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GODL (Government Open Data License - India)
GODL (Government Open Data License - India) is government Open Data License - India, under which the data.gov.in OGD platform releases ministry, state and union territory datasets. In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in and India Open Government Data are working examples.
What is GODL (Government Open Data License - India)?
The Government Open Data License - India, under which the data.gov.in OGD platform releases ministry, state and union territory datasets.
It is the stated license for the portal's CSV/XLS downloads and key-based REST APIs.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in — "Government Open Data License - India (GODL)". - India Open Government Data — "Government Open Data License – India (GODL) per NDSAP policy". - Same record terms note.
India Open Government Data is the second reference point worth knowing: "Government Open Data License – India (GODL) per NDSAP policy". Reading the two together shows how much variation sits underneath one shared label.
Why does GODL (Government Open Data License - India) matter when choosing a dataset?
License language decides what you may ship to customers. Misreading it has ended product launches, and the gap between free to view and free to redistribute is where most of those failures begin.
The failure mode is concrete: the label appears in a listing, the delivered files tell a different story, and the gap surfaces mid-project when fixing it is most expensive.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate GODL (Government Open Data License - India) in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Open india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in and confirm its record — "Government Open Data License - India (GODL)" — against the files you actually receive.
- Open India Open Government Data and confirm its record — "Government Open Data License – India (GODL) per NDSAP policy" — against the files you actually receive.
- Open Same record terms note and compare its listing against the delivered artifact before paying for a commercial equivalent.
See the term applied to real records: construction-engineering data, fertilizers-agricultural-chemicals data.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - integration key authentication - integration key required - nutrient based subsidy - official API - Open Government Licence v3.0 - commercial delivery terms us government work
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of GODL (Government Open Data License - India)?
india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record states: "Government Open Data License - India (GODL)". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "GODL (Government Open Data License - India)" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides GODL (Government Open Data License - India)?
Open india-national-data-portal-data-gov-in next to India Open Government Data and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing GODL (Government Open Data License - India)
6 datasets carry godl (government open data license - india) in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
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