[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by drbiohealth

There is no country in the world where three extensions have coexisted at the same rank for long or even at any given time. I see no reason why India can be an exception. And if that is true all three (.com/co.in/.in) cannot survive together for very long. Let's see what happens. Killer thing would have been, had the Indian government promoted just one extension.

Yes, it would seem that they started off following the example of their former colonial masters, only later to release that the British hadn't got a clue what they were doing!