Terms Of Use

All India Institute of Local-Self Government (AIILSG) is the sole and absolute owner of & maintains www.urban update.in, and other mobile applications (Apps) to enhance public access to the urban update magazine owned by the AIILSG. This service is provided on an “As Is” basis & is continually under development.

In these terms of service we will refer to our company as “Urban Update,” “we,” or “us.”
These are the terms by which you may use our websites and/or download and our App and use our service. You are authorized to use our website, app, and our service only if you agree that these terms bind you, and your use of the Website, App or service constitutes your acceptance of this agreement

We have posted our Privacy Policy elsewhere. You can find it at urban update.in Privacy Policy is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.

This website endeavours to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.
Whilst www.urban update.in strives to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website.

Copyrights: Except as expressly stated in this site, no part of this website, including information, images, logos, photos, and overall appearance of the site, may be copied, republished, broadcast or reproduced in any form whatsoever without the prior written permission of the copyright holders other than for your own personal or non-commercial use.
AIILSG grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of this site but not for commercial purposes. We permit the use of materials on this website subject to due credit being given to AIILSG. The use shall also be subject to non-commercial use and limited to personal or academic dissemination (including on social media and use on all kinds of media).

Copyright should be acknowledged. Such use should not infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights of any person. When using material on this website, proper attribution to authors and/or copyright holders must be given. User is granted a limited, revocable and non-exclusive right to create hyperlinks to the home page or any other page of Urban Update so long as any of these links do not portray Urban Update or their podcast or products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory or offensive manner. You may not use Urban Update logos or proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express permission.You may not use the website, app or services, and you agree not to use them, if we have given you notice (by email to the last email address you furnished us) that we have terminated your privilege of using them.

Your Contributions to Our Service: You agree that we have a right to use any content or information that you contribute to our service in any way as we see fit. You specifically grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to do the following throughout the world: to exercise all copyright rights with respect to your contributions, including republishing them; to attribute your contributions to you publicly, including in advertising or promotion; and to sublicense others to do the same things you have licensed us to do.
You also agree that we have no obligation to accept, maintain, or preserve any of your contributions to our service. We do not provide storage or archive service for user-contributed content.

Specific Terms for App: Subject to agreement to, and your compliance with, these terms, we grant you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license to download and install a copy of the app on a mobile device or computer that you own or control and to run such copy of the app solely for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. We reserve all rights in, and to, the app not expressly granted to you under these terms.
You agree that you shall not own any rights in the app but merely have a license to possess and use the app in conformity with these terms. You promise that you shall not:
copy, modify, or create derivative works based on the app; distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend, or rent the app or any copy of the app to any third party; reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App; or make the functionality of the app available to multiple users through any means.

No warranties:

ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY & FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. AIILSG DOES NOT ENDORSE & IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN AIILSG OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW,
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL AIILSG BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A USER’S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE ON/THROUGH THE SITE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

Privacy: Users are invited to submit comments, questions, ideas, reviews or any other information concerning urban update and the website’s contents, provided they understand that such comments will be subject to moderation &urban update reserves the right to remove or edit such content. All such submissions should not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or infringing on privacy or on intellectual property rights of others.

Confidentiality Of User Communications: Except as required by law, AIILSG will maintain the confidentiality of all user communications which contain personal user information & which are transmitted directly to AIILSG. Postings by a user on any message board or in any chat room will not be protected as confidential & AIILSG may use & provide information contained in any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or other intellectual property) to AIILSG for any purpose whatsoever & as deemed appropriate by AIILSG.

Linked Internet Sites: AIILSG prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Site & the framing of any Content available through the Site. AIILSG reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames & specifically disclaims any responsibility for the Content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user’s own risk.

