New Delhi: The central government has urged major e-commerce platforms to voluntarily join the Sahyog portal, an initiative operated by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The portal is designed to streamline coordination between government agencies and digital platforms on unlawful online content.
According to reports, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce, sent a communication dated 4 August to e-commerce companies, including Amazon, Flipkart and Myntra, encouraging them to register on the portal. I4C had earlier made a similar outreach on 29 July.
Launched in 2024, the Sahyog portal enables designated government agencies to swiftly issue notices under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act.
This section empowers the government to direct IT intermediaries to remove unlawful content. The platform brings both agencies and intermediaries onto a single interface to facilitate timely enforcement actions.
 In its submissions before the Karnataka High Court, the government revealed that 38 intermediaries, including Google, Microsoft, Telegram and Amazon Web Services (AWS), have already been integrated into the Sahyog portal.
As integration progresses, Meta is reportedly testing API-based onboarding, while over 45 cryptocurrency exchanges have already joined the platform.
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