National Data & Analytics Platform

Context

NITI Aayog has launched the National Data & Analytics Platform (NDAP) for open public use.

What is the National Data & Analytics Platform (NDAP)?

• Launched by: NITI Aayog.
• Aim: To democratize access to public government data by making data accessible, interoperable, interactive and available on a user-friendly platform. 
• It hosts foundational datasets from various government agencies, presents them coherently, and provides tools for analytics and visualization.
• This public launch follows a beta release of the platform in August 2021 that had provided access to a limited number of users for testing and feedback.

Features of NDAP

• Accessibility: The platform makes data more accessible by hosting data in clean, machine-readable formats, ensuring datasets are interoperable, and providing detailed documentation on the contents of each dataset.
• Use case-based Approach: It follows a use-case based approach to ensure that the datasets hosted on the platform are tailored to the needs of data users from government, academia, journalism, civil society and the private sector. 

Specific goal behind NDAP

• Policymakers, bureaucrats, researchers, innovators, data scientists, journalists, and people all benefit from data access that is user-friendly and interesting.
• Using common geographical and temporal identifiers, many data sets are presented using a uniform format.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place to guarantee that data is updated on a regular basis.