data.gov.in

What data.gov.in does

data.gov.in is the Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of India, launched around 2012 as a flagship initiative under the Government of India's Digital India program. It is designed, developed, and hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), and serves as the national aggregation point for government datasets from central ministries, state governments, and local bodies. The platform is not a commercial entity but a government-operated public service provided free of charge to all users.

The platform's core technical offering is a web-based data portal with API-first distribution, supporting multiple data formats (CSV, Excel, JSON, XML). It hosts 414,818 resources across 12,586 catalogs and 36 sectors (including Health, Census, Education, Statistics, Agriculture, and Economy), exposes 237,128 APIs for programmatic consumption, and serves 598,703 registered users who have driven 12.29 million downloads, 46.77 million views, and 296.46 million API hits. Supporting products include a visualization sub-platform with 3,775 visualizations, a Chief Data Officers (CDO) Network of 826 officers, an analytics dashboard, and publication metrics for accountability. The architecture is federated across 13 state-level portals (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, UP, AP, etc.) under a single national brand.

The platform has no commercial revenue model and is funded entirely by the Government of India. Content is owned by contributing ministries and licensed under the Government Open Data License - India (GODL). Users include researchers, businesses, developers, citizens, and other government departments, with no pricing tiers, subscriptions, or usage fees. As a state-owned open data infrastructure rather than a venture-backed commercial entity, data.gov.in is not a traditional PE/VC investment target, but represents critical national data infrastructure with significant derivative commercial potential for private-sector applications built on top of its public APIs.

Name

data.gov.in

Legal name

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

Website

https://data.gov.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

data.gov.in is India's national Open Government Data Platform, operated by the National Informatics Centre under MeitY, providing free public access to 414,818 government datasets and 237,128 APIs across 36 sectors for citizens, researchers, businesses, and developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Government Data Platform

NAICS

Administration of Economic Programs (9261), Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAAAE

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAAAH

Public Communications, Transparency & Open Government

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

Keywords

• Open government data
• Public sector datasets
• Government data APIs
• Open data platform
• Data visualization tools

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Government-funded Public Service: Platform is a government-funded initiative under Digital India initiative. No commercial revenue model - free access to all public datasets for citizens, researchers, and businesses. Operated by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

data.gov.in is the Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of India that provides free, centralized web-based and API-based access to government datasets, documents, catalogs, and applications published by central ministries, state governments, and local bodies. The platform enables citizens, researchers, businesses, and developers to discover, download, visualize, and programmatically consume 414,818+ resources across 36 sectors through 12,586 catalogs and 237,128 APIs, supporting multi-format exports (CSV, Excel, JSON, XML).

Product overview

data.gov.in is the Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of India, a Digital India Initiative operated by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The platform operates as a unified portal providing access to 414,818 resources across 12,586 catalogs and 237,128 APIs from central ministries, state governments, and departments. The core platform encompasses Data Catalogs for organizing datasets by sector/ministry, Data Resources for individual dataset access, Data APIs for programmatic consumption, and Sourced Webservices/APIs for real-time data feeds. Supporting products include an Analytics Dashboard for tracking platform metrics, a Chief Data Officers (CDO) Network for coordinating data publishing across government, Data Visualization Tools with 3,775 visualizations, and Publication Metrics for monitoring government data publishing. The platform supports 36 sectors including Health, Census, Statistics, Education, Agriculture, and more, with dedicated state portals for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, and other states. Users can access data through web downloads, API keys, or visual analytics tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Government Data (OGD) Platform Central government open data portal providing access to datasets, resources, catalogs, and APIs from various Indian government ministries, departments, and state governments. Serves as the national platform for publishing and consuming government data across 36 sectors with 414,818 resources, 12,586 catalogs, and 237,128 APIs.
• Data APIs Programmatic access to government datasets allowing developers to integrate data into applications. Includes 237,128 APIs across various government departments, with Catalog APIs, Data APIs, and Sourced Webservices available for data consumption. Free API key registration is required for access.
• Data Catalogs Organized collections of datasets and resources grouped by similar themes, sectors, or departments. Contains 12,586 catalogs across central (7,583) and state (4,991) government entities spanning 36 sectors including Economy, Education, Health, Agriculture, and more.
• Data Visualization Tools Interactive visualizations including charts, maps, and dashboards for exploring government datasets. Includes 3,775 visualizations and 153 infographics, accessible via the visualize.data.gov.in sub-platform. Users can create, view, and share visualizations from published datasets.
• State/UT Data Portals Federated network of 13 regional data portals for states including Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Sikkim, Punjab, Delhi, and Smart Cities, providing localized government data within the national platform framework.
• Sourced Webservices/APIs Datasets contributed by ministries, departments, and states through web services or APIs. Includes 197 sourced webservices with pull and link service types, providing real-time or near-real-time government data feeds for integration.
• Analytics Dashboard Performance metrics dashboard providing key indicators including catalog counts, resource statistics, CDO nominations, download/view metrics, registered users, visualizations, blogs, and infographic counts for monitoring platform engagement and adoption.
• Publication Metrics Metrics dashboard showing resources, catalogs, and APIs published by each central and state ministry/department, enabling tracking of government data publishing performance and accountability across 615+ contributing departments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 46.77M total views and 12.29M downloads demonstrating widespread platform adoption and data consumption
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National Informatics Centre (NIC)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2012National Informatics Centre (NIC) is the implementing agency that designed, developed, and hosts the data.gov.in platform under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY). NIC provides the technical infrastructure, platform maintenance, and operational support for the open government data initiative.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• OpenDataSoft: Commercial data portal platform used by cities and governments to publish open data with visualization and API features — comparable technology layer underlying government open-data publishing.
• CKAN (Open Knowledge Foundation): Open-source data management system that powers many national and local open data portals globally, including several government platforms comparable to data.gov.in's catalog infrastructure.

Direct peers

• data.gov (United States): The U.S. federal open data portal, the most direct global comparable — same model of aggregating datasets, APIs, and tools across federal agencies for public consumption, developers, and researchers.
• Open Data Canada (open.canada.ca): Government of Canada's open data portal providing federal and provincial datasets with API access — directly comparable national-scale open data infrastructure.
• Open Data Portal (European Union): EU-wide open data portal aggregating datasets from member states with API access — comparable as a multi-jurisdictional public-sector data publishing platform.
• data.gov.uk: The United Kingdom's open government data portal operated under the UK Government's National Data Strategy; mirrors data.gov.in's role as a national aggregator of departmental datasets with API access.
• data.gov.au: Australian Government's open data portal offering public-sector datasets and APIs under a similar model of mandated departmental publishing.
• Open Government Data Portal Germany (GovData): Germany's federal-state open data portal — directly comparable as a multi-level government open data aggregation platform with API and download functionality.
• dados.gov.br: Brazil's federal open data portal (Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos) — comparable emerging-market national open data platform with similar citizen/business research use cases.

Regional players

• National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) India / MeitY Open Data: Parent policy framework under which data.gov.in operates; comparable as the policy/governance layer for India's open data ecosystem that shapes the platform's mandate and contributor base.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DataPortalIndia
• Facebookfacebook.com/dataportalofindia

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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