Hyper linking Policy

At many places in this website, the user may find links to other websites/portals. These links have been placed for the user’s convenience. Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal 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. Forest Directorate cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and this Directorate has no control over availability of linked pages.

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.

Content Review Policy

The Website Administrator and the assigned Roles will share the responsibility for periodical reviews of the website content w.r.t to their corresponding domains. A definite workflow must be followed before uploading an updated content on the website.

Content Archival Policy

Forest Directorate will provide Archival Management to Users/Clients and include contents that must be archived. This policy ensures that the older/expired content is removed from the website. An Archival System available on the Website automatically transfers the expired content to the Archives once it reaches expiry date. The Archived Data will be available on each page along with the Search option for searching information between two given dates.

Website Monitoring Policy

Forest Directorate periodically monitor to address and fix the quality and compatibility issues of the website on the following parameters:

Functionality: Forest Directorate test all modules of the website for their smooth functionality.

Performance: Forest Directorate test important web pages for the download time.

Broken Links: Forest Directorate meticulously review the website to rule out the presence of any broken links or errors.

Content Contribution, Moderation, and Approval Policy Forest Directorate provide a role-based Content Management System. This CMS allows the website administrator to share access with a panel of different Users. The website administrator will also be able to manage information specifically meant for internal use, which will be viewable to all members upon successful login. The administrator can create users and assign them to a specific Role and Module. These roles are:

Creator: This role includes Content Creator (s) who are responsible for content addition, deletion, and edits on the website and send it to for approval.

Moderator: The Moderator approves the Editor’s content.

Publisher: A Publisher may edit and review the content before publishing the content on the website.

The Website Administrator will appoint these roles, and would be responsible for overall quality and quantity of information on the Website. The Administrator will be responsible for supervising authentic and updated information is available on the website, all the time.

Contingency Management

Since it is expected the Government websites must deliver authentic information and services 24X7, 365 days a year. Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal takes stringent measures to minimize the downtime and ensures the website is fully functional, at all times.

In case of any defacement and data corruption, the authorized staff takes quick action for the same.