Comments from the Government of India

[Fabien Betremieux <fabien.betremieux@xxxxxxxxx>]

These comments are submitted on behalf of: T.Santhosh, Scientist 'E' / 
Additional Director, Ministry of Electronics  and Information Technology, 
Government of India.

The comments from India are as below:


a)       Registry requesting Country and Territory Names at all-levels of 
domains in new gTLDs/IDN new gTLDs should requisite relevant Government or 
public authority.

b)       India should continue to be the part of Category R . Category R is 
comprised of countries/territories that are required to be notified of all 
requests (R)

c)       Application Guide book should be amended to stop the abuse of 
“Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names” at all levels.

d)       Following safety measures may be included to avoid abuse of country 
and territory names where domain name have strings at any level, representing 
Geo-graphic Names, Country and Territory Names :

                     i.            Identical or confusingly similar to 
Geographic Names, Country and Territory Names or its acronym.

                   ii.            Domains used for Cyber Squatting.

Warm Regards

T.Santhosh
Scientist 'E' / Additional Director
Ministry of Electronics  and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex,
New Delhi - 110003 (India)