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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 01, 2016
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
National Geospatial Policy,
Openness
The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Openness
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Comments on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report
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by
Srinivs Kodali and Amber Sinha
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:28 AM
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filed under:
Call for Comments,
Digital Access,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Data Protection,
Data Governance,
Aadhaar,
Digitisation,
Information Security,
Openness,
Internet Governance,
Data Management
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the Statistical Disclosure Control Report published on March 30th by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
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Internet Governance
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and Submission
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 29, 2016
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last modified
Mar 29, 2016 05:03 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
Openness,
Digital India
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and distribution of geospatial information across India, and to assure data availability, accessibility and quality. A pre-drafting consultation meeting for the NGP was organised in Delhi on February 03, 2016. Ms. Anubha Sinha represented CIS at the meeting, and shares her notes.
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Openness
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Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy & Open Government — Talk at CIS
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 31, 2012
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last modified
Jul 31, 2012 06:08 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Event Type,
Openness
The Open Knowledge Foundation and the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to an informal talk by Lucy Chambers and Laura Newman on 'Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy, and Open Government'.
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Openness
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Design Public Conclave, 6th Edition
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Nov 15, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 04:45 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Innovation,
Openness
The 6th edition of the Design Public Conclave was hosted by Civic Labs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Studies, and part of the Vihara Innovation Network, in partnership with Social Innovation Exchange, Okapi, Business World, Business World for Smart Cities, and the Delhi Jal Board.
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Openness
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Draft Report on Open Government Data in India (v2)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 02:47 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Publications,
Openness
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Openness
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Publications
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Ethical Issues in Open Data
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by
Kovey Coles
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published
Aug 07, 2013
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last modified
Aug 07, 2013 09:19 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On August 1, 2013, I took part in a web meeting, organized and hosted by Tim Davies of the World Wide Web foundation. The meeting, titled “Ethical issues in Open Data,” had an agenda focused around privacy considerations in the context of the open data movement.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Geekup on Open Data in Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 23, 2012
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last modified
Jan 31, 2012 03:38 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Openness
HasGeek in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a talk by Hapee de Groot on 25 January 2012 at CIS office in Bangalore.
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Openness
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Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 10, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Openness
Cold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
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Openness
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News & Media
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ICANN Begins its Sojourn into Open Data
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by
Padmini Baruah and Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 11, 2016
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last modified
Nov 12, 2016 01:17 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
ICANN,
internet governance
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently announced that it will now set up a pilot project in order to introduce an Open Data initiative for all data that it generates. We would like to extend our congratulations to ICANN on the development of this commendable new initiative, and would be honoured to support the creation of this living document to be prepared before ICANN 58.
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