A presentation by Neeta Verma of Data.gov.in at the ODDC Regional Meeting in Asia - July 16th 2013.

1. Open Data Initiative
, Government of India :
Strategy & Potential Impact
Neeta Verma
Deputy Director General
National Informatics Centre
DeitY, Government of India
neeta@nic.in

2. NationalData Sharing& AccessibilityPolicy
(NDSAP)
• NDSAP was formulated through an extensive process of
consultation. It was gazette notified on 17th March 2012
• NDSAP mandates all Ministries/Departments to release
maximum possible datasets in the public domain
• NDSAP is applicable to
• All sharable non-sensitive data
• Government Ministries, Departments,
& Associated Offices
Full Text at http://data.gov.in

3. Open Data India: Implementation Strategy
Data
Managers
• Senior
Government
officers
• To drive open
data in
respective
depts/ orgns
NDSAP Cell
• domain, data
analyst, technol
ogy
• Assist in
compile, collati
on , conversion
& publishing
datasets on
data portal in
open format
Data
Formats, Meta
data
Schema, Guidel
ines…
• Data
Quality, Accessib
ility, Standardiz
ation
Workshops, Se
minars, Stakeh
older
Engagement
• Sensitization
, Capacity
bldg.
• Citizen
Engagement
(online)
• Community
Contests,

4. Data Portal India: Features

5. OpenGovernmentPlatform(OGPL)

8. DATA PORTALINDIA:
VisualizationService

9. DATA PORTALINDIA: data.gov.in
• Facilitates Citizen Engagement
• Rate Data Sets
• Comment on quality of Datasets
• Embed Datasets in
Website, Blogs, Social Media Pages
• Provision to Suggest Datasets
• Communities of Specific Interest

10. DATA PORTALINDIA: data.gov.in

13. OpenGovernmentData : PotentialImpact
Transparency
Accountability
Citizen Engagement
Collaboration
Better Governance
Better Decision making
Innovation