How to Register .IN Domain

With the advent of the New Internet Domain Name Policy in India, a brigade of eager individuals, companies, organizations, etc., are keen for the registration of .IN domain names for their websites. The authority to grant registration of .IN domain names in India has been vested upon the .IN Registry which operates under NIXI, the National Internet Exchange of India. In between the existence of a number of Top Level Domains in the Internet industry, .IN is India's unique Top Level Domain, and can be associated with various organizations, educational establishments, governmental offices, and so on. As in any other Top Level Domain, such as .COM, .ORG, etc, .IN can also be used for e-mail, websites, and other applications. Yet, in spite of the similarity between them, .IN is unlike any of them, as it symbolises the role of India in the international circuit.

Unlimited domain registration in the following zones, subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria, has been thrown open to the public via certain accredited registrars :.in, co.in, net.in, org.in, firm.in, gen.in, ind.in.

However, the zones such as ac.in (Academic), res.in (Research), gov.in (Government), mil.in (Military) have been reserved for use by authorised organizations in India.

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