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Although the notion of Open Data and especially Open Government Data has been around for quite some time; the idea started gaining traction circa 2009. Open Government Data started becoming visible in the mainstream with various Governments such as the USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand among others announcing numerous initiatives towards opening up their public information. The Indian Government also released some of its data as a part of the Open Government Data initiative on the <a href="http://www.data.gov.in/" target="_blank">website</a> . These datasets are substantially large in nature and their value lies in how these can be reused and recombined in multiple ways.