Open Data Initiative , Government of India : Strategy & Potential Impact Neeta Verma Deputy Director General National Informatics Centre DeitY, Government of India [email protected]
Nov 30, 2014
Open Data Initiative , Government of India :
Strategy & Potential Impact
Neeta VermaDeputy Director GeneralNational Informatics Centre DeitY, Government of India
National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)
• NDSAP was formulated through an extensive process of consultation. It was gazette notified on 17th March 2012
• NDSAP mandates all Ministries/Departments to release maximum possible datasets in the public domain
• NDSAP is applicable to• All sharable non-sensitive data• Government Ministries, Departments,
& Associated Offices
Full Text at http://data.gov.in
Open Data India: Implementation Strategy
Data Managers
• Senior Government officers
• To drive open data in respective depts/ orgns
NDSAP Cell• domain, data
analyst, technology
• Assist in compile, collation , conversion & publishing datasets on data portal in open format
Data Formats, Metadata Schema, Guidelines…
• Data Quality, Accessibility, Standardization
Workshops, Seminars, Stakeholder Engagement
• Sensitization , Capacity bldg.
• Citizen Engagement (online)
• Community Contests,
Data Portal India: Features
Open Government Platform (OGPL)
DATA PORTAL INDIA : Visualization Service
DATA PORTAL INDIA : data.gov.in
• Facilitates Citizen Engagement
• Rate Data Sets
• Comment on quality of Datasets
• Embed Datasets in
Website, Blogs, Social Media Pages
• Provision to Suggest Datasets
• Communities of Specific Interest
DATA PORTAL INDIA : data.gov.in
Open Government Data : Potential Impact
Transparency
Accountability
Citizen Engagement
Collaboration
Better Governance
Better Decision making
Innovation