| Introduced | 1989 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | INRegistry |
| Sponsor | National Internet Exchange of India |
| Intended use | Entities connected with India |
| Actual use | Was traditionally not very popular as Indians preferred generic TLDs such as .com; liberalization of registration rules in 2005 led to a great increase in registrations (though some are by foreigners) |
| Registration restrictions | No restrictions on who can register second-level domains or most third-level domains; restrictions under some specialized subdomains |
| Structure | May register at second level or at third level beneath generic-category 2nd level domains |
| Documents | Policies |
| Dispute policies | .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP) |
| Website | registry.in |
| DNSSEC | yes |
.in is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. The domain is operated by INRegistry under the authority of NIXI, the National Internet Exchange of India. INRegistry was appointed by the government of India.
As of 2005[update], liberalised policies for the .in domain allow unlimited second-level registrations under .in. Unlimited registrations under the previously structured existing zones are also allowed:
Six zones are reserved for use by qualified organizations in India:
Before the more liberal policies for the .in domain, only 7000 names had been registered between 1992 and 2004. By the end of 2006, that number had increased to over 200,000, with names registered by web users in over 150 countries. Roughly 80% of the registrants are from India, Germany, and the United States. This domain is popular for domain hacks.
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.
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India plans to introduce internationalized domain names, that is domain names in 22 local languages used in India. They are planned to be introduced in mid-2012.[1]
These internationalized domain names will be used together with seven new top domains for India.[2]
These top domains are: