Focus on ‘Made in India’ now, says IT minister after govt bans 118 apps

India on Wednesday banned more than 100 mobile application, mostly Chinese, in the country. Speaking at a virtual forum, Information and technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited security and surveillance issues behind the reason for banning those apps. He also said that India is focussing on “Made In India” apps now, news agency PTI reported.

“Today we have also banned 118 more apps which were a problem for your security, surveillance…data,” Prasad said at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.

India is a country which sees the highest number of mobile application downloads and now the government has started focussing on ‘Made in India’ apps, news agency PTI reported the minister as saying.