Domain Name Registration India Policies

General policies as formulated by .IN Registry are listed below.
AVAILABLE NAMES
Unlimited registrations are available to all parties worldwide without any qualifications in the following zones:

• .in (India)
• co.in (Company)
• net.in (Network)
• org.in (Organization)
• firm.in (Firm)
• gen.in (General)
• ind.in (Individuals)

The following zones are reserved for use by qualified organizations in India.

• ac.in (Academic)
• res.in (Indian research institutes)
• gov.in (Indian government)
• mil.in (Indian military)

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GENERAL REGISTRATION POLICIES

• Term: domain names may be registered for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 5 years.
  
  
• Auto-renewal: At the expiry of the registered term domain name registration can be renewed.
  
  
• Domain length: Indian domain names may be between 3 and 63 characters in length.
  
  
• Allowable characters: Domain names can only contain the letters a-z, numbers 0-9 or the hyphen ( - ) character. Names cannot begin or end with hyphens. No spaces or special characters are allowed in between.
  
  
• Contact information: Registrants must provide true, accurate contact information. The following contact types are required: Registrant, Administrative, Technical, Billing. As per standing policy, the contact data will displayed in the .IN WHOIS, except for the Billing contact data, which is not displayed.
  
  
• Transfers: For names in the unrestricted zones mentioned above, registrants are allowed to transfer their domains to the registrar of their choice. Registrants should contact their registrar of choice to learn about transfer procedures. Registrar-to-registrar transfers are not allowed in the 60 days following the creation of a domain name. A registrar-to-registrar transfer adds one year to the term of the domain name, charged to the gaining registrar. Registrars may therefore charge the registrant for the domain year.
  
  
• Grace periods: certain grace periods exist to allow for the cancellation of transactions by registrars within certain time periods. Please contact your registrar for details.
  
  
• Nameservers: to register a Indian domain, the registrant does not need to provide nameservers. In order to appear in the zone file and resolve on the Internet, at least one (1) valid nameserver must be associated with the domain name. The use of at least two valid nameservers is highly recommended.
  
  
• Internationalized domain names (IDNs): The registry plans to accept IDN registrations in the future, including IDN registrations in Hindi, Tamil, and other Indian languages. Until further announcements, no applications for domain names in internationalized script (including diacritical marks) shall be accepted. Domains with hyphens in the third and fourth positions will be rejected.
  
  
• The registry has the authority to deny or suspend a registration if it conflicts with the sovereign national interest or public order.
  
  
• The Registry Operator reserves the right the adjust the allocated bandwidth and connections alloted to the registrars.

RESERVED NAMES
Though there are no restrictions pertaining to Indian registration, however, the government has reserved a list of names for government and registry use. To save a lengthy registration procedure make sure that the name you choose is not present in this list.

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