Legally Binding Agreement Governing Website Access, Intellectual Property Ownership, User Obligations, Strict Anti-Scraping Rules, Indemnification, and Exclusive Maharashtra Jurisdiction.

Website: Shetkari Helpline (shetkarihelpline.com) | Official Legal Email: shetkarihelpline@gmail.com | Effective Date: August 24, 2026 | Governing Law: Laws of the Republic of India | Exclusive Jurisdiction: Competent Courts in Maharashtra, India

1. Binding Legal Agreement, Scope, and Acceptance of Terms

1.1 Nature of Binding Agreement Between User and Publisher

Welcome to Shetkari Helpline (accessible at https://shetkarihelpline.com). These Terms and Conditions of Use (hereinafter referred to as ‘Terms’) constitute a legally binding agreement entered into between you (whether personally or on behalf of an entity, hereinafter referred to as ‘User’, ‘You’, or ‘Your’) and Shetkari Helpline (hereinafter referred to as ‘Website’, ‘We’, ‘Us’, or ‘Our’).

By accessing, browsing, reading, interacting with, commenting upon, or utilizing any information, tools, calculators, or articles on Shetkari Helpline, you explicitly acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, Code of Ethics, and Corrections Policy.

1.2 Acceptance as Condition Precedent to Website Access

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THIS WEBSITE AND MUST DISCONTINUE ACCESS IMMEDIATELY.

This agreement governs all visits to the website, mobile site versions, subdomains, RSS feeds, email newsletters, and associated digital touchpoints managed by Shetkari Helpline.

2. Intellectual Property Rights and Strict Anti-Scraping Policy

2.1 Exclusive Proprietary Ownership of Content and Software

All content on Shetkari Helpline—including but not limited to original articles, journalistic investigative reports, agricultural playbooks, fertilizer dosage matrices, headlines, graphics, visual thumbnails, branding, logos, custom CSS stylesheets, interactive calculator scripts, and underlying software code—is the exclusive intellectual property of Shetkari Helpline and is fully protected under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and international intellectual property treaties.

2.2 Absolute Prohibition on Automated Scraping, Harvesting, and AI Ingestion

2.2.1 Prohibition on Direct Content Theft and Syndication

1. No Content Theft: You shall not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, publicly display, translate, syndicate, sell, license, or commercially exploit any article, guide, or image from Shetkari Helpline without our prior written consent.

2.2.2 Prohibition on Web Crawlers, Bots, and LLM Training Harvesters

2. Automated Scraping & AI Training Ban: The use of automated systems, software, bots, web crawlers, data scrapers, content harvest scripts, or AI training algorithms to extract text, data tables, or images from Shetkari Helpline without express written authorization is strictly prohibited and constitutes a civil and criminal offense under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

2.3 Permissible Fair Use and Mandatory Attribution Standards

3. Fair Use with Live Attribution: Educational, journalistic, or non-commercial quotations of up to two paragraphs are permitted provided that Shetkari Helpline is explicitly named as the original source and an active, clickable live dofollow hyperlink directly to the original article URL is prominently displayed.

3. Lawful Use, Acceptable Behavior, and Prohibited Conduct

3.1 Permitted Educational and Agricultural Research Purposes

You agree to use Shetkari Helpline exclusively for lawful, non-commercial, educational purposes.

3.2 Expressly Prohibited User Activities and Security Breaches

• Posting or transmitting comments that are defamatory, abusive, obscene, vulgar, hateful, racially/religiously offensive, harassing, or violative of any person’s dignity or privacy.
• Posting unauthorized commercial advertisements, promotional spam, affiliate marketing links, pyramid schemes, or unsolicited commercial messages in the comment sections.
• Attempting to bypass website security protocols, conducting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, injecting viruses, trojans, SQL injection payloads, or malicious scripts.
• Impersonating any individual, agricultural officer, government representative, or entity, or falsely misrepresenting your affiliation with Shetkari Helpline.

3.3 Comment Section Moderation and Penal Enforcement

Shetkari Helpline reserves the absolute right to moderate, delete, or edit any user comments, ban offending IP addresses, and initiate criminal proceedings with the Cyber Crime Police Cell against individuals violating these provisions.

4. User Submissions, Comments, and Non-Exclusive License

4.1 Grant of Worldwide Perpetual License for User Comments

By posting comments, queries, farm photographs, or feedback on Shetkari Helpline, you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive license to publish, display, translate, and archive such content across our digital channels.

4.2 User Representations of Non-Infringement

You represent and warrant that you own or possess the necessary rights to submit such material and that your submission does not infringe upon any third-party intellectual property or privacy rights.

5. Complete User Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement

5.1 Scope of User Indemnity Obligations

5.2 Defense Costs, Legal Expenses, and Liability Shield

This indemnification obligation survives the termination or expiration of your access to Shetkari Helpline.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties (“As-Is” and “As-Available”)

6.1 Absence of Express or Implied Agronomic Warranties

THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, ARTICLES, AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS ARE PROVIDED ON AN ‘AS-IS’ AND ‘AS-AVAILABLE’ BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, SHETKARI HELPLINE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

6.2 Technical Availability, Security, and Downtime Disclaimers

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

7. Comprehensive Limitation of Liability

7.1 Exclusion of Indirect, Consequential, and Punitive Damages

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL SHETKARI HELPLINE, ITS FOUNDERS, EDITORS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF CROP YIELDS, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, OR COST OF LEGAL DEFENSE) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

7.2 Total Liability Cap under Applicable Law

In no event shall Shetkari Helpline’s aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or related to your use of the website exceed the total amount of zero Indian Rupees (INR 0.00).

8. Force Majeure and Uncontrollable Service Interruptions

Shetkari Helpline shall not be held liable or responsible for any failure to perform or delay in performing any of our obligations under these Terms caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure), including natural disasters, telecommunications outages, cyber warfare, government internet shutdowns, server hardware failures, or legislative restrictions.

9. Electronic Communications, Notices, and Digital Signatures

Visiting the website, transmitting emails to shetkarihelpline@gmail.com, and submitting online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications provided electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

10. Governing Law, Dispute Resolution, and Exclusive Court Jurisdiction

10.1 Applicable Substantive Laws of the Republic of India

4. Governing Law: These Terms and any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or related to this Website shall be governed by, construed, and enforced strictly in accordance with the substantive Laws of the Republic of India, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles.

10.2 Exclusive Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts in Maharashtra

5. Exclusive Jurisdiction of Courts in Maharashtra: You explicitly, unconditionally, and irrevocably agree that any legal action, lawsuit, dispute, or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or Shetkari Helpline shall be instituted exclusively in the competent civil and criminal courts situated within the State of Maharashtra, India. You hereby waive any objection to the laying of venue or the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

10.3 One-Year Statute of Limitations on Claims

6. Statute of Limitations: Any cause of action or legal claim you may have with respect to the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action shall be permanently barred under applicable limitation statutes.

11. Severability, Entire Agreement, and Non-Waiver

• Severability: If any provision or clause of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that specific provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
• Entire Agreement: These Terms, along with our Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, Code of Ethics, and Corrections Policy, constitute the entire, complete agreement between you and Shetkari Helpline regarding website access.
• Non-Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision in the future.

12. Modifications, Terms Amendments, and Notification Protocols

Shetkari Helpline reserves the unrestricted right to modify, amend, update, or replace these Terms at any time without prior individual notice. The updated version will be indicated by the ‘Last Updated’ date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the website following the publication of changes constitutes full acceptance of the modified Terms.

13. Official Legal Inquiries and Contact Details