The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is holding discussions with telecom service providers, device manufacturers, and other stakeholders so that they quickly upgrade their networks and machines to internet protocol version 6, or IPv6. Once this is done, it will be easier to block internet services specifically to target security and law and order concerns.

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At present, such concerns are addressed by imposing a blanket blank for an entire district or taluka. This has been criticised as it leads to huge losses, especially for e-commerce businesses. According to a 2018 study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, there has been 16,000 hours of internet shutdowns in the country over the past five years, leading to a loss of about $3 billion (or Rs 209 billion at current exchange rates.)