Legislation 55% open

What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• Content of the law / status
• If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
• Date of last amendments
• Data should be updated at least on quarterly

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Legislation of India - All legislation /Acts are made by Parliament of India. India Code Information System contains all Central Acts of Parliament right from 1836 onwards. The Parliament of India comprises of Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha, the upper house and lower house. The Lok Sabha secretariat and the Rajya Sabha secretariat publishes all its data starting from its members to the various legislative businesses on their respective websites. All the data published by secretariats have been meticuloustly compiled into a digital package by OGD India. The portal also provides data related to the various state legislative assemblies in India. published by Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

All legislation /Acts are made by Parliament of India. India Code Information System contains all Central Acts of Parliament right from 1836 onwards which is available on http://indiacode.nic.in/welcome.htm . The Parliament of India comprises of Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha, the upper house and lower house. The Lok Sabha secretariat and the Rajya Sabha secretariat publishes all its data starting from its members to the various legislative businesses on their respective websites. All the data published by secretariats have been meticulously compiled into a digital package by OGD India. The portal also provides data related to the various state legislative assemblies in India. The data on India Code Information System is open for public use. The websites of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha clearly mention in their terms and copyright that - "The material listed may be reproduced without formal permission for the purposes of non-commercial research, private study and for criticism, review and news reporting provided that the material is appropriately attributed." Plus OGD India also provides important data related to legislative business which is openly available at http://data.gov.in/catalogs/ministry_department/lok-sabha-secretariat, http://data.gov.in/catalogs/ministry_department/rajya-sabha and http://data.gov.in/catalogs?query=legislation&sort_by=search_api_relevance&sort_order=DESC&items_per_page=20. The data is openly licensed and open for further reuse. Both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat update the information regarding the members and legislative business on a timely basis.

Reviewer comments

The submission is correct.