Every piece of content on the website comes with additional information called meta data, which includes details like where it came from and how long it's valid for. If we're not sure how long something should stay up, we'll set a default expiration date of ten years from now. Once something's past its expiration date, we won't show it on the website anymore.
Certain types of content, like announcements, tenders or job postings, are only shown on the website if they're still valid. For other things, like documents or forms, we need to regularly check if they're still accurate and up-to-date, based on our Content Review Policy.
When content reaches its expiration date, we need to archive it properly. Certain things like government forms or services that are no longer available should be removed entirely from the website. Different types of content have different rules about how they're added to and removed from the website, which are outlined in our Entry/Exit Policy and Archival Policy as enlisted below.
Sr. No. |
Content Element |
Entry Policy |
Exit Policy |
1. |
About Department |
Whenever Department is merged/changed. |
Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival. |
2. |
Pest & Diseases |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Every year. |
3. |
Programme/Schemes |
Discontinuation of Programme / Schemes for Central and State Schemes or both. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
4. |
eServices |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
5. |
Tender & Quotations |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
6. |
Photo-gallery |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
7. |
Policies |
Discontinuation of Policy by Government - Central/State |
Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival. |
8. |
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. |
9. |
Circulars/Notifications |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
10. |
Documents /Annual Reports |
Completion of its validity period. |
Perpetual (10 years) since date of entry into archival. |
11. |
What’s New |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Automatically after the expiry of the validity period. |
12. |
Banners |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Automatically after the expiry of the validity period. |
13. |
Division Contents |
As soon as it loses relevance. |
Five (05) years since date of discontinuation. |
Tenders, Vacancy, OMs, Schemes, Gazette Notifications - It is removed from website manually in 5 years but we keep records in Content Management System.