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 fo

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]. [0] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Cyberspying-Government-may-ban-Gmail-for-official-communication/articleshow/22156529.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/C... [1] http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-mulls-ban-of-official-usage-of-gmail-yahoo/article5284904.ece http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-mulls-ban-of-offi... [2] http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/centre-ban-yahoo-gmail-social-networking-sites-k-n-govindacharya/1/351399.html http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/centre-ban-yahoo-gmail-so... [3] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-12/news/53851235_1_sensitive-government-data-government-communication-government-offices http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-12/news... [4] http://dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/2014%2012%2008%20Posting%20Information%20on%20Social%20Media.pdf http://dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/2014%2012%2008%20Posti...