a11yindex.in · India 50-site audit · first published 2026-08-23

15 India public-service sites fully audited. Every one fails.

Union ministries, public-sector banks, scheduled commercial banks, and Ayushman Bharat state portals. An automated harness (Playwright plus axe-core, the same engine behind the WebAIM Million) walked all 50 from a US network. Findings on this page are the automated baseline. The five original kill-test sites had per-journey persona audits (available on the 5-site kill test index) and cleared the ≥ 70% mechanical-confirmation bar. This 50-site sweep proves the harness scales.

15sites audited

130rule violations across all

90mechanically confirmed

35could not be audited

critical serious moderate minor unnamed focusable controls unreachable from US network

India Union ministries 3 of 20 audited

mha.gov.inmin-home

blocked

served an automated-access block page (Access Denied / Forbidden); the real site could not be audited from this network. This site returns a block page to automated tools, so no accessibility claim is made about it here. It is listed for completeness only.

finmin.nic.inmin-finance

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

mohfw.gov.inmin-health

blocked

education.gov.inmin-education

blocked

rural.gov.inmin-rural

8 8 1 3

Sushila, 47, rural UP

"Reach the PMAY-G beneficiary status page."

6 rule violations on landing, 6 mechanically confirmed Raw report ↗

agriwelfare.gov.inmin-agri

blocked

wcd.nic.inmin-wcd

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

labour.gov.inmin-labour

blocked

msme.gov.inmin-msme

blocked

meity.gov.inmin-meity

blocked

dot.gov.inmin-dot

blocked

indianrailways.gov.inmin-railways

unreachable

connection refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

civilaviation.gov.inmin-civil-aviation

blocked

mea.gov.inmin-mea

unreachable

connection timeout from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

mod.gov.inmin-defence

unreachable

connection refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

moef.gov.inmin-envir

1 51 14 4 48

Sanjay, 35, Ranchi

"Reach the environmental clearance status page."

7 rule violations on landing, 4 mechanically confirmed, 2 likely Raw report ↗

mohua.gov.inmin-housing

blocked

powermin.gov.inmin-power

blocked

petroleum.nic.inmin-petroleum

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

mospi.gov.inmin-stats

6 2 6

Neha, 30, Delhi

"Find the latest CPI inflation press release."

3 rule violations on landing, 3 mechanically confirmed Raw report ↗

Public-sector banks 5 of 10 audited

bank.sbibank-sbi-corp

blocked

served a redirect interstitial (bank.sbi/redirect), not the real site. This site returns a block page to automated tools, so no accessibility claim is made about it here. It is listed for completeness only.

pnbindia.inbank-pnb

3 63 58 30 62

Sudhir, 66, Amritsar

"Reach the internet-banking login help."

7 rule violations on landing, 4 mechanically confirmed · audited at pnb.bank.in Raw report ↗

bankofbaroda.inbank-bob

1 79 9 1 58

Radha, 43, Vadodara

"Reach the debit-card block flow."

12 rule violations on landing, 9 mechanically confirmed, 2 likely · audited at bankofbaroda.bank.in Raw report ↗

canarabank.combank-canara

2 162 11 12 139

Manoj, 58, Bengaluru

"Reach the FD interest-rate table."

9 rule violations on landing, 5 mechanically confirmed, 3 likely · audited at canarabank.bank.in Raw report ↗

unionbankofindia.co.inbank-union

unreachable

connection timeout from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

bankofindia.co.inbank-boi

not audited

page did not fully render to the auditor (only 3 controls captured); needs re-audit. No accessibility claim is made about this site until a clean capture is obtained.

centralbankofindia.co.inbank-central

30 39 22 18

Sarita, 52, Bhopal

"Reach the ATM locator."

10 rule violations on landing, 7 mechanically confirmed, 1 likely · audited at centralbank.bank.in Raw report ↗

iob.inbank-iob

16 29 13 26

Balan, 39, Kochi

"Reach the NRI account details page."

