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Internet country code top-level domain for India December 2019 October 2018 .in DotIn ccTLD logo.svg 8 May 1989 Country code top-level domain Active INRegistry National Internet Exchange of India Entities connected with India Very popular in India. Liberalisation of registration rules in 2005 led to a large increase in registrations including overseas registrations. No restrictions on who can register second-level domains or most third-level domains; various specific restrictions under some of those specialised subdomains. May register at the second level or at the third level beneath generic-category 2nd-level domains Policies .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP) https://registry.in/ registry.in 4 million+ October 2026 Registry.In .IN is India's Country Code Top Level domain (ccTLD) https://registry.in/index IN Registry National Internet Exchange of India 1 May 2022 enAgarwal Surabhi Alawadhi Neha IT Ministry plans ad campaign to promote .in domain name http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/it-ministry-plans-ad-campaign-to-promote-in-domain-name/articleshow/53407362.cms 23 July 2017 The Economic Times 27 July 2016 Yes 130px .भारत .bharat.svg Logo for .भारत, (romanised as .bhārata) 5 February 2011.भारत - TLDpedia https://research.domaintools.com/statistics/tldpedia/xn--h2brj9c Internationalised (Devanagari) country code top-level domain Active INRegistry National Internet Exchange of India Entities connected with India Getting popular in India. xn--h2brj9c https://www.रजिस्ट्री.भारत/ रजिस्ट्री.भारत (registry.bhārata) May register at the second level or at the third level beneath generic-category 2nd-level domains. Devanagari script.Also comply with certain Devanagari Phonological rules; restrictions under some specialised subdomains like सरकार.भारत (≈ gov.in) and विद्या.भारत (≈ edu.in) Yes .in is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. It was introduced in May 1989. It is currently administered by the National Internet Exchange of India. Registry operator The domain was originally managed by the National Centre for Software Technology (NCST), Mumbai and its Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The Government of India issued an executive order in 2004 to transfer responsibility for managing .in domains to the newly created INRegistry under the authority of the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). The National Informatics Centre (NIC), ERNET, and the Ministry of Defence were appointed as registrars for the gov.in, res.in and ac.in, and the mil.in domains respectively.About the .IN Registry https://www.registry.in/about/in-registry Registry.In 23 March 2019http://meity.gov.in/content/registry .in Registry | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India meity.gov.in From August 2012 to February 2019, the registry was managed under contract by Afilias India Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Afilias. In August 2018, NIXI appointed Neustar Data Infotech (India), a subsidiary of Neustar, Inc., to be the country's new registry services provider. Neustar completed migration of existing .in domains to its registry infrastructure in March 2019. Neustar added the ability to register Indian-language domains in native script by enabling end-to-end web portal language support.Neustar logs in for .IN Domain https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/neustar-logs-in-for-in-domain/articleshow/68235683.cms The Economic Times 23 March 2019 2 March 2019 In February 2025, Tucows announced it won the contract to run the backend registry services for India’s .in country code domain. The company is migrating about 4 million .in domains to its platform. Second-level domains 2005, liberalised policies for the .in domain allow unlimited second-level registrations under .in. Unlimited registrations under the previously structured existing zones are also allowed:https://www.registry.in/Policies IN Registry Policies 1 January 2005 Registry.In https://web.archive.org/web/20080119113830/http://www.registry.in/policies/ 2008-01-19 23 July 2017 .in (available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organisations in India) .co.in (available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organisations in India) .com.in (intended for banks, registered companies, and trademarks) .firm.in (intended for shops, partnerships, liaison offices, sole proprietorships) .net.in (intended for Internet service providers) .org.in (intended for nonprofit organisations) .gen.in (intended for general/miscellaneous use) .ind.in (intended for individuals) Zones reserved for use by qualified institutions in India: .ernet.in (older, used by both educational and research institutes)http://www.ernet.in/domain.html ERNET Domain Registration ERNET 23 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170706161736/http://www.ernet.in/domain.html 