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.
This is a very positive step taken by our government. In my point of view its equally important that the private organizations also follow this Open Data process.
The Various state governments have taken over Temples and their revenue. There needs to be data on the revenue collected and the expenditure made by the endowments department. There is loot that is happening that can be curbed if data(on Temples controlled by Endowments department) is shared. I hope you are serious about sharing data of key departments where there is loot happening.
All the Policies and Data should be made reachable to public ( Except for the data which may affect our national security).Licensing at a nominal fee online registration etc is good to know who is accessing what.
You are requested to keep this data open to registered authorities only. i.e. all the professionals using this data should first register them for acquiring this info. We should Allow only this data to professionals like CA, Lawyers, Gazzeted officers, registered organizations, Doctors, etc. If we make this data available to Ministers or local bodies like corporators, they can use this for interest of their vote banks only. The preesure will then build on Govt. authorities as in case of RTI.
Minimize requirement of personal contact between Govt. department and people. Only digital contact should be practiced: no Govt. official will ever dare to ask for bribe digitally. Assign time limit to a case at the initiation stage itself.
Govt Need Some Type of Policy that given Responsbility of work for a Govt Employee in govt Dept........i have both the exprience govt and pvt......at pvt company one day work equals to govt employee one month work......and they behave like they have lots of work.....This time lots of work is good .
this is very good in initiative by the govt. to improve transparency and equip the public. congratulations to the NAMO team
there is lot off id cards, aadhar card, pan card driving licence card, ration card, voters id. so on... why do we need so much cards cannot you just provide one smart card with all the details. so many mismatch / mistakes in data available, each one have some errors.
Please add all government works digital india. So many lazy government officials still there and also there is lot of corruption still going on. Each every government office.. for birth/death certificate, land registration, so many.
This is a good step towards Govt's Working TransparanIn most jurisdictions there are intellectual property rights in data that prevent third-parties from using, reusing and redistributing data without explicit permission. Even in places where the existence of rights is uncertain, it is important to apply a license simply for the sake of clarity. Thus, if you are planning to make your data available you should put a license on it – and if you want your data to be open this is even more important.