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Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software for Government of India
http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/policy_on_adoption_of_oss.pdf
"The Indian government announced a policy yesterday that makes it mandatory to use open-source software in building apps and services, in an effort to 'ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs.'" http://thenextweb.com/in/2015/03/30/india-wants-to-use-more-open-source-software-to-build-e-governance-apps/
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India seems to be going further than most in mandating open source rather than simply preferring it. Others are heading in that direction too, though. I was heartened to discover that the government in my homeland has specified both a preference for open source, and that open standards must be followed and all new source code made open - see https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/digital-by-default. Many other governments have created similar stipulations - Mexico, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina, for instance.