Sen, ParamitaDas, Subarna Kumar2017-08-082017-08-082017-08978-93-81232-07-1http://hdl.handle.net/1944/2117Open access to information, Open access movement for information, initiatives for open government data etc are the major trends of modern educational society. We are going to make a society where there will be no digital divide and every citizen will be information enrich and conscious about his or her rights. In the following article the term open data and its benefit, open government and the organization taking initiatives of it, open government data with its life cycle, principles, perspective, benefits and challenges are discussed in brief. The initiatives taken by the government and other organizations in India are also given in this article.enOpen DataGovernment DataOpen GovernmentOpen Government DataNDSAPDLINDLArticle