Making a push for an indigenous web browser, the Union Government on Thursday (March 20, 2025) awarded the Tenkasi-based Zoho Corporation with a ₹1 crore prize for a web browser development challenge. A key condition for the browser, though, has highlighted the principal motivation for the project: the browser, Ulaa, must trust India’s so-called root certifying authority.
This is also meant to be contingency planning, to ensure that if India’s access to the global Internet is ever cut off, due to some unforeseen security scenario, it will still be possible to have a completely operational browser within the country.