law: 214. Obligation of information utility.-
  For the purposes of providing core services to any person, every information utility shall-
  a) create and store financial information in a universally accessible format;
  (b) accept electronic submissions of financial information from persons who are under obligations to submit financial information under sub-section (1) of section 215, in such form and manner as may be specified by regulations;
  (c) accept, in specified form and manner, electronic submissions of financial information from persons who intend to submit such information;
  (d) meet such minimum service quality standards as may be specified by regulations;
  (e) get the information received from various persons authenticated by all concerned parties before storing such information;
  (f) provide access to the financial information stored by it to any person who intends to access such information in such manner as may be specified by regulations;
  (g) publish such statistical information as may be specified by regulations;
  (h) have inter-operatability with other information utilities.