INRegistry is the organisation responsible for the

.in .in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com, .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administe ...

TLD and the native language internationalised domain name TLDs for the country. It was appointed by the government of India, and operates under the authority

National Internet Exchange of India The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956, India Companies Act, 1956 (now section 8 under Companies Act 2013) with an objective of facilitating improved inte ...

(NIXI).

History

Most countries have their own

Top Level Domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in ...

. The INRegistry has been created by NIXI, which is a Not-for-Profit Company under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956, with the objective of facilitating improved Internet services in the country. Under NIXI, the INRegistry functions as an autonomous body with primary responsibility for maintaining the .in ccTLD and ensuring its operational stability, reliability, and security. It will implement the various elements of the new policy set out by the Government of India and its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology. The Government decided to revamp the administration of the .in TLD in late 2004. INRegistry has assumed responsibility for the registry from the previous registry authority, The National Centre for Software Technology (NCST) and its Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). This change was announced via an executive order through a gazette notification issued by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India, according to a legal status to the INRegistry. This announcement also mentioned the role of the

National Informatics Centre The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architect ...

(NIC) as the registrar for gov.in domains, ERNET as the registrar for res.in and ac.in domains, and the Ministry of Defence as the registrar for mil.in domains. INRegistry does not carry out registrations itself. Instead, it accredits registrars through an open process of selection on the basis of transparent eligibility criteria.

Domains

The registry has formulated new policies for the registration and administration of .in domain names. The goal is to make .in domain names easier to use, and a way of making the Internet available to more Indian citizens. These policies generally took effect on January 1, 2005.

Prices

Accredited registrars are free to set whatever retail prices they wish.

Available names

Unlimited registrations are available in the following zones. Registration is available free to all parties worldwide, and there are no nexus or other qualifications: *

(available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organizations in India) * .co.in (originally for banks, registered companies, and trademarks) * .firm.in (originally for shops, partnerships, liaison offices, sole proprietorships) * .net.in (originally for Internet service providers) * .org.in (originally for non-profit organisations) * .gen.in (originally for general/miscellaneous use) * .ind.in (originally for individuals, companies) Six zones are reserved for use by qualified institutions in India: * .ac.in (Academic institutions) * .edu.in (Educational institutions) * .res.in (Indian research institutes) * .ernet.in (Older, for both educational and research institutes) * .gov.in (Indian government) * .mil.in (Indian military)

Internationalised domain names and country codes

India plans to introduce internationalised domain names, that is domain names in 22 local languages used in India. These internationalised domain names will be used together with seven new top domains for India. These top domains are: *

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.in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for  India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered b ...

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Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

), became available on 27 Aug 2014 with the following zones: The rest are also available (Seven scripts were previously launched in 2014): *

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.in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for  India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered b ...

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.in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered by ...

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Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the ...

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.in (india) is the Internet  country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original  generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered ...

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.in (india) is the  Internet  country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for  India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original  generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administer ...

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.in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered by ...

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.in (india) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com,  .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered by ...

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Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

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References

External links

IN Registry
Official Site
Official List of Accredited Registrars

.IN Domain Accredited Registrars

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