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"Almost all the government ministries, departments, subordinate offices and government funded autonomous organizations have their websites on the Internet created by the NIC (National Informatics Centre, India), (http://www.nic.in). The spheres of activity, plans and programmes of different ministries and departments are made public through their website."^[2]

All the information that is hosted at www.nic.in is under public domain unless stated specifically to be copyrighted like http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/NewPfr06/index2.htm

The copyright rule for government of India websites state http://nicsu.up.nic.in/guidelines.pdf

"Material featured on this site may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source must be prominently acknowledged.

However, the permission to reproduce this material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned."

In India, copyright will expire after a period of sixty years from the day of copywriting. This is same for all classified information that will be released to the public after 60 years.