‘Government of India made blocks for safety of 320 mobile app users’

So far, 320 mobile apps have been blocked in the country to give users safe, reliable and accountable internet. Action has been taken under Information Technology (IT) Act. This information was given by the Central Government in Parliament on Wednesday. Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha that these mobile applications have been blocked in view of the sovereignty, integrity, defense and security of the country. He said that 49 apps were re -blocked in February. These were the apps that were rebuilt after rebrapping.

The minister said that the government has so far blocked 320 mobile applications under Section 69A of Information Technology (IT) Act 2000 to ensure safe, reliable and accountable internet for users. In response to another question, he said that during April 2000 to December 2021, the country has received a foreign direct investment (FDI) of only $ 2.45 billion (about Rs 18,701 crore) from China.

Som Prakash said that China is ranked 20th in the total FDI equity flow in the country during April 2000 to December 2021. Its share with $ 2.45 billion is only 0.43 per cent. In a separate reply, the minister said that according to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Ministry of Home Affairs, he has received proposals for industrial investment of about Rs 50,000 crore.

Significantly, Indian users spend a lot of time on mobile. A large part of it is app. In the year 2021, Indian smartphone users have spent about 4.7 hours daily on mobile phones, whose information has been given in the report of mobile app analytics platform app Annie. India has also finished second in the list of 20 top mobile markets in terms of apps download. Finance apps are quite popular in India, which have received more than 1 billion downloads.

The report states that in the year 2021, smartphone users in India spent about 4.7 hours daily on their device, which was 4.5 hours per day in 2020 and in 2019 it was up to 3.7 hours. However, in this list, smartphone users from Brazil, Indonesia and South Korea came out of India. According to the report, people of these countries have taken 5 or more hours daily on their mobile phone.