Question: Which of the following state become the first state in India to have an open government data portal.
(a) Sikkim
(b) Assam
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
Ans:(a)
Related facts:
- On 11 June Sikkim became the first state in India to have an open government data portal.
- Open Government Data Portal of Sikkim–sikkim.data.gov.in – is a platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of Sikkim.
- The portal is intended to be used by Departments/Organizations of Government of Sikkim to publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications collected by them for public use.
- It intends to increase transparency in the functioning of the state Government and also open avenues for many more innovative uses of Government Data to give different perspective.
- Open Government Data Portal of Sikkim is designed and developed by the Open Government Data Division of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India.
- The portal has been created under Software as A Service (SaaS) model of Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India of NIC.
- It may be recalled that ‘Sikkim Open data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy-2014”was passed by the government in 2014.
Reference:
https://sikkim.data.gov.in/
https://sikkim.data.gov.in/about-portal
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sikkim-launches-open-government-data-portal/article8718321.ece