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.
It is a good idea. Government should make the data available to public regarding various schemes such as swachha Bharat,swachha vidhyalay 2016 progress on adoption of villages by sarpanch panch /parsad ward members make in india .Also the cases of corruptions caught and punishment to the concerned, black money recovered etc. The government may also collect the information processed and documents developed out of the data provided. That clause can be added as part of terms and conditions.
1)This is a grt idea..bt person using this data should be verified as well as the cause
2)All transaction related to government policies and Thomas should be listed
#[1/1] This is an great initiation and it will give good results in future, but the information shared by the government should be right and it should include all investments made by any government yojna and who has undertaken it , what's the total cost they have spend in this yojna . How much money given to farmers and how much they actually got etc i.e. people need every information to be clear and should be correct .
[2/2] The data of funding and spending by each MP / MLA should be available in machine readable form (API) also so that if some person / company wish to build website/APP to simplify the public access to such data, they should be able to do. This is very important for growth of India, as right now we do not know how much our representative receive from stae/central government, weather they use it at all,or where do they use it. This will also highlight what kind of work the representative doing
[1/2] The funding and spending of money by each MP/MLA should also be made part of open data. There should be a provision of publishing spending by each MP/MLA for each financial year. They should be mandated to publish data in a format similar to companies publish their accounting (CashFlow, Account Statement etc.) so that public can see where their hard earned money is spent. This will bring transparency and accountability. Continued ...
Great initiative! However, the procedure for application for a license to use the data is missing. The licensing procedure should be smooth and fast. However, there may be concerns about who is using and what is the use. I would suggest, there can be gradation of licensing procedure depending on the type of user and type of use.
The government may also collect the information processed and documents developed out of the data provided. That clause can be added as part of terms and conditions.
Good ideas.mak india .
It is a good idea. Government should make the data available to public regarding various schemes such as swachha Bharat, progress on adoption of villages by MPs, Make in India etc. Also the cases of corruptions caught and punishment to the concerned, black money recovered etc. on atleast quarterly basis.
it is very much required as this will control some corruption & will increase accountability
#Clause7: Sounds like I will have to deal with a government department (submit forms, KYC, wait for approval) to get access to data. If so, it will lead to another license raj. Model data access examples are USGS[1], Helsinki transport data[2].
Unless really needed, the government should not get into the business of putting the data behind APIs. It should be available as a zip file and leave it to business to create an API.
[1] http://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/
[2] http://dev.hsl.fi/