Parliament Question: Certified Quality Website status of Ministries/Department

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1665 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2026 CERTIFIED QUALITY WEBSITE STATUS OF MINISTRIES/DEPARTMENT 1665. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE: Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that several Government websites have obtained Certified Quality Website (CQW) status, if so, the details thereof, including the names of certified websites, issuing authority, date of issuance and date of expiry of each certificate; (b) the number of Ministries and Departments that have applied for CQW certification and the number of applications requested, processed, approved, rejected and pending, Ministry-wise and year-wise; and (c) whether Government proposes to expand, revise or mandate CQW certification across all Government websites, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA) (a) to (c): Several Government Websites have obtained CQW Certificates from STQC Directorate as per Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW). As on 20.01.2026, STQC has provided 150 CQW Certification which includes 116 Central Government Websites, 6 State Government Websites, 14 PSUs Website, etc. The details of websites certified by STQC for GIGW are available at https://stqc.gov.in/en/certified-product. 8 applications have been rejected because they were non-compliant with GIGW Guidelines. CQW (Certified Quality Website) certification is a voluntary quality certification scheme managed by the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate. *****