Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

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Summary:

"In a developing country like India, planning of socio-economic development processes must rely on quality data. As quality data and the associated information is not easily accessible, there is a general need for sharing of the large amount of data generated by Ministries/Departments/Organizations/ States of India in an open format for further innovative utilization and/or value addition to enable effective governance, transparency and enhanced public service delivery. Recognizing the importance of availability of open data and associated information to its citizen for increased levels of transparency and accountability and to promote higher level of public participation the Government of India under the aegis of National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) initiated Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India (data.gov.in) to share government data with its citizens. This has built a foundation to create an open data ecosystem in the country. The Government Open Data Licence – India has shown the government’s commitment and greatly helped in building confidence among data users. The Platform has been set-up by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Data is made available free of cost for commercial and non-commercial purposes to different stakeholders namely Researchers, Academia, Students, Industry, Start-Ups, Developers, Community etc. to generate insights, innovation, services etc. All the stakeholders are engaged through various activities for sensitization, awareness and utilization of data...."

Link:

http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/projects/Project/Details?projectId=1514915734

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Tags:

oa.new oa.india oa.data oa.government oa.policies oa.development oa.quality oa.platforms oa.interoperability oa.asia oa.south

Date tagged:

02/01/2018, 16:13

Date published:

02/01/2018, 11:16