The Pune DataStore is an initiative by the Pune Municipal Corporation (hereafter, PMC) to release as much of the data that it holds as possible.
Our policy is to only withhold data where to release it would infringe privacy legislation or a contractual obligation e.g. commercial confidentiality.
We recognize that some organizations already provide open access to their data and where appropriate we have provided a direct link to their website, all available from one place. However we feel that there are some instances where we can add value to this, for example by focusing on just the data for Pune (PMC jurisdiction), by saving you from having to download separate datasets for multiple years, or by making it available in a standardized and easy to use format.
The DataStore is not a one off exercise, we plan to keep adding data sets as they become available to the DataStore portal.
The license conditions under which data can be used will vary for each data package but in general the data held in this site can be used for most purposes, provided the Terms and Conditions of this site are not infringed. It is the responsibility of the user to adhere to the individual license conditions under which data is released (see the license details section for each data package).
The PMC welcomes comments about this site. In the first instance, email us at feedback@punecorporation.org. This e-mail will be received by the DataStore Project Team. We will try to respond as soon as possible. If you have a general enquiry, comment or complaint about the PMC, please click on ‘Contact Us’ link to send your message.
NDSAP aims to provide an enabling provision and platform for proactive and open access to the data generated by various Government of India entities. The objective of this policy is to facilitate access to Government of India and other government entities owned shareable data (along with its usage information) in machine readable form through a wide area network all over the country in a periodically updatable manner, within the framework of various related policies, acts and rules of Government of India, thereby permitting a wider accessibility and usage by public.
The principles on which data sharing and accessibility need to be based include: Openness, Flexibility, Transparency, Quality, Security and Machine-readable.
As per NDSAP, every Department has to identify datasets by the following categories:
NDSAP recommends that datasets has to be published in an open format. It should be machine readable. Considering the current analysis of data formats prevalent in Government, it is proposed that data should be published in any of the following formats:
Data about the data is called metadata. Information about the datasets being published through a standard structure comprising of controlled vocabularies on government sectors, dataset types, jurisdictions, access mode, etc. Apart from facilitating easy access to data, it is useful for federation & integration of data catalogs.
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