Postings: AIILSG is under no obligation to review any messages; information or content (“Postings”) posted on the Site by users & assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above, AIILSG may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site & may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings that contain
Any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
• Advertisements or solicitations of any kind.
• Messages posted by users impersonating others.
• Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
• Messages by non-spokesperson employees of AIILSG purporting to speak on behalf of AIILSG
• Messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information.
• Multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same point.
• Chain letters /mails of any kind.
• Links to other websites:

This website contains links to other websites that are operated by third parties. www.urban update.in does not accept any liability over the content of these third party sites. The existence of these links does not constitute an endorsement of such websites, and your linking to these sites is at your own risk.

Content Accuracy: Whilst all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of content, noresponsibility can be taken for any error or omission.

Limitation of Liability: Urban update does not guarantee that access to this website will be uninterrupted; that this website will be free from viruses or that this website cannot be tampered with by third parties. Use of this website and the information is entirely at the user’s sole risk. In no event will Urban update be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to this website (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of the Site, (even if AIILSG has been advised of the possibility of such damages) including liability associated with any viruses which may infect a user’s computer equipment.

Modification of the Terms and Conditions: Urban update may modify the terms of this agreement on this site. Any modifications made will be posted on the site. You agree to periodically review this agreement to be aware of any such revisions. Should the revision be unacceptable to you, you agree to stop accessing this site. Your continued use of this website following such notification of any such revision(s) shall be deemed as acceptance of and agreement to abide by all such revisions.

Access To Password Protected/Secure Areas: Access to & use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.

Governing Law: This agreement shall be governed by & construed in accordance with the laws of India.
User access to & use of the Site is subject to all applicable laws.

Jurisdiction: In respect of all matters/disputes arising out of, in connection with or in relation to this agreement, only the civil courts at New Delhi, India shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of all other courts.

Publication: The Web site is deemed to be published from New Delhi, India (irrespective of where it is accessed from).

Online Payments: ON LINE PAYEMENT BY USER/CUSTOMER IS SUBJECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This online payment system is provided by AIILSG (MERCHANT). The terms and conditions shall be amended, changed and/or modified from time to time by the MERCHANT and any such amendments/modifications/ changes shall be effective forthwith.
Terms & Conditions.

Please read these terms carefully before using the online payment facility for the Products and/or Services of MERCHANT. Using the online payment facility on this website indicates that you accept these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms do not use this facility.

All payments are subject to the following conditions:
The Product and Services are as described in urbanupdate.in website, under various sections. Please read carefully the description of the product/service before proceeding with payment.
Payment shall be made in advance for the Products and Services.
All prices quoted are in Indian Rupees, unless explicitly stated otherwise. The MERCHANT reserves the right to change the prices at any time.
Your payment will normally reach the MERCHANT account to which you are making a payment within two working days.
The MERCHANT cannot accept liability for a payment not reaching the MERCHANT account due to you quoting an incorrect account number or incorrect personal details or for any other fault. The Merchant shall not accept liability if payment is refused or declined by the net banking system / credit/debit card supplier for any reason.
If the card supplier declines payment the MERCHANT is under no obligation to bring this fact to your notice. You should check with your bank/credit/debit card supplier that payment has been deducted from your account and reached the MERCHANT.
In no event , the MERCHANT shall be liable for any loss, damages, compensation whatsoever arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any websites linked to this site, or the materials or information contained at any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.

Refunds: Refunds, if applicable, at the discretion of the MERCHANT and shall be made only to the netbanking account/debit/credit card used for the original transaction. For the avoidance of doubt nothing in this Policy shall require the MERCHANT to refund the Fees (or part thereof) unless such Fees (or part thereof) have previously been credited to the MERCHANT account.

Communications: We are continually seeking out solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility. In the meantime should you experience any difficulty in accessing the www.urban update.in, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

All communications and notices may be sent to:
All India Institute of Local Self Government
22,23 Institutional Area, Janakpuri, D Block
Pankha Road, New Delhi-110058
Telephone : 011-28525465/ 011-28521783
Fax: 011-28522117
Email: delhi@aiilsg.org