Google reveals the Indian government made a total of 4,750 requests to share web users details, only next to the U.S., which made 16,407 requests in 2012. According to Google, India is only second to the U.S. in terms of seeking users data. In 2012, India made an average of 13 requests a day to Google to share user details. The U.S. made 45 requests a day on an average. In total, India made 4,750 such requests to Google in 2012, only second to the U.S' total of 16,407 requests. With 3,239 requests, France stood third, while Germany's 3,083, UK's 2,883 and Brazil's 2,777 made it to the top five.

Overall, the total such requests rose by 20 percent in 2012 to 42,327. Requests from India also rose by about 20 percent in 2012 as compared to 3,946 in the previous year. It may be recalled India ranked second in Google's previous transparency report as well. Google's data revealed India had made 2,319 requests involving 3,467 users in the first six months of 2012.

According to reports, a Central Monitoring System (CMS) will be operational in a limited manner by April this year. The mechanism is aimed at helping the authorities in monitoring phone calls and Internet data in the country.