Nearly a month after banning 59 Chinese apps, the Indian government has prohibited the operation of 47 more Chinese apps in the
country. The list of the concerned mobile applications will be published soon.
According to an official the latest apps to be banned were found to be cloning the previously banned apps. The development
comes days after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) directed the 59 banned apps to strictly adhere to the orders or face serious action in case of violation.
The Ministry has written to all the companies concerned and said that making the apps available, directly or indirectly, would violate IT Act and other laws. On
June 29 the government had last month banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat and UC Browser and Xiaomi's Mi
Community over national security concerns amid the border tussle in Ladakh which led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley clash with Chinese PLA troops.
The Government is also closely Scrutinizing PubG and AliExpress(Alibaba).
"These measures have been undertaken since there is credible information that these apps are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order," MeitY's stated.
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