This portal is a single-point access to datasets, documents, services, tools and applications published by ministries, departments and organisations of the Government of India.

[5] part of the Open Government Initiative[6] was launched during October 2012, in compliance with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) of India, Gazette notified in March 2012.

[7][8] According to the preamble of NDSAP, there has been an increasing demand by the community that data collected with the deployment of public funds should be made more readily available to all, for enabling rational debate, better decision making and use in meeting civil society needs.

[9] The policy envisages proactive dissemination of data by Government ministries, departments, organizations.

[14] In India the platform was further customised by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in line with the National Data Sharing Accessibility Policy to develop the Data Portal India.