Mobile internet services and bulk SMS were blocked in Rohtak on 5th June, 2016 to curb the use of social media from instigating violence in the Jat agitation, along with the prolonged shut down in Sonipat.

Mobile internet services were blocked in Sonipat, Haryana on 4th June, 2016 until further notice to prevent spread of misinformation prior to the agitation organized by the Jat community on 5th June, 2016

In Azamgarh, local administration resorted to suspension of mobile & broadband services from 16th May, 2016 to 18th May, 2016 as a precautionary measure to check the outbreak of riots due to communal tension in the area.

Pursuant to the Patel reservation agitation, mobile internet sevices were suspended in various parts of Gujarat on 17th April, 2016 and restored on 19th April, 2016

Subsequent to the communal clashes in the town of Bokaro during the celebration of Ram Navami, internet services were cut off from 16th April, 2016 to 18th April, 2016 to prevent use of social media as a tool for spreading communal fear and hatred.

To check rumor mongering about an incident that led to death of 4 people in a firing by security forces, mobile internet services were suspended in the area on 14th April, 2016 and restored on 18th April, 2016.

Mobile internet services were suspended in various districts in Haryana as a prohibitory measure in light of the possible re-agitation of the Jat community for classification as Other Backward Classes (OBC) on 18th March, 2016 and restored on the same day

Mobile Internet services were suspended in the district of Mehasana on 28th February, 2016 for 12 hours from 8 am to 8 pm as the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) decided to continue with their women's conference despite being officially refused permission by the district Government.

Mobile Internet services were suspended for 4 hours to prevent cheating on the Revenue Accountants Recruitment Exam on 28th February, 2016

Due to the agitations of the Jat community for reservations as OBC, Internet services were shut down on 22nd February, 2016 and restored on the evening of 23rd February, 2016 in the Bharatpur district.