54 Chinese apps banned in India including Garena Free Fire, AppLock! Check full list of banned apps here

The Government of India has banned 54 Chinese apps including Garena Free Fire. You can check the full list of banned apps here.

Check list of 54 Chinese apps banned in India that includes Garena Free Fire. (Pixabay)

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.

54 Chinese apps blocked in India: Check full list below-

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