The government of India has millions of datasets. In accordance with the provisions of the National Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2012 (NDSAP), some of these datasets that are classified as open are currently published on the Open Government Data Portal (OGD). However, these datasets and the platform currently suffer from a myriad of challenges ultimately impacting the usability of these datasets and the portal and keeping the data-driven research and innovation ecosystem from growing to its full potential in India.

This report was a NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies) effort with industry participants and IDFC Institute with India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY). This effort involved extensive work to understand the gaps, issues and merits related to the platform and the data itself. From in depth interviews with various users, to a heuristic analysis of the platform and data audits to arrive at holistic recommendations that can help unlock value from India’s data.

Link to an article covering the release of the report.