Chinese apps ban will give opportunity to Indian tech: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The ban on Chinese apps will give a great opportunity to Indian technocrats to develop Indian mobile applications, which will be in line with the government’s Clarion Call of Atma Nirbhar Bharat, Union minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event commemorating five years of Digital India, the Minister asked the IT industry to encourage start-ups and young talent to build good apps which can be an alternative to Chinese apps.

The Minister was speaking the first time after the government’s decision on banning 59 Chinese apps on the charges that threaten to national security and privacy concerns.