2017-07-06http://www.registry.ernet.in/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050221051605/http://www.registry.ernet.in/ 21 February 2005 ERNET's registry ERNET 23 July 2017 .ac.in (used by academic institutions) .edu.in (used by educational institutions) .res.in (used by Indian research institutes) .gov.in (used by the Indian government and state governments) .mil.in (used by Indian military organisations) .bank.in (used by Indian Banking Institutions) .fin.in (used by Indian Financial and other Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFCs)) The domain .nic.in is reserved for India's National Informatics Centre, but in practice most Indian government agencies have domains ending in .nic.in. The .in registry launched following second-level domains on 29 October 2021 to benefit the growing market:our.in IN Registry Launching New .IN Domain Extensions 29 October 2021 https://our.in/registry-launching-new-domain-extensions/ .5g.in .6g.in .ai.in .am.in .bihar.in .biz.in .business.in .ca.in .cn.in .com.in .coop.in .cs.in .delhi.in .dr.in .er.in .gujarat.in .info.in .int.in .internet.in .io.in .me.in .pg.in .post.in .pro.in .travel.in .tv.in .uk.in .up.in .us.in Before the introduction of liberalised registration policies for the .in domain, only 7000 names had been registered between 1992 and 2004. 2010 March, the number had increased to over 610,000 domain names with 60% of registrations coming from India and the rest from overseas.http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-info-tech/article986365.ece '.in' domain registration crosses six-lakh mark The Hindu Business Line 13 March 2010 1 May 2012 Chatterjee, Moumita Bakshi By October 2011, the number had surpassed 1 million domain names.http://www.inforum.in/general-indian-domain-name-discussion/9802-passes-one-million-registrations-looks-future-growth.html .IN Passes One Million Registrations And Looks To Future For Growth 4 December 2012 7 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231130/http://www.inforum.in/general-indian-domain-name-discussion/9802-passes-one-million-registrations-looks-future-growth.html 2016 March, the number has more than doubled to over 2 million domain names.http://www.thedomains.com/2016/03/21/there-are-over-2-million-in-india-registered-domains/ There are Over 2 Million .in (India) Registered Domains Restrictions on use of .in domains As per the terms and conditions of the .in registry, domain privacy is not allowed.Registry.in Terms and Conditions for registrants https://registry.in/system/files/Terms_and_Conditions_for_Registrants_1_0.pdf Recently updated EKYC guidelines were issued to all registrars to authenticate new registrants. Hence, the previous rule relating to bulk booking of .in domain names has been withdrawn. Now customers can book unlimited .in domain names as previously in line with promoting .in TLD on par with other popular TLDs like .com and others which also has no restrictions relating to bulk booking.Registry.in EKYC https://www.registry.in/uploads/files/e_KYC.pdf Internationalised domain names and country codes India has introduced internationalised domain names in the 22 local languages used in the country. 2016 October, fifteen of these internationalised domain names were accepted by ICANN: .भारत (Devanagari), became available with the following zones:https://www.registry.in/print/877 Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) www.registry.in {| class="wikitable" ! Devanagari string ! Transliterated string |- | भारत||.bharat |- | कंपनी.भारत||company.bharat |- | विद्या.भारत||vidya.bharat |- | सरकार.भारत||sarkar.bharat |} .ভারত (Bengali), available 2017 y .ਭਾਰਤ (Gurmukhī), only ਡਾਟਾਮੇਲ.ਭਾਰਤ 2017 August y .ભારત (Gujarati), available 2017 y .இந்தியா (Tamil), available 2015 y .భారత్ (Telugu), available 2017 y .بھارت (Urdu) only ڈاٹامیل.بھارت 2017 August y (mainly right-to-left character order) In 2016, an application for eight further domains was accepted. While the Indian government also applied for .বাংলা (Bengali), it was given to a competing applicant, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL).These domains were not available (2016 October y):http://www.medianama.com/2016/04/223-icann-approves-indic-tlds/ ICANN approves Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese & Oriya domain names Vivek Pai 18 April 2016 But, they were later on made available and now are open for domain registration in India. .ಭಾರತ (Kannada) .ভাৰত (Assamese) بارت. (Kashmiri) .ഭാരതം (Malayalam) .ଭାରତ (Odia) .भारतम् (Sanskrit) .भारोत (Santali) ڀارت. (Sindhi) See also Internet in India References External links and references IANA Whois information whois information Policies from the INRegistry website List of Accredited registrars for .in Category:Internet properties established in 1989 Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Internet in India Category:1989 establishments in India he:סיומת אינטרנט#טבלת סיומות המדינות sv:Toppdomän#I