Topic directory
Transparency
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing transparency.
- AI for Public Policy Directory
Community-curated directory of AI tools, dashboards and open projects built for Indian public-policy research and practice
Directory GovernanceTechnology India
Go straight to AI for Public Policy Directory - Alaveteli
Open-source Freedom of Information platform by mySociety that powers public Right to Information request portals across 25+ countries
Tool TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Alaveteli - Aleph
Open-source investigative data search and cross-referencing engine for tracking corruption, corporate registries, and leaked records
Tool TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Aleph - Apache Superset
Open-source data exploration and visualization platform for querying databases and building interactive, shareable public dashboards
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Apache Superset - Association for Democratic Reforms
Non-profit watchdog analyzing election affidavits, tracking political party finances, and litigating for electoral and governance transparency
Organisation ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to Association for Democratic Reforms - Bribes.fyi
Anonymous reports of bribes paid or refused across India, searchable by department, city, amount and date
Data source TransparencyGovernance India
Go straight to Bribes.fyi - CAG State Accounts
State Finance Accounts, Appropriation Accounts, monthly fiscal indicators and machine-readable finance data
Archive Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to CAG State Accounts - Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability
Non-profit policy group analyzing Union and state budgets from an equity perspective to advance social sector spending and fiscal transparency
Organisation Public financeWelfare India
Go straight to Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability - CKAN
The open-source data portal behind data.gov.in and hundreds of government portals — publish, manage, and share datasets with APIs and rich metadata
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to CKAN - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Independent international NGO advocating for police accountability, prison reforms, judicial access, and freedom of information across South Asia
Organisation Law & policingRights India, Global
Go straight to Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative - Consul Democracy
Open-source citizen participation platform for citizen proposals, participatory budgeting, public debates, and collaborative legislation
Tool GovernanceTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Consul Democracy - CourtsDaily
Search Indian court and tribunal cases, orders, hearing histories and outcomes by party, advocate, judge, court or keyword
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to CourtsDaily - data.gov.in
India's Open Government Data platform — datasets published by ministries, states and departments under a licence that permits commercial reuse
Data source GovernanceTransparency India
Go straight to data.gov.in - Datasette
Open-source tool for exploring structured data and publishing it as a searchable website with a documented JSON API
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Datasette - Decidim
Open-source digital citizen participation and participatory democracy platform for consultations, voting, assemblies, and participatory budgeting
Tool GovernanceTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Decidim - Digital Sansad
Official record of the Indian Parliament — questions and answers, debates, bills, committee reports and member details
Data source GovernanceElections India
Go straight to Digital Sansad - eGramSwaraj
Panchayat profiles, elected representatives, development plans, works, receipts, expenditure, accounts and audits
Dashboard GovernancePublic finance India
Go straight to eGramSwaraj - ezesri
Python toolkit, CLI, and web app for extracting features from Esri REST APIs and searching 24,000+ public government GIS layers
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to ezesri - India Public Finance Portal
Research-grade Indian state budget data extracted from expenditure PDFs, with source provenance, validation checks, and multi-language worked examples
Data source Public financeGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to India Public Finance Portal - Indian Kanoon
Search more than three crore Indian laws, judgments and orders, cross-linked to statutes, citations, courts, judges and precedents
Data source Law & policingRights India
Go straight to Indian Kanoon - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Independent international network of investigative reporters famous for collaborative cross-border data investigations into offshore financial leaks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard
Privacy-preserving static dashboard and EPIC lookup for 1.08 crore voter deletions across Karnataka under SIR 2026
Dashboard ElectionsGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard - Koshtha
Explore Union Budget allocations at demand, ministry, scheme and object-head level, alongside selected state budget ledgers
Dashboard Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to Koshtha - LibTech India
Action-research collective tracking public welfare delivery, MGNREGA wage delays, and digital exclusions in rural social security systems
Organisation WelfareLabour India
Go straight to LibTech India - Maxun
Open-source no-code web extraction platform for turning websites into structured datasets, scheduled workflows and APIs
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Maxun - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
Grassroots peasant-worker union that pioneered Jan Sunwais and led the historic movement for India's Right to Information and MGNREGA
Organisation RightsLabour Rajasthan, India
Go straight to Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan - National Judicial Data Grid
Live case pendency and disposal figures for India's district and high courts, broken down by age, court and case type
Dashboard Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to National Judicial Data Grid - Online RTI Automation
AI-driven workflow automating Right to Information filings on Central and Karnataka portals using Claude Code and Playwright
Tool GovernanceTransparency India, Karnataka
Go straight to Online RTI Automation - Open Contracting Partnership
International non-profit opening up public procurement data and contracting processes to prevent corruption and improve public spending
Organisation TransparencyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to Open Contracting Partnership - Open India Law
Bulk dataset of 32.5M Indian judgment chunks, 1.1M legislation provisions, and tribunal matters, with the scrapers that build it
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to Open India Law - OpenSanctions
Open-source database and matching engine consolidating international sanctions, politically exposed persons, and public procurement blacklists
Data source TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to OpenSanctions - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Global network of investigative journalists uncovering transnational crime, state corruption, and financial secrecy networks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - Paani.Earth
Citizen-led river basin observatory providing open data on water flow, reservoir storage, and catchment health in India
Organisation WaterEnvironment India, Karnataka
Go straight to Paani.Earth - Paperless-ngx
Open-source document management system that transforms physical scans and digital documents into a searchable archive with OCR and automated tagging
Tool TechnologyTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Paperless-ngx - PARIVESH
Environmental, forest and wildlife clearance applications and decisions for Indian projects, with the documents attached
Data source EnvironmentLand India
Go straight to PARIVESH - ParliamentWatch
Search, extract, download and track Indian Parliamentary Committee reports, with optional summaries and publication alerts
Tool GovernanceTransparency India
Go straight to ParliamentWatch - The Policy Edge
Independent platform publishing evidence-based policy briefs, academic working papers, and practitioner perspectives on Indian governance
Publication GovernanceWelfare India
Go straight to The Policy Edge - Public Finance Playground
Interactive tools for exploring India's Union tax allocation, subnational fiscal indicators, and structured nine-dimension budget analysis
Tool Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to Public Finance Playground - Software Freedom Law Center, India
Legal services organisation defending digital rights, user privacy, free expression, and tracking internet shutdowns across India
Organisation RightsTechnology India, Global
Go straight to Software Freedom Law Center, India - Tathyakosh
Catalogue of Indian data portals and datasets, filterable by domain, geography, format, access and machine readability
Directory TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to Tathyakosh - Uwazi
Open-source evidence database for organising, connecting, analysing and publishing human-rights documents and records
Tool RightsLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Uwazi