Topic
Open Data
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30 Jun 2022
Blog post
The Government’s Increased Focus on Regulating Non-Personal Data: A Look at the Draft National Data Governance Framework PolicyDigvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu wrote an article on the National Data Governance Framework Policy. It was edited by Shweta Mohandas.
22 May 2019
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Open Data and Land OwnershipIn this chapter of the recently published volume on State of Open Data, Tim Davies and Sumandro Chattapadhyay discuss how the lessons from the land ownership field highlight the political nature of data, and illustrate the importance of …
19 Dec 2018
Blog post
CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual AcademyOn October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by …
23 May 2018
News
An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer incomeMeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
22 Mar 2018
Blog post
On World Water Day - Open Data for Water ResourcesLack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are …
12 Feb 2018
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Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment ScanThe State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This …
2 Nov 2017
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Steps towards Integrated Open Water DataMultiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data …
5 Sep 2017
Blog post
Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that …
4 May 2017
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SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt DataAlthough it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of …
2 May 2017
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Comments on the Statistical Disclosure Control ReportThis submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report published on March 30th by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
27 Jan 2017
Blog post
CBGA - Consultation on Opening Up Access to Budget Data in India (Delhi, January 27)Open Budgets India, a comprehensive and user-friendly open data portal to provide free, easy, and timely access to relevant data on budgets, has been developed by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) in collaboration …
11 Dec 2016
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Comments on the Draft National Policy on Software ProductsThe Centre for Internet & Society submitted public comments to the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Govt. of India on the National Policy of Software Products …
11 Nov 2016
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ICANN Begins its Sojourn into Open DataThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently announced that it will now set up a pilot project in order to introduce an Open Data initiative for all data that it generates. We would like to extend our …
16 Oct 2016
News
OpenData Week in Madrid - OD4D Summit, Open Data Charter Meetings, and IODC16Sumandro Chattopadhyay took part in three open data events in Madrid in the first week of October 2016.
1 Sep 2016
Blog post
Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in …
2 Aug 2016
News
Open Data Charter Lead Stewards In-Person MeetingSunil Abraham participated remotely in this meeting which was held in Mexico on July 4 and 5, 2016. The event was organized by Open Data Charter.
26 Jul 2016
Blog post
Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro …
30 Jun 2016
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Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' AnnouncedThe first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs earlier this week. Comments are invited from general public and stakeholders. These are to be submitted via …
1 Jun 2016
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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were …
17 May 2016
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Protecting the Territory, Killing the MapThe politics of making and using maps in India has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Contrary to the expectations arising out of several government schemes that …
11 May 2016
Blog post
Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and CasesResponding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the …
10 May 2016
News
Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in IndiaCold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
12 Apr 2016
Blog post
Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part II)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of …
29 Mar 2016
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and SubmissionThe Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and …
19 Mar 2016
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Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for IndiaWith a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. …
1 Mar 2016
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Sean McDonald - Ebola: A Big Data DisasterWe are proud to initiate the CIS Papers series with a fascinating exploration of humanitarian use of big data and its discontents by Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS, in the context of utilisation of Call Detail Records for public health …
22 Feb 2016
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Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part I)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of …
5 Feb 2016
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Open Data Hackathons are Great, but Address Privacy and License ConcernsThis is to cross-publish a blog post from DataMeet website regarding a letter shared with the organisers of Urban Hack 2015, Bangalore, in response to a set of privacy and license concerns identified and voiced during the hackathon by …
12 Jan 2016
Blog post
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of FinanceThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group …
12 Jan 2016
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Approaching Open Research via Open Data - Presentation at TERI, December 22, 2015The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, organised a seminar on 'Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach' on December 22, 2015. We supported the seminar as a knowledge partner. Sumandro Chattapadhyay was invited to …