These terms of use describe your rights and responsibilities as a user of the OISD.gov.in (OISD). To have a OISD account, you must accept these terms of use. OISD, NIC, MeitY and Govt. of India reserve the right to make changes to OISD and these terms of use at any time. If those changes affect your rights or responsibilities, you will be notified through OISD.
The following terms of use supersede and REPLACE any terms and conditions you may have previously accepted governing your use of OISD. The following Terms & Conditions come into effect as soon as you have accepted it and created your OISD account. As a user of OISD you are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to access and use OISD and content in accordance with these Terms of Use. Provider may terminate this license at any time for any reason. OISD designed & hosted by National Informatics Centre, Contents provided by the various Organizations, Departments and Ministries of Government of India. Though all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and currency of the content on OISD, 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 concerned Ministry/Department/Organization and/or other source(s), and to obtain appropriate professional advice. Under no circumstances will the Government Ministry/Department/Organization 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 OISD.
LIMITATION ON USE:
The Content on OISD is for your personal use only and not for commercial exploitation. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from OISD. Nor may you use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the site architecture, or extract information about usage, individual identities or users. You will not use any robot, spider, other automatic software or device, or manual process to monitor or copy OISD without Provider’s prior written permission. You will not copy, modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of OISD, except to the extent permitted by the copyright policy of this terms of use. Any unauthorized use of OISD is prohibited. The use of any software (e.g. bots, scraper tools) or other automatic devices to access, monitor or copy the website pages is prohibited unless expressly authorized by the OISD in writing.
POLICY WITH REGARD TO YOUR CONTENT:
Uploading content or submitting any materials for use on OISD, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) OISD a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license, with right to sublicense, to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, digitally display and digitally perform translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe. You agree that you shall have no recourse against Provider for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to us.
USER RESPONSIBILITY:
You must: Be a natural person to access or seek to access OISD or a Member Service; Not access or link to or seek to access or link to (either directly or indirectly) any other person's OISD or Member Service account; Not permit any other person to use your username and password; keep your OISD account username, password, at all times and not disclose your password to anyone else; Report the HelpDesk immediately if you suspect that the security of your OISD account may have been compromised e.g.: your password or username has been lost or stolen. Contact OISD using the details at Contact Us; Ensure your personal details (including your name and date of birth) are accurate and keep up to date with OISD; You are responsible for any use of your OISD account using your username and password, whether or not such use has been authorized by you. Details on OISD may only be accessed through the OISD website, and only using the username and authentication details which have been specifically allocated to you. You must use OISD and your OISD account only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of OISD by any third party. This includes conduct which is unlawful or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption to OISD.