The government has migrated around 12.68 lakh official email accounts of various ministries and departments to Zoho, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) informed the Lok Sabha.

Of these, 7.45 lakh accounts belong to Central government employees. This represents only a fraction of the total Central government workforce, which stands at 50.14 lakh employees.

The migration has been carried out through the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which continues to remain the mandated provider of official email services for all government ministries and departments.

According to MeitY, the government’s contract with Zoho ensures that all data and intellectual property generated during the engagement remains owned by the government. The agreement also includes provisions

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