Verdict
wcd.gov.in appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official website of the Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development providing schemes, announcements, helplines, documents and contact information. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 6.8 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by EM DV TLS CA - G2A-1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
This website is an apparently official Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development portal presenting ministry information, schemes, announcements, documents, helplines, and public-service contact resources for an informational and publicly funded purpose.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No scam, phishing, impersonation, or identity contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent government-public-service purpose, contains no login or sensitive-data form, and external reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections. The apparent institutional identity is supported by the site’s ministry presentation and government-domain context, although the real-world operator connection remains likely rather than independently verified.
- The homepage is titled “Home | Government of India, Ministry of Women and Child Development” and identifies the Ministry of Women and Child Development as the operating institution presented to visitors.
- The homepage contains no login form, hidden form, sensitive form, or untrusted form destination.
- The domain was registered in 2019 and is approximately 6.75 years old.
- External reputation assessment recorded 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and no phishing or blacklist hit.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The Ministry, About Us, Our Team, Organizations, Directory, RTI, grievance, and citizen-service navigation provides substantial institutional context for a public-sector information portal. The site does not claim to provide a commercial regulated service and does not present a financial licence number; that omission is not inherently concerning for the stated government-information purpose, but the available evidence does not independently prove the real-world operator identity. The site’s identity presentation is therefore evidence-consistent and apparently legitimate rather than conclusively verified.
- Registration records identify National Informatics Centre as registrar and list the organization as the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- The site is hosted on AS55824, NKN-CORE-NW - NKN Core Network, IN.
- The site uses a DV TLS certificate issued by EM DV TLS CA - G2A-1, valid to 2026-10-07T12:18:08+00:00.
- The homepage provides structured public-service navigation covering ministry information, schemes, reports, acts and rules, notifications, and citizen contact functions.
What to Verify Next
For any sensitive interaction, independently confirm that the browser address remains the official government domain and that the relevant ministry contact route is also published through an established government directory or offline channel. Where a transaction or credential submission is contemplated, confirm the responsible institution, the purpose of the interaction, applicable return or service terms, and available payment-protection arrangements before proceeding.
- The homepage links to government domains including gov.in and wcd.nic.in.
- The homepage links to the ministry’s stated social channels on X, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
- The site publishes announcements, reports, acts and rules, notifications, and contact resources that can be cross-checked against independent government records.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, and the available evidence is consistent with an established public-service website. The site appears legitimate for its stated informational purpose, while the underlying real-world operator identity remains likely rather than independently proven.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to a single origin address without a detected CDN or WAF layer. This provides limited edge-layer protection, but the infrastructure signal does not introduce a material trust concern in the context of the authoritative assessment.
- Infrastructure resolution identified 1 unique IP, 0 edge IPs, and 1 likely origin IP.
- No CDN or WAF vendor was detected.
- The resolved infrastructure is located in India.
Closing Assessment
Routine informational use is proportionate; before entering credentials or making any payment, independently confirm the responsible institution and the protections governing that interaction.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-17 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 80/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 80% |
- Identity verified on page
- Trusted social count=4
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of wcd.gov.in.
- The request stayed on wcd.gov.in. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under National Informatics Centre. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by nic.in, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-11-19. Noted
- It is hosted on NKN-CORE-NW, from a server in IN. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | National Informatics Centre |
|---|---|
| Hosting | NKN-CORE-NW - NKN Core Network, IN |
| Country | IN |
| Server IP | 45.127.74.110 |
| Name servers | ns7.nic.in, ns1.nic.in, ns10.nic.in, ns2.nic.in |
| SSL issuer | EM DV TLS CA - G2A-1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-07 |
| Domain age | 6.75 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-11-19 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about wcd.gov.in at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.