The Government of India has ordered to ban 230+ Chinese apps to ban which include majority of of betting and loan lending apps. Government said "These apps collect a lot of user's data and hence is a threat to user's privacy" so these should be banned on an urgent basis. The action was initiated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on the recommendation of Ministry of Home Affairs.
Reports confirm that the Government began an analysis of 250+ Chinese apps around six months ago. It was stated that these apps could have accessed the 'Personal Information' of an Indian User. The action was taken into play after confirming that these Chinese apps attract 'Section 69' of the 'IT Act' as they contain material, which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.
'Final Report' also stated that the action behind the move was on many complaints of extortion and harassment of individuals who had availed small amount of loans through the mobile apps that are being run by those entities and persons. It further stated that these apps are the brainchild of Chinese nationals who hired Indians and made them directors in the operation,
Desperate people are lured into taking on a loan and then jacked up the interest by up to 3000% annually. One's who were unable to repay the the interest or the loan itself were harassed. Majority of other Chinese apps and games were also banned with these loan and betting apps by the Central
These are the list of apps banned by the Government of India:
The 50 apps and games listed below were accused of collecting user's data and hence putting the user's privacy at risk. For more information, you can check other sources
1. Garena Free Fire Illuminate
2. Beauty Camera Selfie Camera
3. Lica Cam selfie camera app
4. Music Player- Music.Mp3 Player
5. Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
6. Music Plus MP3 Player
7. Equalizer Pro Volume Booster & Bass Booster
8. Viva Video Editor Snack Video Maker with Music
9. Music Player Equalizer & MP3
10. Volume Booster Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
11. Music Player MP3 Player
12. CamCard for SalesForce Ent
13. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
14. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
15. APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
16. Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
17. Video Player Media All Format
18. Nice video baidu
19. Tencent Xriver
20. Onmyoji Chess
21. Onmyoji Arena
22. AppLock
23. Dual Space Lite Multiple Accounts & Clone App
24. Dual Space Pro Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
25. DualSpace Lite 32Bit Support
26. Dual Space 32Bit Support
27. Dual Space 64Bit Support
28. Dual Space Pro 32Bit Support
29. Conquer Online MMORPG Game
30. Conquer Online Il
31. Live Weather & Radar Alerts
32. Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
33. MP3 Cutter Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
34. Equalizer & Bass Booster Music Volume EQ
35. Barcode Scanner QR Code Scan
36. Equalizer Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer
37. EVE Echoes
38. Astracraft
39. UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping
40. Extraordinary Ones
41. Badlanders
42. Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
43. Twilight Pioneers
44. CuteU: Match With The World
45. Small World-Enjoy groupchat and video chat
46. CuteU Pro
47. FancvU Video Chat & Meetup
48. Real: Go Live. Make Friends
49. MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
50. Real Lite -video to live