Ban on Chinese apps is a great opportunity for ‘Made in India’ apps: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The ban on Chinese apps is a great opportunity to build and promote ‘Made in India’ apps which will be in line with government’s Clarion Call of Atma Nirbhar Bharat, said Union minister for Electronics and IT, law and justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday. “Emergency power has been exercised and the legal process has been followed,” he said while reasoning on the app ban. Prasad added that the dependence on these ‘foreign apps with their own agenda for a variety of reasons’ must stop. Prasad added that it was remarkable how the indigenous app economy had risen in the last few days following the ban on Chinese apps.

“I think it’s a great opportunity, can we come with good apps made by Indians (to create), atmanirbhar Bharat. I think there is a tremendous intellectual capability and technological imaginative faculty in India to do so,” he added. Prasad was speaking at an event commemorating five years of Digital India. The minister asked the industry to encourage start-ups and young talent to build good apps and said that he is confident that India will emerge as a big center of Make in India apps.