National government budget at a high level. This category is looking at budgets, or the planned government expenditure for the upcoming year, and not the actual expenditure. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:
- Planned budget divided by government department and sub-department
- Updated once a year.
- The budget should include descriptions regarding the different budget sections.
Data Location
https://data.gov.in/catalogs/ministry_department/ministry-financeComments
The data is fully available in the Data Portal India website mentioned above with their links. The data is available in machine readable formats. The data portal provides important data pertaining to various aspects of the budget from 2011 to 2014 in machine readable format. The Ministry of Finance website https://indiabudget.nic.in/index.asp on Union Budget provides up to date information about the though some of it is in PDF format. The information available on Data Portal India and is completely open for reuse and further studies and research. Same is the case with the data available on the budget website. Data has been shared under National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy – 2012 (NDSAP-2012). This was a unique initiative taken by Govt of India. The objective of the policy is to facilitate access to Government of India owned shareable data and information in both human readable and machine readable forms through a network all over the country in a proactive and periodically updatable manner, therefore, permitting a wider accessibility and use of public data and information.
Reviewer comments
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Data Availability
Key:
- Yes
- No
- Unsure
- No data
Details
| Date the data became available | Unknown |
| Format of data | CSV, Excel |
| Reviewer | Pierre Chrzanowski |
| Submitters | Pierre Chrzanowski |
| Last modified | Wed Nov 26 2014 23:06:56 GMT+0000 (UTC) |