This paper presents a framework for developing a reliable, transparent and flexible network to disseminate Indian financial market data and analysis to the global financial community. The analysis that this network would support is valuable to policymakers, academics and market participants in the areas of accounting, banking, economics, finance, management and public policy. The proposed database has the following features: (a) research friendly focus, (b) web enabled single window access, (c) multiple data set coverage (company, industry, security, investor and institutional data), and (d) data manipulation utilities