Website Policies
Terms, Conditions, Privacy, and Disclaimers governing the use of the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) website.
1. Terms and Conditions
This website is designed, developed, and maintained by the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India, New Delhi.
2. Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personally identifiable information that you provide while using our website. 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 voluntarily.
A. Information Provided Voluntarily
We collect personal information when you explicitly submit it through our online portals, such as the Feedback Form or the Newsletter Subscription. The required information may include your Name, Phone Number, Email Address, Postal Address, and Feedback/Query Content.
B. Site Visit Data (Server Logs)
This website records your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes: your server's IP address, the name of the top-level domain from which you access the Internet (e.g., .gov, .com, .in), the type of browser you use, the date and time you access the site, and the pages you have accessed. We will not identify users or their browsing activities, except when a law enforcement agency exercises a warrant to inspect the service provider's logs.
C. Cookies
A cookie is a piece of software code that an internet website sends to your browser when you access information at that site. This website may use session cookies to ensure smooth navigation, but we do not use cookies to track individual user data permanently.
D. Use and Sharing of Information
Email Management: Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list unless you have explicitly subscribed. We will not disclose it to any third party without your consent.
We do not sell, share, or disclose any personally identifiable information volunteered on this site to any third party (public or private), except as required by law or judicial orders. Information provided to this website will be protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction.
3. Hyperlinking Policy
Links to our Website
We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site and no prior permission is required for the same. However, we would like you to inform us about any links provided to our site so that you can be informed of any changes or updations therein. Also, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. Our website's pages must load into a newly opened browser window of the user.
Links to External Websites/Portals
This website contains "Related Links" and "Quick Links" that direct you to external portals and other government websites. Please be aware that NSFDC is not responsible for the privacy practices, reliability, or the content of these external websites. When you click on a link to another site, you are leaving our site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the new site's owners/sponsors.
4. Copyright Policy
Contents of this website may not be reproduced partially or fully, without due permission from NSFDC Headquarters. If referred to as a part of another website, the source must be appropriately acknowledged. The contents of this website cannot be used in any misleading or objectionable context.
5. Website Monitoring Policy
NSFDC has a Website Monitoring Policy in place and the website is monitored periodically to address and fix quality and compatibility issues around the following parameters:
- Performance: Site download time is optimized for a variety of network connections as well as devices. All important pages of the website are tested for this.
- Functionality: All modules of the website are tested for their functionality. The interactive components of the site, such as feedback forms, are working smoothly.
- Broken Links: The website is thoroughly reviewed to rule out the presence of any broken links or errors.
- Traffic Analysis: The site traffic is regularly monitored to analyse usage patterns.
- Feedback: Feedback from visitors is the best way to judge a website’s performance and make necessary improvements. A proper mechanism for feedback is in place to carry out the changes and enhancements as suggested by visitors.
6. Security Policy
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Indian IT Act.
CAPTCHA Verification: To further ensure the integrity of our website and to prevent automated spam submissions, we utilize CAPTCHA verification on our forms. This requires users to enter characters shown in an image to confirm human interaction.
7. Disclaimer
Contents owned and maintained by the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC).
The contents of this website are for information purposes only, enabling the public at large to have quick and easy access to information and do not have any legal sanctity. Though every effort is made to provide accurate and updated information, it is likely that some details such as telephone numbers, names of the officers holding a post, etc., may have changed prior to their updation on the website. Hence, we do not assume any legal liability on the completeness, accuracy, or usefulness of the contents provided on this website.
Despite our best efforts, we do not guarantee that the documents on this site are free from infection by computer viruses etc.
We welcome your suggestions to improve this website and request that errors (if any) may kindly be brought to our Web Information Manager.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about these policies, please contact our support team at: