Karnataka Launches Tathyakosh Public Data Portal to Make Public Data Easier to Discover

Key facts

• The Karnataka government launched Tathyakosh.in, a digital public good aimed at making India's fragmented public data ecosystem more accessible.
• IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge unveiled the Tathyakosh platform.
• Tathyakosh brings together more than 1.5 million datasets from 458 data sources on a single searchable platform.
• The platform was developed by the ACSEL Technology Forum in association with the IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru.
• Tathyakosh does not store datasets itself but directs users to the source of each dataset, preserving ownership and provenance.
• The platform is expected to be useful for researchers, startups, developers, and policymakers working with data-intensive applications in areas such as healthcare, agriculture, climate, legal research, and financial inclusion.