Overview

• The Home Minister announced a new Zoho address, [email protected], for party-related correspondence, while [email protected] remains his official government email.
• An Education Ministry circular, signed by Under Secretary Nishant Upadhyaya, makes Zoho Office Suite mandatory for document workflows with integration to NIC mail and support from the CMIS/NIC division.
• IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier endorsed and migrated to Zoho, and BJP leaders including Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and former CMs Raman Singh and N. Biren Singh have followed.
• Security experts highlight the need for independent vetting, transparent procurement, and SLA-backed reliability, citing past Zoho vulnerabilities and ongoing concerns about NIC uptime.
• Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu thanked officials for their support, and the company said it is accelerating end-to-end encryption for its Arattai chat app by disabling cloud storage to keep messages on devices.