Re: [datameet] Re: [Urgent] Pre Budget meeting on the 11th

[Vaishnavi Jayakumar]

Apparently social sector consultation happening this year on 23rd December
2019. Has Datameet been called?

Perhaps we should do a post budget exercise after the budget so we can
compare asks with allocations.

On Wed, 13 Dec, 2017, 9:36 PM Thejesh GN,  wrote:

> Hello All,
> Meeting went on quite well. Here is our final submission[1]. We also sent
> a one page summary to the ministry[2].
>
> [1]
> http://datameet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/recommendations_finance_minister_prebudgetMeeting-201819_DataMeet.pdf
> [2]
> http://datameet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Notes_PreBudgetMeetingIT201819_DataMeet.pdf
>
> Regards,
> Thej
> --
> Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್
> http://thejeshgn.com
> GPG ID :  0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0
>
> On 10 December 2017 at 11:33, srinivas kodali 
> wrote:
>
>> More points which can be presented during the pre-budget meeting.
>>
>> 1. The Economic Survey of 2016-17 briefly recognizes the importance of
>> data standards in e-governance. “National Centre for e-Governance
>> Standards and Technology” (NeST) has been tasked with the responsibility of
>> technical support to notify new e-governance standards. We request these
>> standards be promoted by default in IT procurement and building of
>> e-governance projects under Digital India program. We recommend capacity
>> building inside various government departments be increased with training
>> on the emerging e-governance and data standards.  Storage of data using
>> e-governance standards brings interoperability and increases efficiency in
>> IT management.
>>
>> 2. As part of the IT procurement the data storage and ownership of data
>> is not always with the Government departments responsible for it, but data
>> rights maybe stored and owned by private players who may not archive this
>> data post the end of tenure of the IT project. Often the reason for this is
>> lack of storage space or server capacity within government departments. We
>> recommend IT grants be given to every government department to archive and
>> maintain data for long-term use.
>>
>> 3. Ministry of Commerce has constituted a Task Force on Artificial
>> Intelligence for Economic Transformation this year. We would like to bring
>> attention to the need for various open data sets in different sectors for
>> innovation in the space of Artificial Intelligence. The availability of
>> open data has helped fuel innovation in various parts of the world, Google
>> Maps was a direct result of NASA opening LANDSAT satellite imagery in
>> public domain.
>>
>> 4. There is a vast amount of non-personal Government data in the public
>> domain which is continuously collected to perform various scientific and
>> administrative tasks within the Government. Lot of private startups and
>> companies are unable to realize the full potential use for these data-sets
>> due to lack of licenses for data sharing, copyright limitations of
>> government owned data. We request relaxation of copyright on government
>> owned data by issuing data licenses for certain specific use cases in
>> public interest.
>>
>> 5. Various state governments are increasingly adopting the National Data
>> Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) within their respective states to
>> promote government transparency and also Innovation. Sikkim, Telangana,
>> Tamilnadu and Orissa have adopted data policies part of their governance.
>> Telangana is promoting innovation in data further, to help bring data
>> skills and create jobs part of various data policies. We find the lack
>> of interest by various state governments to adopt NDSAP or any data policy
>> is due to lack of funds to promote the space and weak capacity in
>> government departments. To help NDSAP or data specific policy be adopted by
>> all major states, the ministry can provide incentives in the form of
>> project specific grants under Digital India for each state to build a State
>> Data Portal on the lines of data.gov.in
>>
>> 6. Cyber Security and Privacy are more important now than ever with India
>> transitioning into a Digital Economy and the Supreme Court's decision on
>> Fundamental Right to Privacy. With a Data Protection Bill expected to be
>> enacted in the next financial year, we recommend the government to increase
>> capacity in the space of data protection in various government departments
>> and follow the National Data Sharing Policy in classifying data-sets into
>> various categories of open data,  sensitive personal data to manage data
>> publication effectively.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Srinivas Kodali
>> www.lostprogrammer.com
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 9:00 AM, srinivas kodali 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> One of the important developments is to highlight the need of Open Data
>>> for Artificial Intelligence and stressing on relaxation of
>>> copyright/issuing licenses to Government owned data at-least as a start
>>> part of improving economic activity.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Srinivas Kodali
>>> www.lostprogrammer.com
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 

Re: [datameet] Re: [Urgent] Pre Budget meeting on the 11th

[Thejesh GN]

Hello All,
Meeting went on quite well. Here is our final submission[1]. We also sent a
one page summary to the ministry[2].

