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Public consultation on Government Open Data Use License - India

Start Date :

Jun 24, 2016

Last Date :

Jul 26, 2016

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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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 ...

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.

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amresh_5 9 years 11 months ago

Dear Sir, We want to open sports School in Bihar under startup India campaign ! I don't know anything,I have not idea about it how to start, So kindly guide me in this regard. This is only for Sports & physical arts. (Multi Sports School) .. As far as I know, no other organization like it is not here at this time. i wish, i Pray , So kindly Focus on this topic Regards Amresh Kumar Email Id - amresh.bhardwaz07@gmail.com

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vallidevi 9 years 11 months ago

My sugesstions 1.PREAMBLE : NDSAP Implementation of guidelines to be prepared by an inter-ministerial task force is to include an Intelligence wing. 2.#Clause2.c: Data providers-Nodal Dept which represents data-must be processed by a team of well acquainted/experienced team members of that ministry office formed. 3. #Clause2.f:User- Indian citizen. Corporates must be registered under Governing law. 4.# clause2.h:Adapt- not include the word transform,alteration,it is the work of nodaldt.

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Narasimham Akella 9 years 11 months ago

There are lot of loop holes in R & B and Water & Sewerage departments way of execution and coordination among them. Example issue, there would be cc (concrete) road laid out with lakhs of rupees and then withing 6 months or so, there would be some water pipeline or drain pipeline, so the road to totally dug up and becomes very hard to commute after work id done. It takes months to years (in my road case, 5 years past, till no road laid out again). Request you to bring in more visibility here.

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Dinesh Mishra 9 years 11 months ago

This is really an excellent and commendable approach by GoI as it will open up the government data, and ensures that data isn’t withdrawn once issued under an open data license. IT is very useful for a populous economy like us and it will really help the GoI to improvise and innovate new ways for faster and steady development. With reference to the draft paper some of the article published by the different agencies. I would like to endorse MediaNama’s view, which is being attached with this com

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Vimal Awasthi 9 years 11 months ago

This is excellent approach of Government and it shows that they have nothing hide and want true feedback from the real stakeholders of government. Many suggestions are: 1) RTO should be centralized and all the information including rules, policies etc. should be available easily at Intranet. (IncomeTaxIndia.gov.in) is the best website, if we benchmark. 2) For each and every section/department, there should be facility to give suggestions by the stakeholders.

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Kamal Goyal 9 years 11 months ago

It may be good idea to digitize all the Court cases...We have millions of court cases and lot of them have been going on for years...dismiss all the cases which are not relevant like there was some news that less than 1 Rupee case lasting for over 40 years...

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Arvind Kumar_271 9 years 11 months ago

#Clause11. Pricing of data may be avoided as that may discourage people from accessing or using it. In case if specific data is sensitive and need traceability of user to prevent misuse then tools like login credentials or social media links can be used to trace users. Pricing at this point of data providence is not conducive to the intent of this Open Data Use License program.

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Varun Dixit 9 years 11 months ago

I suggest all the govt. deals and other documents ( which are not related to security) should be available for public. We have seen when some scam come in to the light, govt offices dont find documents for those, those are stolen or whole office is burnt sometimes. when documents are public, we can stop these things.

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Sandesh Bhingarde 9 years 11 months ago

Sir...its an appreciating deserve step taken by the Govt. As all the data are easily accessible to anyone, one would like to suggest that a person who want to see the data must enter his/her PAN number, date of birth and OTP on mobile. So that no one can misuse the data of anyone. That the only suggestion i would like to recommend.

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