal Shakti today issued the policy on Data Sharing, Interoperability and Stakeholder Access under Sujalam Bharat Digital Public Infrastructure. The Ministry said that the policy is aimed at enabling governed and interoperable data exchange between the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, States and Union Territories, Gram Panchayats, Government organisations and authorised sectoral stakeholders.

The policy establishes a secure, federated, interoperable and accountable framework for sharing and governing rural drinking water data across States, Union Territories, local governance institutions and approved sectoral stakeholders. Ministry further added that the policy also lays down governance principles for data sharing, interoperability and stakeholder access within the Sujalam Bharat Digital Public Infrastructure.

It promotes the use of common identifiers, standardised metadata, interoperable registries and secure digital services to facilitate seamless exchange of information, while ensuring institutional accountability, privacy and cybersecurity.