India Government Bans 54 Chinese Apps Including Free Fire

The Indian government has banned 54 Chinese apps in the country, highlighting that these apps are a ‘threat to India’s security. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has released a list of apps that are banned.

One of the biggest names on the list is “Garena Free Fire- Illuminate.” It is the most popular game alternative to PUBG Mobile.

Apart from Free Fire, the list of banned apps mostly include clones of apps that are already banned in 2020. A few of the apps that were earlier banned had re-launched and re-branded in India.

These 54 Chinese Apps Are Banned in India

With this new list of banned apps, now the total apps are around 324 banned by the Indian government.

There are a few photo editing, editing, app cloning, and games apps. After PUBG Mobile was banned in the country, Garena Free Fire grew a lot in a short time in the gaming industry.

Garena Free Fine game is not available on both Play Store and App Store. However, illuminate version is removed earlier, but the Max version is still there on Play Store. It is said that Google might take it down very soon.

Here is the Full List of 54 Banned Apps:

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

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has ordered Google and Apple to block access to these apps. This ban is imposed under the provisions of Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

However, this is not the first time the Indian government has banned Chinese apps. Earlier, in June 2020, the IT ministry banned 59 apps including TikTok, Shareit, and others.