6 rule violations on landing, 5 mechanically confirmed · audited at iob.bank.in Raw report ↗

ucobank.combank-uco

unreachable

expired TLS certificate. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

bankofmaharashtra.inbank-mahb

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

Scheduled commercial banks 7 of 10 audited

hdfcbank.comscb-hdfc

not audited

page did not fully render to the auditor (only 3 controls captured); needs re-audit. No accessibility claim is made about this site until a clean capture is obtained.

icicibank.comscb-icici

2 1 3

Pooja, 26, Gurugram

"Reach the account opening for salaried customer entry."

5 rule violations on landing, 2 mechanically confirmed, 1 likely · audited at icici.bank.in Raw report ↗

axisbank.comscb-axis

11 35 7 16

Vikram, 44, Bengaluru

"Reach the priority-banking eligibility page."

9 rule violations on landing, 8 mechanically confirmed, 1 likely · audited at axis.bank.in Raw report ↗

kotak.comscb-kotak

6 45 36 1 18

Divya, 24, Delhi

"Reach the 811 zero-balance account entry."

9 rule violations on landing, 6 mechanically confirmed, 1 likely · audited at kotak.bank.in Raw report ↗

indusind.comscb-indusind

67 96 29 24 57

Sagar, 28, Ahmedabad

"Reach the two-wheeler loan application entry."

17 rule violations on landing, 12 mechanically confirmed, 1 likely · audited at indusind.bank.in Raw report ↗

yesbank.inscb-yes

unreachable

HTTP/2 protocol error, bot detection likely. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

idfcfirstbank.comscb-idfcfirst

18 68 101 26 34

Nisha, 45, Chennai

"Reach the FD calculator page."

15 rule violations on landing, 9 mechanically confirmed, 2 likely · audited at idfcfirst.bank.in Raw report ↗

federalbank.co.inscb-federal

blocked

served a Radware bot-manager validation page, not the real site. This site returns a block page to automated tools, so no accessibility claim is made about it here. It is listed for completeness only.

rblbank.comscb-rbl

31 3 4 15

Farah, 33, Mumbai

"Reach the credit-card apply flow."

8 rule violations on landing, 3 mechanically confirmed, 2 likely · audited at rbl.bank.in Raw report ↗

southindianbank.comscb-southindian

8 168 26 164

Anand, 60, Trivandrum

"Reach the account statement download."

7 rule violations on landing, 7 mechanically confirmed · audited at southindianbank.bank.in Raw report ↗

Ayushman Bharat state portals 0 of 10 audited

pmjay.gov.inpmjay

unreachable

connection timeout from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

drntraarogyasri.ap.gov.inap-aarogyasri

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

cmchistn.comtn-cmchis

not audited

page returned an empty shell (0 controls); needs re-audit. No accessibility claim is made about this site until a clean capture is obtained.

sast.karnataka.gov.inka-suvarna

unreachable

connection timeout from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

jeevandayee.gov.inmh-mjpjay

unreachable

connection timeout from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

magma.gujarat.gov.ingj-magma

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

chiranjeevi.rajasthan.gov.inrj-cmchsy

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

mp.mjpjay.inmp-mmjay

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

sachis.up.gov.inup-sacchis

unreachable

DNS refused from US network. Diaspora and remote-worker users cannot reach this site. That is itself an access failure worth publishing.

swasthyasathi.gov.inwb-swasthya

blocked

Two honest limits on this first round

14 sites returned a block page to the automated auditor (an Access Denied or Forbidden response). No accessibility claim is made about those sites; they are listed for completeness and will be re-audited with a method that their servers accept. 3 more did not fully render to the auditor and carry no claim until a clean capture is obtained. 18 sites did not respond at all from a US network, which shuts out the Indian diaspora and is noted as an access issue in its own right. Only the 15 sites that served their real page to the auditor carry findings. Automated scanning is a floor, not a ceiling.