Hey all The Pre budget consultation meeting went ok. Here is the recommendation document.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Nisha Thompson <ni...@datameet.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > This meeting was postponed to this Saturday if you have any suggestions > please give them to me in the next day or so. > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Shree D N <shre...@oorvani.in> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I would like all the decisions taken by the state governments and city >> councils, resolutions, discussions etc to be online in a searchable >> centralised database, where people can search and see what decisions were >> taken in which issue, when, and who discussed what in the assembly or >> council sessions, or who didn't open their mouth... >> This is something that can't happen in a local level without proper >> nic.in framework and protocol on transcribing and uploading the content >> online, and uploading of minutes of meetings etc. Once this is made a >> policy by the centre as a transparency measure, with sufficient budget for >> it, all local bodies and state assemblies would need to comply with it. >> Then people can easily search and see what development projects are >> coming up in their area, who authorised it, what was the rationale etc - >> right now everything is mired in secrecy everywhere and even after multiple >> RTIs we don't get the required data. >> If anyone is attending this consultation, please raise this issue /lobby >> for it :) time we made use of some IT in governance and transparency as >> well. It will also help produce quality journalism across the country. >> --Shree >> >> On 21 Nov 2016 17:42, "Nisha Thompson" <ni...@datameet.org> wrote: >> >>> HI All >>> >>> We have been invited again to the Pre Budget Consultation IT Group with >>> the Ministry of Finance. I just received the invite for this weekend >>> (consultation is on Sunday). The invite is attached. >>> >>> We attended last year and gave recommendations. >>> http://datameet.org/2016/01/11/investing-in-data-pre-budget- >>> consultation-with-the-finance-minister/ >>> >>> We will probably give similar ones this year but would like to open it >>> up for more comments. >>> >>> Please take a look and give your thoughts by Wednesday so we can prepare >>> a document to submit to the Ministry. >>> >>> NIsha >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > DataMeet.org > ni...@datameet.org > skype: nishaqt > mobile: 962-061-2245 > > > -- Nisha Thompson DataMeet.org ni...@datameet.org skype: nishaqt mobile: 962-061-2245 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RecommendationstoFinanceMinisterPreBudgetMeeting-DataMeet10122016.pdf
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