Open Data Week and Data Day 2022

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on January 16 announced the initiation of the Open Data Week to encourage adoption of open data and promote innovation across India’s urban ecosystem.

• The Open Data Week is part of a series of pre-event initiatives being undertaken by MoHUA to promote awareness and use of open data.

• It will be conducted during the third week of January, i.e., from 17^th January 2022 to 21^st January 2022.

• The Event aims to show the benefits of open data such as increased efficiency, transparency, a spur in innovation, and economic growth.

• It is divided into two segments – first, uploading of datasets, visualizations, APIs and data blogs on the Smart Cities Open Data Portal from 17^th January 2022 to 20^th January 2022 and second, celebration of a Data Day by all smart cities on 21^st January 2022.

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