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.
#OpenDataLicenceIndia, #OGDLicenceIndia, #OpenDataLicence...data are veru sensitive things for Indians, if not handles properly, this can backfire. To avoid this, better to protect all personal and confidential data with digital signature similar to Aadhar and link them.
This is a great initiative.My doubts/suggestions are -
#Clause2:f-the use of "corporate or incorporate" needs some clarity.
#Clause2:is there a way to identify dataprovider and licensor?. If yes how to who obtain a license as this is open data use?.
Medical advice of all sorts in form of documents should be avoided,as it's dignosis dependent.
Regards,
Sekhar Mishra
Open data will prove helpful to the masses in understanding the working of the government and the national policies putforth by the government but only if it is controlled by a few senior level govt. officials.
#DataCollection I would also like to point out a major issue in data collection and data entry in our country, which is wrong entry of data in id-proof ( be it voterCard or any other doc). I request the government or the concerned authority to develop a similar data collection center for public records,i.e, government identity proof, imposing a strict senior level govt officer access to this data. This would lead to easy verification of such data and a combined and efficient working.
#3#4 Please include data related to national policies. This will help in understanding of government policies by the public in a better way as they would have full access to the drafted policy
Verification should be more transparent and easy, it should be accessible to Indian users and may be linked to Aadhar number.
While the thought and intent behind sharing the data seems to be good, it is frought with risk of personal data being mis-used for commercial purposes creating tons of problems for the individual whose data is being shared. Care should be taken on following front
1) Personally identifiable data (name, phone number, pan number, aadhar number, address, etc.) should not be shared.
2) People / companies accessing the data should declare the purpose for data is being licensed and Govt. should ensur
#OpenDataLicense
#OpenDataLicenceIndia... Growth comes from Transparency. Data has to be provided on request for Analysts. But unauthorized usage may determine/undermine our growth potential. Our small mistakes in Data interpretation will cost as much as big. We have to provide the data through authorized and for proper usage. Water marking/Digital Signature & Data has to be password protected and linked to Government data log servers if it is used anonymously.
This is the great Idea.
This will give transperency to everyone.