Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India for Transparency & Innovation

Open Government Data (OGD)

Platform India(data.gov.in)

for Transparency & Innovation

Presentation By: Alka Misra, Scientist ‘F’ National Informatics Centre

National Informatics Centre, DeitY, September 2015

Open data is machine readable data that can be

used, reused and redistributed by anyone


Evidence-based Planning of socio-economic development processes rely on quality data

Government Collects, Compiles & Possess huge data• Crime Statistics, Prison Statistics, Census, weather, market

prices, Eco Indicators, price index, Demographic, Crime, survey, geo spatial data,..

Often Little Used

Analyzed from one perspective

Possess huge untapped potential

Collected using tax payers money

Why Open Government Data?


NDSAP was Gazette notified on 17th March 2012

Objective of the PolicyTo 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


NDSAP was Gazette notified on 17th March 2012

Scope of the PolicyThe 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.

NDSAP: National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy


Department of Science & Technology (DST) :

• Serve the 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/States…..

NDSAP: Key Stakeholders


Role of Ministry/Depts./StatesNominate a Nodal Officer (as Chief Data Officer erstwhile Data Controller)

Chief Data Officers to Nominate Data Contributors

Setup NDSAP Cell

Prepare Negative List

Identify Positive Datasets which can be contributed

Publish Catalogs/Resources (Datasets/Apps) in Open Format (CSV, XML, XLS, RSS,...)Create Action Plan for regular release of datasets

Monitor and Manage the Open Data Program


From Ministry/Department/State To OGD Platform

Identification of Datasets Compiling and Cleaning of Datasets Metadata Preparation Submission by Data Contributors Review and Approval by Chief Data Officer Review and Publishing by NDSAP-PMU

Journey of Datasets


Ministry/ Departments/ States to

• Nominate Chief Data Officer- a Senior Government officer

• To drive open data initiative in respective Deptts/ Orgns

NDSAP Cell

• Members - Domain, Data Analyst, Technology Personnel

• Assist in compile, collation , conversion & publishing datasets on OGD Platform in open format

Data Formats, Metadata Schema, Guidelines…

• Data Quality, Accessibility, Standardization

Workshops, Seminars, Stakeholder Engagement

• By NDSAP PMU through NIC

• Sensitization , Capacity building

• Citizen Engagement (online)

• Community Contests, Events

OGDI: Implementation Strategy


Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India









Top 10 Contributors of Datasets

Registrar General and

Census Commissioner,

India (4247)

Department of Agriculture and Co-operation)

(2300)

NITI Aayog/Planning

Commission (1588)

Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation(1574)

Department of Health and

Family Welfare(2131)

Ministry of Water Resources

(1060)

Ministry of Road Transport and

Highways(476)

Central Electricity

Authority (490)

Rajya Sabha(248)

Department of Higher Education

(385)


OGD Visualization Engine



OGDP Services

Suggestions and data requirements – 30% datasets provided

Directly write to Chief Data Officer (provider)

Cataloging Service of Resources (Datasets/Apps)

Better data discovery – visualizations, apps, mash-ups, etc.

Service to Embed Catalogs in Websites, Blogs, etc.

Custom Widgets to consume sector specific catalogs

Visualization Engine Service for public to use


OGDP Services

Facility for collaboration between Government & Community

People can rate the resources (datasets/apps) – Quality, Accessibility and Usability in the scale of 5

Request to Release datasets through APIs

Direct and dynamic query to data items through the APIs.

Showcase Apps Developed using Open Data

Visualization Request, Email/SMS Alert Service for catalog subscription


Open Data India: Implementation Status

107 Chief Data Officer have been

nominated

17,800+ Datasetsunder 3747 catalogs by 98 departments

600+ Visualizations have been created

Datasets 4.37Million times

viewed & 1.73 Million times

downloaded

107 APIs

OGDP: Community Engagement

12th Plan HackathonIn Pursuit of an Idea

#OpenDataApps Challenge

CMA Hackathon

Code For Honor

Open Data Camp (ODC) 2014

Geekfest (91 Springboard)


OGD India Hackathons


In Pursuit of an ‘Idea’ Creative Collaboration on Open Government DataUniversity of Delhi

May 24, 2013


Open DataApps Challenge Prize Felicitation,Feb 18, 2014


Code for Honor 2014



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 2014

eIndia 2013 Award fore-Governance Initiative -- Open Government Data Portal -- Public Choice


Web Ratna Awards: Open Data Champions


Potential Datasets:Oceanographic Data

Potential Fishing Zone TropFlux fluxes and flux related meteorological variables (Monthly and

Daily) Argo database of ARGO data products Daily sea surface temperature (degrees C) Remote Sensing Data Datasets of Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System

(COMAPS), The Continental Tropical Convergence Zone (CTCZ) and Product, Location and Year wise data on Coral Bleaching Alert System (CBAS)

Datasets of GEOTRACES Ocean State Forecast Data Floats in Indian Ocean INDIAN STORM SURGE Bulletin and GIS Tsunami Modelling, Tsunami Early Warnings, Real time BPRs Information

and Real-time Tideguage Information Elnino Data Indian Ocean Dipole Index


Potential Datasets:Atmospheric/Meteorological Data

Data of Rainfall, Temperature, Relative Humidity, Surface Wind speed and directions

Station Level/Mean Sea Level Pressure Amount and types of clouds observed Various Weather phenomenon such as, visibility, occurrence of Thunderstorm

etc. Maitri, Antarctica Monthly/Daily weather summary Frequency of cyclonic disturbances Climate Normals based on 1951-80 and 1961-90 data Weather Reports on specific weather phenomenon such as heavy rainfall,

storm etc Sun rise, Sun set and Moon rise, Moon set data of important stations of India All India, State and City wise weather forecasting State level Climate change Data and Climatology data of important cities Data on Agromet Products (AWS, ARG, Radiation, HWSR etc.) Weather Services data on Metar and Online Met Briefing System of Important

Airports Air Quality Data Environmental monitoring data


Potential Datasets:Earthquake and Seismology Data

List of Earthquakes Un-scrutinized Earthquake Events BHPL Seismic Station Data AIZW GNSS Station Data Indian Seismic and GNSS Network Data ( BBS and GNSS)


Potential Datasets: Marine Geology and Geophysical Data

Marine Geophysical Data National Polar data


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