Guwahati, July 4 -- The Assam Forest department's online e-auction platform for minor minerals has come under scrutiny after allegations that it is hosted on a privately managed domain instead of the Government of India's authorised infrastructure, raising concerns over cybersecurity, data sovereignty and compliance with official guidelines.

The website, assamforestonline.in, is used for conducting e-auctions related to minor minerals under the Assam Forest department. However, domain registration records indicate that the website is registered under the .in domain and is managed through GoDaddy, an American domain registrar and hosting service provider.

According to publicly available domain registration details, the domain was registe...