Continuing its crackdown on Chinese apps, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) today initiated the process to ban and block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with Chinese links. Chinese App Ban: Indian government ban 138 betting apps, 94 loan apps.
The communication was issued to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) by the Union Home Ministry, according to News18.com. Six months ago, the Union Home Ministry had started the analysis of 28 Chinese loan lending apps.
However, it was discovered that that 94 apps are available on e-stores and that others are working through third-party links. According to News18, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, alongwith central intelligence agencies had asked the Home Ministry to take action against such apps.
According to the report, several apps are now not available to download on smartphones but the betting apps and games are being downloaded through independent links or websites and even can be played online directly. Some of these also accept cryptocurrencies as payment.
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The advisory issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) stated that since betting and gambling is illegal in most parts of the country, advertisements of these betting platforms as well as their surrogates are also illegal under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 2019, Cable TV Network Regulation Act 1995 and the IT Rules, 2021.
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