Re:Gmail banned in Indian government offices
by denzil_correa on Saturday February 28, 2015 @02:07PM
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Oh no, not again. The amount of times this news has been circulated over the last 1-year is amazing.
August 30, 2013 : Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communication [0]
October 29, 2013 : Govt. mulls ban of official usage of Gmail, Yahoo [1]
March 27, 2014 : Centre asks for ban on Gmail, Yahoo and Facebook sites in government offices [2]
September 12, 2014 : Email services like Gmail and Yahoo! may be banned for government's official use [3]
I looked around for an official notification but could not find any. Usually, it is the DeitY (Department of Electronics & Information Technology) that issues such notifications and the latest one still makes NIC mails a "preferable" option over a mandatory ones [4].
August 30, 2013 : Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communication [0]
October 29, 2013 : Govt. mulls ban of official usage of Gmail, Yahoo [1]
March 27, 2014 : Centre asks for ban on Gmail, Yahoo and Facebook sites in government offices [2]
September 12, 2014 : Email services like Gmail and Yahoo! may be banned for government's official use [3]
I looked around for an official notification but could not find any. Usually, it is the DeitY (Department of Electronics & Information Technology) that issues such notifications and the latest one still makes NIC mails a "preferable" option over a mandatory ones [4].
[0] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/C...
[1] http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-mulls-ban-of-offi...
[2] http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/centre-ban-yahoo-gmail-so...
[3] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-12/news...
[4] http://dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/2014%2012%2008%20Posti...