---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." Date: Mon, April 6, 2015 8:04 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Government uses e-mail as a major mode of communication. These communications include Government of India (GoI) data that travel as part of mail transactions between users located both within the country and outside. The Government of India has recently approved the E-mail policy which lays down the guidelines with respect to use of e-mail services. The Implementing Agency (IA) for the GoI e-mail service shall be National Informatics Centre (NIC), under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The objective of this policy is to ensure secure access and usage of Government of India e-mail services by its users. All services under e-mail are offered free of cost to all officials under Ministries / Departments / Statutory Bodies / Autonomous bodies of both Central and State/UT Governments. Any other policies, guidelines or instructions on e-mail previously issued shall be superseded by this policy. The full policy document URL is given below for your reference: http://deity.gov.in/content/email-policy