Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that he has switched his official email to Zoho Mail, marking a significant step in the government’s shift toward using indigenous digital platforms. Shah made the announcement on X, sharing his new email address and requesting that all future correspondence be directed there. Following Union IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Shah is the most senior government functionary so far to adopt Zoho’s services for official communication.
The move follows an earlier directive from the Ministry of Education, issued on October 3, requiring officials to stop using US-based platforms such as Microsoft Office and Google Workspace and instead use Zoho’s suite of tools, including Zoho Writer, Sheet