1.  Terms and Conditions

Though all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and currency of the content on this website, the same should not be construed as a statement of law or used for any legal purposes. In case of any ambiguity or doubts, users are advised to verify / check with the Department(s) and / or other source(s), and to obtain appropriate professional advice.

Under no circumstances will this Department be liable for any expense, loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising from use, or loss of use, of data, arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of India.

2.  Copyright Policy

Material featured on this Portal may be reproduced free of charge after taking proper permission by sending a mail to us. However, the material has to be reproduced accurately and not to be used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. Wherever the material is being published or issued to others, the source must be prominently acknowledged. However, the permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to any material which is identified as being copyright of a third party. Authorization to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments/copyright holders concerned.

3.  Privacy Policy

As a general rule, this website does not collect Personal Information about you when you visit the site. You can generally visit the site without revealing Personal Information, unless you choose to provide such information.

4.  Site Visit Data

This website records your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes your server's address; the name of the top-level domain from which you access the Internet (for example, .gov, .com, .in, etc.); the type of browser you use; the date and time you access the site; the pages you have accessed and the documents downloaded and the previous Internet address from which you linked directly to the site.

5.  Cookies

A cookie is a piece of software code that an internet web site sends to your browser when you access information at that site. This site does not use cookies.

6.  Hyperlink Policy

At many places in this website, you shall find links to other websites/portals. These links have been placed for your convenience. Department is not responsible for the contents and reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them. Mere presence of the link or its listing on this website should not be assumed as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over availability of linked pages.

7.  Content Contribution, Moderation and Approval Policy

Following this policy, we provide a role based Content Management system. This CMS helps the website team in giving role specific access of administrator panel to different Users. The Web administrator will also be able to manage information specifically meant for internal use, which will be viewable to all members after the successful login. Admin can create the users by assigning him a particular role and Module to which functions of a particular user are limited. These roles are:

Creator: These are the Content creator’s. Their responsibilities are to add/edit/delete respective content on the website and send it to for approval.

Moderator: Their responsibilities are to approve the content coming from the creator’s 

Publisher: A publisher could Edit and review the content. He is responsible for publishing the content on the website.

These personnel’s would be appointed by the Web Administrator and would be responsible for overall quality and quantity of information on the Website. The Web Administrator will be responsible for overall supervision to ensure that authentic and updated information are available on the website. 

8.  Content Archival Policy

Following this policy we provide Archival Management to the Client which would be covering those content areas which needs to be put into Archives. This will help website team in ensuring that the expired content is removed from the main website. There will be an Archival System available on the Website, which will transfer the expired content in archives section as soon as it reaches expiry date. Archived Data will be available in each page along with search option to search data between two given dates. 

9.  Web Content Review Policy

The Web Administrator, the assigned personnel and original content-providers are responsible for periodically reviewing the content of the website in their respective working domains and keep the information updated at all times. A proper workflow should be followed before final updating of content on the website is affected.

10.  Website Security Policy

Website requires security clearance certificate before hosting any website in its data centre. The new website will be audited by Cert-in empanelled auditor and all the vulnerabilities will be fixed. Upon completion, security clearance certificate of cert-in empanelled auditor will be submitted.

11. Contingency Management

The presence of the website on the Internet and very importantly the site is fully functional all the times. It is expected of the Government websites to deliver information and services on a 24X7 basis. Hence, all efforts should be made to minimize the downtime of the website as far as possible.

In case of any defacement and data corruption, quick action needs to be taken by authorized personnel for the same. 

12.  Website Monitoring Policy

Under the Website Monitoring Policy, We monitor periodically to address and fix the quality and compatibility issues around the following parameters:

  •  Functionality: All modules of the website are tested for their Functionality for their smooth working.
  •  Performance: All important pages of the website are tested for the download time.
  •  Broken Links: The website is thoroughly reviewed to rule out the presence of any broken links or errors.