Content Archival Policy

Each of the content components is accompanied by meta data, source and validity date. For some of the components the validity date may not be known i.e., the content is stated to be perpetual. Under this scenario, the validity date should be ten years hence. Under no circumstances, any content is to be displayed on the Website after the validity date.

For few of the components like announcements, tenders, only the live content whose validity date is after the current date is shown on the Website. For other components like documents, schemes, services, forms, websites and contact directory there is a need for timely review of the same as per the Content Review Policy.

List of content contributed is sent to the content contributor two weeks prior to the validity date to revalidate the content and if required modify the validity date. In case of no response, then a reminder is sent a week before the validity date and therefore the content is archived and no longer published on the Website.

For the retrieval of content which has expired, there is a need to archive the content. Government Websites, Forms, Services and Contact Directory which are discontinued should be expunged. The content Element on the Website has different Entry/Exit Policy and Archival Policy as enlisted below:-

S.N	Content Element	Entry Policy	Exit Policy
1	About Ministry/ Department/State	Whenever Departments/Ministries are merged /changed.	Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival.
2	Programme/ Schemes	Discontinuation of Sanction of Programme/Schemes for Central Sector, State Sector or both.	Five (05) years since date of discontinuation.
3	Policies	Discontinuation of Policy by Government – Central/State	Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival.
4	Acts/Rules	Issued through the gazette/ Passed by the Central or State Government	Perpetual (10 years) to be always available in the acts/rules database.
5	Circulars/ Notifications	Overruling Office Memorandum or Notification issued.	Five (05) years since date of discontinuation.
6	Documents/ Publications/ Reports	Completion of its validity period.	Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival.
7	Directories	Not required	Not Applicable
8	What’s New	As soon as it loses relevance.	Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.
9	Tenders	As soon as it loses relevance.	Five (05) years since date of discontinuation.
10	Highlight	As soon as it loses relevance.	Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.
11	Banners	As soon as it loses relevance.	Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.
12	Photo-gallery	As soon as it loses relevance.	Five (05) years since date of discontinuation.
13	Group Wise Contents	As soon as it loses relevance.	Five (05) years since date of discontinuation.