India Draft Encryption Policy Doc lays out horrendous requirements

http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/draft%20Encryption%20Policyv1.pdf

        Users / Organizations within B group (i.e. B2B Sector)
        may use Encryption for storage and communication. Encryption
        algorithms and key sizes shall be prescribed by the Government
        through Notifications from time to time. On demand, the user
        shall be able to reproduce the same Plain text and encrypted
        text pairs using the software / hardware used to produce the
        encrypted text from the given plain text. Such plain text
        information shall be stored by the user/organisation/agency for
        90 days from the date of transaction and made available to Law
        Enforcement Agencies as and when demanded in line with the
        provisions of the laws of the country.

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