hi,

I believe that this is relevant here since we have been trying to
access government data to improve Wikipedia articles.

Pradeep
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From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh@cis-india.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:22:22 +0530
Subject: [datameet] National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy 2012 Approved
To: Datameet <datameet@googlegroups.com>

http://goo.gl/jb9Xc

Cabinet
February, 2012 12:22 IST

National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy – 2012 approved

The Union Cabinet today approved the National Data Sharing and
Accessibility Policy – 2012 (NDSAP-2012). The objective of the policy is
to facilitate 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 the Government, therefore, permitting a wider accessibility and use
of public data and information.

The NDSAP policy is designed to promote data sharing and enable access
to Government of India owned data for national planning and development.

The National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy will apply to all
data and information created, generated, collected and achieved using
public funds provided by Government of India directly or through
authorised agencies by various Ministries / Departments/ Organisations/
Agencies and Autonomous bodies.

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