NEW DELHI: The Department of Information Technology and Electronics ( DeitY ) will be launching Hindi language domain names this Independence Day that could boost Internet governance and access in rural and remote areas.The PMO Website (pmindia.nic.in) can be accessed using Devanagari characters (Pradhanmantri.Bharat) as the government will be enabling International Domain Names (IDNs) representation in Hindi language.“It is proposed to launch .Bharat written in Devanagari script on India’s Independence Day to be celebrated on August 15, 2014,” National Internet Exchange of India ( NIXI ) chief executive Govind told ET.The policy framework for the implementation of .Bharat country code top level domain (ccTLD) has already been completed in collaboration with various government agencies such as the NIXI and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).“Internet is a global resource and has a key role in socio-economic development of a country. Native languages play a critical role. The initiative will enable nearly half-a-billion Hindi speaking people in the country,” said Govind.The initiative will facilitate those having Hindi as their first language and cannot access Internet using English characters. The government further plans to introduce other local languages such as Bengali, Punjabi, Gujrati, Tamil and Urdu.Govind feels that local language content is crucial for the better proliferation of Internet and this feature is expected to enhance its relevance in rural, remote and far-flung areas, further bridging the digital divide.Sarkar.Bharat and Shiksha.Bharat have been reserved for government and educational institutions while the Union Territories and states have been asked to register their respective names under the .Bharat domain name.The .IN Registry, a nodal agency of NIXI, is also approaching government departments, public sector undertakings and business organizations to progressively adopt .Bharat domain name for Internet engagement.