It's not a negative thing that Google doesn't consider .in an "international ccTLD", because, as I said, it means it's strong in its home country and people appreciate it as their own ccTLD (like it happens with all major ccTLDs). However, there's a small group of countries that, for various reasons, found that it would be financially much more convenient for them if their ccTLDs were released to the world rather than being used as their national extension. For these TLDs (the ones I mentioned above), Google makes an exception by allowing owners to set geotargeting.
While .in registration is open to anyone and many have tried to brand it as "INternet" or "INformation", its main (and real) meaning is by far the most important one and I like this very much.