Presently, the census has been conducted for 7 major cities in India — New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. The total number of existing datasets is 105. However, none of these is open and the Percentage of Open Dtatasets found is ZERO therefore. What this means is that our governments have a lot of work to do and a lot of improvement is to be made to realize the potential of Open Governance in India. In many cities, like Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore and Mumbai, many of the existing datasets can be made open simply by presenting them in a machine-readable format. In other cities, the governments need to work harder, as the existing datasets for these cities lag behind on various parameters. In fact, many of the datasets DO NOT EVEN EXIST - See more at: in.okfn.org/tag/open-city-census/#sthash.vMH6fCvq.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:17:30 +0000