Data.gov.in

{{Short description|Data portal of the government of India}} {{lowercase title}} {{refimprove|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox website | name = Data Portal India | logo = Datagovin.svg | screenshot = | caption = | url = [http://data.gov.in data.gov.in] | commercial = No | type = Government services | language = English | registration = Optional | owner = Indian Government | author = | launch_date = 2012, October | current_status = Active }}

'''Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India'''<ref name=pib>{{Cite news|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=80196|title=National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy – 2012 approved|date=2012-02-09|work=Press Information Bureau - Government of India|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Medianama|title=Indian Government Launches data.gov.In|url=https://www.medianama.com/2012/09/223-indian-government-launches-data-gov-in|publisher=Medianama|access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref> or '''data.gov.in''' is a platform for supporting Open data initiative of Government of India. This portal is a single-point access to datasets, documents, services, tools and applications published by ministries, departments and organisations of the Government of India. It combines and expands the best features of India government's India.gov.in and the U.S. government's data.gov project.<ref name=et-launch-ref>{{cite news|last=ET Bureau|title=New Govt portal data.gov.In launch next month to ease information search|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/news/29620789_1_national-data-spatial-data-access|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121317/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/news/29620789_1_national-data-spatial-data-access|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|access-date=29 May 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=4 Jun 2011}}</ref><ref name=data.gov.in_about>{{Cite web|url=https://data.gov.in/about-us|title=About Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India|date=2013-02-12|website=data.gov.in|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref>

==History== After announcing the launch of the site in June 2011,<ref name=et-launch-ref/> the site was launched in October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=T|first=RAMACHANDRAN|title=Government data portal set for take-off|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/government-data-portal-set-for-takeoff/article3952180.ece|access-date=29 May 2013|date=1 October 2012|location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu}}</ref> part of the Open Government Initiative<ref>{{cite web|author=iGovernment |title=The Beginnings of India's Open Data Movement |url=http://www.igovernment.in/node/44610 |publisher=9.9 Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528043907/http://www.igovernment.in/node/44610 |archive-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref> was launched during October 2012, in compliance with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) of India, Gazette notified in March 2012.<ref name="NDSAP">[http://www.dst.gov.in/nsdi_gazette.pdf Gazette notified in March 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216193138/http://dst.gov.in/nsdi_gazette.pdf |date=2015-02-16 }}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dst.gov.in/national-data-sharing-and-accessibility-policy-0|title=National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy|website=Department of Science and Technology (DST)|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref>

According to the preamble of NDSAP, there has been an increasing demand by the community that data collected with the deployment of public funds should be made more readily available to all, for enabling rational debate, better decision making and use in meeting civil society needs.<ref name=Implementation>{{Cite web|url=https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/NDSAP%20Implementation%20Guidelines%202.4.pdf|title=Implementation Guidelines for National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)|date=November 2015|website=data.gov.in|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref>

The policy envisages proactive dissemination of data by Government ministries, departments, organizations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Government data portal set for take-off|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/government-data-portal-set-for-takeoff/article3953078.ece|access-date=4 June 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

== Overview == The site is based on Drupal Framework, and has four major modules:<ref name=data.gov.in_about/> * '''Data Management System (DMS):''' This facilitates publishing of datasets/applications by authorised users from Ministries/Departments/Organisations. * '''Content Management System (CMS):''' This module is used to update or create content and functionalities for Data Portal India. * '''Visitor Relationship Management (VRM):''' This module facilitates collation and dissemination of feedback/suggestions received on Data Portal India. * '''Communities:''' People with specific interest can connect through online communities.

The product is developed based on the Open Government platform and its source code is available on GitHub.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/opengovplatform|title=GitHub repository of Open Government platform|website=GitHub }}</ref><ref name=data.gov.in_about/>

== Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India ==

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India<ref name=data.gov.in_about/><ref>{{cite news|author=Press Information Bureau|title=Shri Kapil Sibal Launches Open Government Platform Developed by India and US|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=82025|publisher=PIB}}</ref> was developed jointly by India & US government as a result of announcement made by President Obama and Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh during the Indo-US Open Government Dialogue<ref>{{cite web|title=Fact Sheet on United States and India Announce Partnership on Open Government|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/us-india_open_government_partnership.pdf}}</ref> in 2010.

Open data platform is a being implemented in US as their data.gov.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 May 2009 |title=Editorial: data.gov |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26tue3.html}}</ref> In India the platform was further customised by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in line with the National Data Sharing Accessibility Policy to develop the Data Portal India.<ref>{{cite web|website=techcircle.in|title=Government launches Data Portal India in beta|url=http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2012/09/04/government-launches-data-portal-india-in-beta/|date=2012-09-04}}</ref>

Open data platform is also being offered to other countries. Ghana<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.gov.gh/|title=Data Portal Ghana|date=16 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516223945/http://data.gov.gh/|archive-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> and Rwanda are also being powered by Open data platform.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Growing Open Government Movement|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/06/22/growing-open-government-movement|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|date=2012-06-22}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.data.gov.in/}}

Category:2012 establishments in India Category:Internet properties established in 2012 Category:Open data Category:Government services web portals in India Category:Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) Category:Open government in India Category:Open data portals