[1] http://datameet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/recommendations_finance_
minister_prebudgetMeeting-201819_DataMeet.pdf
[2] http://datameet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Notes_
PreBudgetMeetingIT201819_DataMeet.pdf

Regards,
Thej
--
Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್
http://thejeshgn.com
GPG ID :  0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0

On 10 December 2017 at 11:33, srinivas kodali  wrote:

> More points which can be presented during the pre-budget meeting.
>
> 1. The Economic Survey of 2016-17 briefly recognizes the importance of
> data standards in e-governance. “National Centre for e-Governance
> Standards and Technology” (NeST) has been tasked with the responsibility of
> technical support to notify new e-governance standards. We request these
> standards be promoted by default in IT procurement and building of
> e-governance projects under Digital India program. We recommend capacity
> building inside various government departments be increased with training
> on the emerging e-governance and data standards.  Storage of data using
> e-governance standards brings interoperability and increases efficiency in
> IT management.
>
> 2. As part of the IT procurement the data storage and ownership of data is
> not always with the Government departments responsible for it, but data
> rights maybe stored and owned by private players who may not archive this
> data post the end of tenure of the IT project. Often the reason for this is
> lack of storage space or server capacity within government departments. We
> recommend IT grants be given to every government department to archive and
> maintain data for long-term use.
>
> 3. Ministry of Commerce has constituted a Task Force on Artificial
> Intelligence for Economic Transformation this year. We would like to bring
> attention to the need for various open data sets in different sectors for
> innovation in the space of Artificial Intelligence. The availability of
> open data has helped fuel innovation in various parts of the world, Google
> Maps was a direct result of NASA opening LANDSAT satellite imagery in
> public domain.
>
> 4. There is a vast amount of non-personal Government data in the public
> domain which is continuously collected to perform various scientific and
> administrative tasks within the Government. Lot of private startups and
> companies are unable to realize the full potential use for these data-sets
> due to lack of licenses for data sharing, copyright limitations of
> government owned data. We request relaxation of copyright on government
> owned data by issuing data licenses for certain specific use cases in
> public interest.
>
> 5. Various state governments are increasingly adopting the National Data
> Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) within their respective states to
> promote government transparency and also Innovation. Sikkim, Telangana,
> Tamilnadu and Orissa have adopted data policies part of their governance.
> Telangana is promoting innovation in data further, to help bring data
> skills and create jobs part of various data policies. We find the lack of
> interest by various state governments to adopt NDSAP or any data policy is
> due to lack of funds to promote the space and weak capacity in government
> departments. To help NDSAP or data specific policy be adopted by all major
> states, the ministry can provide incentives in the form of project specific
> grants under Digital India for each state to build a State Data Portal on
> the lines of data.gov.in
>
> 6. Cyber Security and Privacy are more important now than ever with India
> transitioning into a Digital Economy and the Supreme Court's decision on
> Fundamental Right to Privacy. With a Data Protection Bill expected to be
> enacted in the next financial year, we recommend the government to increase
> capacity in the space of data protection in various government departments
> and follow the National Data Sharing Policy in classifying data-sets into
> various categories of open data,  sensitive personal data to manage data
> publication effectively.
>
> Regards,
> Srinivas Kodali
> www.lostprogrammer.com
>
> On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 9:00 AM, srinivas kodali 
> wrote:
>
>> One of the important developments is to highlight the need of Open Data
>> for Artificial Intelligence and stressing on relaxation of
>> copyright/issuing licenses to Government owned data at-least as a start
>> part of improving economic activity.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Srinivas Kodali
>> www.lostprogrammer.com
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Nisha Thompson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We have been invited to the Pre Budget meeting again. The meeting will
>>> be on Monday we have to write a document like last year.
>>>
>>> I've attached what we presented last year. If there are new developments
>>> you would like to add, like datasets or