Data.gov.in explained

Data Portal India
Url:data.gov.in
Commercial:No
Type:Government services
Language:English
Registration:Optional
Owner:Indian Government
Launch Date:2012, October
Current Status:Active

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India[1] [2] or data.gov.in is a platform for supporting Open data initiative of Government of India. This portal is a single-point access to datasets, documents, services, tools and applications published by ministries, departments and organisations of the Government of India. It combines and expands the best features of India government's India.gov.in and the U.S. government's data.gov project.[3] [4]

History

After announcing the launch of the site in June 2011,[3] the site was launched in October 2012.[5] part of the Open Government Initiative[6] was launched during October 2012, in compliance with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) of India, Gazette notified in March 2012.[7] [8]

According to the preamble of NDSAP, there has been an increasing demand by the community that data collected with the deployment of public funds should be made more readily available to all, for enabling rational debate, better decision making and use in meeting civil society needs.[9]

The policy envisages proactive dissemination of data by Government ministries, departments, organizations.[10]

Overview

The site is based on Drupal Framework, and has four major modules:[4]

The product is developed based on the Open Government platform and its source code is available on GitHub.[11] [4]

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India[4] [12] was developed jointly by India & US government as a result of announcement made by President Obama and Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh during the Indo-US Open Government Dialogue[13] in 2010.

Open data platform is a being implemented in US as their data.gov.[14] In India the platform was further customised by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in line with the National Data Sharing Accessibility Policy to develop the Data Portal India.[15]

Open data platform is also being offered to other countries. Ghana[16] and Rwanda are also being powered by Open data platform.[17]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy – 2012 approved. 2012-02-09. Press Information Bureau - Government of India. 2018-02-21.
  2. Web site: Medianama. Indian Government Launches data.gov.In. Medianama. 31 May 2013.
  3. News: ET Bureau. New Govt portal data.gov.In launch next month to ease information search. https://archive.today/20130629121317/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/news/29620789_1_national-data-spatial-data-access. dead. 29 June 2013. 29 May 2013. The Economic Times. 4 Jun 2011.
  4. Web site: About Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India. 2013-02-12. data.gov.in. 2018-02-21.
  5. News: T. RAMACHANDRAN. Government data portal set for take-off. 29 May 2013. 1 October 2012. Chennai, India. The Hindu.
  6. Web site: iGovernment . The Beginnings of India's Open Data Movement . 9.9 Media . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130528043907/http://www.igovernment.in/node/44610 . 2013-05-28 .
  7. http://www.dst.gov.in/nsdi_gazette.pdf Gazette notified in March 2012
  8. Web site: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. Department of Science and Technology (DST). 2018-02-22.
  9. Web site: Implementation Guidelines for National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). November 2015. data.gov.in. 2018-02-21.
  10. News: Government data portal set for take-off. 4 June 2013. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 October 2012.
  11. Web site: GitHub repository of Open Government platform.
  12. News: Press Information Bureau. Shri Kapil Sibal Launches Open Government Platform Developed by India and US. PIB.
  13. Web site: Fact Sheet on United States and India Announce Partnership on Open Government. National Archives. whitehouse.gov.
  14. News: 26 May 2009 . Editorial: data.gov . The New York Times .
  15. Web site: techcircle.in. Government launches Data Portal India in beta. techcircle.in. 2012-09-04.
  16. Web site: Data Portal Ghana. 16 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140516223945/http://data.gov.gh/. 2014-05-16.
  17. Web site: The Growing Open Government Movement. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. 2012-06-22.

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