Open Government Data for Transparency & Innovation by Mrs Neeta Verma, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India.

1. Open Government Data
for Transparency & Innovation
Presented by: Mrs Neeta Verma, Deputy
Director General, NIC

2. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
Open data is machine readable data
that can be
used, reused and redistributed
by anyone

3. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
NDSAP was Gazette notified on 17th March 2012
 Objective of the Policy
To facilitate the access to Government of India owned
shareable data and information in both human readable and
machine readable forms through a network all over the
country in a proactive and periodically updatable manner,
within the framework of various related policies, Acts and
rules of Government of India, thereby permitting a wider
accessibility and use of public data and information
NDSAP: National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy

4. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
NDSAP was Gazette notified on 17th March 2012
NDSAP: National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy
 Scope of the Policy
The National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy will apply
to all data and information created, generated, collected
and archived using public funds provided by Government
of India directly or through authorized agencies by
various Ministries/Departments/Organizations/ Agencies
and Autonomous bodies.

5. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
NDSAP: National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy
 Benefits of Policy
Maximising use: Ready access to government owned data will enable more
extensive use of a valuable public resource for the benefit of the community.
Avoiding duplication: By sharing data the need for separate bodies to
collect the same data will be avoided resulting in significant cost saving in
data collection.
Maximised integration: By adopting common standards for the collection
and transfer of data, integration of individual data sets may be feasible.
Ownership information: The identification of owners for the principal data
sets provide information to uses to identify those responsible for
implementation of prioritized data collection programs and development of
data standards.
Better decision-making: Data and information facilitates making important
decisions without incurring repetitive costs. Ready access to existing valuable
data is essential for many decision making task such as protecting the
environment, development planning, managing assets, improving living
conditions, national security and controlling disasters.
Equity of access: A more open data transfer policy ensures better access to
all bonafide users.

6. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
NDSAP was Gazette notified on 17th March 2012
Department of
Science &
Technology (DST)
•Nodal functions of
coordination and
monitoring of the
policy
National Informatics Centre, DeitY
• Implementing Agency
• Formulate Implementation guidelines, technology & standards
for data & metadata
• Design, Develop & Manage Open Government Data Platform
(data.gov.in)
• Facilitate Identification & Publishing of datasets in Consultation
with Depts
Ministry/ Departments…..
• Nominate a Nodal Officer (as Data Controller)
• Setup NDSAP Cell
• Prepare Negative List
• Create Action Plan for regular release of datasets
• Monitor and Manage the Open Data Programme for their domain
NDSAP: National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy

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April 2015
Government
Departments :
• Sensitization
Workshops
• Meetings/
Demonstrations
• Capacity building
Seminars
Citizens :
Online Engagement
• Suggest
• Rate
• Share
Community :
Developers, Civil
Society, Data
Enthusiasts
• Open House
• Hackathons
• Dev Challenges
• Data Events
OGDI: Stakeholder Engagement

8. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
OGPL: An Open Source Platform
 Built using Open Source Software
 Source Code is also available in Open Domain
 Built through Collaboration of National Informatics Centre,
India & Data.gov, USA for Knowledge Sharing and Technical
Exchange during 2011 for developing an Open Data
Platform using Open Source Tools and Technologies

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April 2015
Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

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April 2015

11. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
Open Data India: Implementation Status
103 Data Controllers
have been nominated
14,390 Datasets
under 3519 catalogs by
87 departments
478 Visualizations have
been created
Datasets
2.98 Million times
viewed &
1.23 Million times
downloaded
49,545
registered users
13,933
requests for APIs have
been received

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April 2015

13. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
OGDI: Anyway Connect
Suggest Datasets
30% requests catered
Directly Write to Data
Controller (provider)
View data thru
visualizations, apps,
mash-ups, etc.
Service to Embed
Catalogs in Websites,
Blogs, etc.
Rate Data Sets
Quality, Usability
Social Media
Connectors
Access Datasets
through APIs
Showcase Apps
Developed using Open
Data
Email/SMS Alert
Service for catalog
subscription

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April 2015
OGD India
Hackathons

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April 2015

16. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
Open Data India : Accolades !
OGD Platform India has won the CSI-Nihilent
e-Governance Awards for excellence for the
year 2013-14
India had been ranked 10th on the
Global Open Data Index 2015
eIndia 2013 Award for
e-Governance Initiative -- Open
Government Data Portal -- Public Choice

17. National Informatics Centre, DeitY,
April 2015
Web Ratna Awards: Open Data Champions

18. Thank you