IN Registry

IN is India’s Country Code Top Level domain (ccTLD). The Govt. of India delegated the operations of INRegistry to NIXI in 2004. The INRegistry operates and manages India’s .IN ccTLD.

              Contents[hide]
   1 History
   2 Domains
   3 Pricing Component
   4 Available names
       4.1 Internationalized domain names and country codes
   5 See also
   6 References
   7 External links
   8 Registrars

History

Most countries have their own Top Level Domain. 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 a legal status to the INRegistry. This announcement also mentioned the role of the National Informatics Centre (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.

The INRegistry ensure operational stability, security and reliability of the .in ccTLD. The INRegistry implements the policies of Department of electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India from time to time.

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 January 1, 2005. The INRegistry facilitates the registration of domain names through its accredited registrars spread all over world .

Pricing Component

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

Available names

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

   .in (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 organizations)
   .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 Logo for .भारत, launched on 27 Aug 2014

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:

   .भारत (Devanagari), became available on 27 Aug 2014 with the following zones:[1]

Devanagari string Transliterated string भारत .bharat कंपनी.भारत company.bharat विद्या.भारत vidya.bharat सरकार.भारत sarkar.bharat

The rest are yet not available (as of September 2014):

   .ভাৰত (Asamiya/Assamese)
   .ভারত (Bengali)
   .ਭਾਰਤ (Gurmukhī)
   .ભારત (Gujarati)
   .இந்தியா (Tamil)
   .భారత్ (Telugu)
   .بھارت (Urdu)