The government has banned as many as 54 Chinese apps citing security threat to India. The list of banned Chinese apps includes the very popular Garena Free Fire and AppLock. As per a statement by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), "MeitY received request for the blocking of 54 Chinese Apps from MHA under the emergency provision envisaged in Section 69(A) of the IT Act." As per the report shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) these Chinese apps are either the cloned version or having similar functionalities, privacy issue and security threats as was the case in the previously blocked 267 apps by the government in the year 2020.
It can be known that the Indian government initially blocked 59 apps on 29 June 2020 followed by 47 related/cloning apps on 10 August 2020, thereafter 118 apps were blocked on September 1, 2020 and later 43 apps were blocked on November 19, 2020.
As per the information these 54 apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collect sensitive user data. These collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in hostile country.
In addition there are other serious concerns as some of these apps can carry outEspionage and Surveillance activities via camera/mic, accessing fine location (GPS) and do malicious network activity similar to previously blocked apps. Therefore, MeitY has issued Interim directions for the blocking of 54 Chinese Apps in India.
| Serial No. | Chinese App Ban in India |
| 1 | AppLock |
| 2 | APUS Security HD (Pad Version) |
| 3 | Astracraft |
| 4 | Badlanders |
| 5 | Barcode Scanner - QR Code Scan |
| 6 | Beauty Camera - Selfie Camera |
| 7 | Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD |
| 8 | CamCard for SalesForce Ent |
| 9 | Conquer Online |
| 10 | Conquer Online - MMORPG Game |
| 11 | CuteU Pro |
| 12 | CuteU: Match With The World |
| 13 | Dual Space - 32Bit Support |
| 14 | Dual Space - 64Bit Support |
| 15 | Dual Space Lite - Multiple Accounts & Clone App |
| 16 | Dual Space Pro - 32Bit Support |
| 17 | Dual Space Pro - Multiple Accounts & App Cloner |
| 18 | DualSpace Lite - 32Bit Support |
| 19 | Equalizer - Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer |
| 20 | Equalizer & Bass Booster - Music Volume EQ |
| 21 | Equalizer Pro - Volume Booster & Bass Booster |
| 22 | EVE Echoes |
| 23 | Extraordinary Ones |
| 24 | FancyU - Video Chat & Meetup |
| 25 | FancyU pro - Instant Meetup through Video chat! |
| 26 | FunChat Meet People Around You |
| 27 | Garena Free Fire - Illuminate |
| 28 | Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite |
| 29 | Lica Cam - selfie camera app |
| 30 | Live Weather & Radar - Alerts |
| 31 | MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats |
| 32 | MP3 Cutter - Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter |
| 33 | Music Player - Equalizer & MP3 |
| 34 | Music Player - MP3 Player |
| 35 | Music Player - Music, MP3 Player |
| 36 | Music Plus - MP3 Player |
| 37 | Nice video baidu |
| 38 | Notes - Color Notepad, Notebook |
| 39 | Onmyoji Arena |
| 40 | Onmyoji Chess |
| 41 | Parallel Space Lite 32 Support |
| 42 | RealU Lite -video to live! |
| 43 | RealU: Go Live, Make Friends |
| 44 | Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade |
| 45 | SmallWorld-Enjoy groupchat and video chat |
| 46 | Stick Fight: The Game Mobile |
| 47 | Tencent Xriver |
| 48 | Twilight Pioneers |
| 49 | UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping |
| 50 | Video Player Media All Format |
| 51 | Viva Video Editor - Snack Video Maker with Music |
| 52 | Voice Recorder & Voice Changer |
| 53 | Volume Booster - Loud Speaker & Sound Booster |
| 54 | Wink: Connect Now |
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