Under 6th pillar of digital India Initiative, Open Government Data Platform is endeavoring share of Government data in open domain to improve openness and transparency between Government and the public, encouraging participation of the community and emphasizing data driven decision making to enable the delivery of integrated services.
Structured data available in open format and open license for public access and use, usually termed as “Open Data,” it allows citizens and businesses to find new ways to use it and to create new innovative products and services. The Open Government Data initiative started in India with the notification of the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), on 17th March 2012 & in pursuance of the policy, the Open Government Data Platform India (data.gov.in) was launched in 2012.
Data also is one of the most valuable resources of modern governance, sharing of which enables various and non-exclusive usages for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. Associating an Open License with Open Data is necessary to ensure the legal grounding for its potential reuse and also is crucial to ensure that such data is not misused or misinterpreted (for example, by insisting on proper attribution), and that all users have the same and permanent right to use the data. For a data user wishing to use and build on top of public data, they require assurance of what they legally can and can’t do with the data both commercially and non-commercially. To promote access to publicly held information, promoting transparency and enabling wider economic and social gain, need has been felt in the Government that there must be an Open Government Data Use License.
Government Open Data Use License - India has been drafted by the Suresh Chandra (Law Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs) Committee. After several rounds of discussions and deliberations the committee has finalized the draft of the license.
General public and stake-holders including open data community members, professionals, academicians, data scientists, NGOs, institutions, government bodies, etc. in the field of open data production, consumption and management are hereby solicited to send their suggestions on draft Government Open Data Use License - India.
You are requested to type your suggestion in the given box. Please mention the Clause number on which you want to suggest.Please put a ‘#’ sign before the Clause number. You can refer the following example:
#Clause4: Followed by your Suggestion.
You can also upload a pdf file compiling all your suggestions.
Please refer the full text of:
Government Open Data Use License – India (Draft)
National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)
Last date of submission is July 25, 2016.
Transparency is needed to make people aware of what is happening and it will help to be in touch with new techniques..At the same time there should be some safety and methods to tackle incase if any problem arises..Since it is free of cost, datas should not go in wrong hands as it will pose problem to our Indian security..Definitely it's a good move by our government...Will support together for our nation growth..
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Single Central Depository/ custodian is highly needed. This can be accessed by all stakeholders by payment of nominal fees so that the data retrieving is genuine and authentic. Even the person authority must be obtained before providing data access to the stakeholders. All can be stakeholders ranging from general public to government departments to courts to private companies etc. This can also be a big revenue source for the govt to be used for betterment of data servers and data advancements
Under the title of terms and conditions of use of data, Point 4 (D) No warranty clause - It should be changed as it is having condition of no liability of Data Provider by the government in direct or indirect case. Government Should ensure the liability of those clauses under which common man is using it in any decision making based on the information source of Open Government Data.
It is a welcome move of the government towards transparency. Yes, the data should be available free of cost to all.
No doubt that this initiative will encourage transparency.
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Historical weather data (GHI,Avg Min/max Temp) required for designing efficient solar power plants that are recorded by IMD weather stations in India should be made free. US and Japan govt. does not charge for such data, please see links - http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/ and http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/data/en/smp/. However, these resources do not have enough data for Indian geo-locations #OpenDataLicenceIndia #solarenergy #cleantech #MyGov #OGDLicenceIndia
It is a very good idea of sharing data under open form.
I am from Bengaluru and I have applied for Fresh Passport.I am waiting for Police varification,when I visited and enquired about PVR,Police Official instead of visiting and varifying my residential address ,they are telling me come again to police station with all documents which I have submitted to Passport Office and with 2 Photos.I feel it very absurd.
Through Hydro-Meteorological Data Dissemination Policy(2013) Ministry of Water Resources and Central Water Commission (CWC) has hindered the progress of India. Most of the time MoWR and its technical arm, CWC simply don't provide river discharge data for any study or research work. As a result no research and fruitful study could place in absence of hydrological data in Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins, where appx. half of the population of India lives.