India Bans Chinese Apps, Launches ‘Mission Karmayogi’

In the month of June Indian Government invoked its power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act banning 59 Chinese applications and now has stepped up taking the same stringent action against 118 more apps including PUBG Mobile, PUBG Mobile Lite, WeChat Work and more.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology took the action after receiving many complaints from various sources about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India. The compilation of these data is a threat to national security and defence of India, which affects the sovereignty and integrity of India.

Government Blocks 118 Mobile Apps Which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order.

Press Release issued by @GoI_MeitY regarding blocking of 118 mobile apps https://t.co/VyahsHR5f0

— Ministry of Electronics & IT (@GoI_MeitY) September 2, 2020

Apart from this, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved ‘Mission Karmayogi’ for Civil Servants to enhance their capacity in meeting the challenges of society.

According to the new scheme, there will be reform in the training curriculum of the civil servants which will focus on making them more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, transparent and technology-enabled.

The ‘Mission Karmayogi’ seeks to transform Human Resource Management from ‘rules-based’ to ‘roles-based’ and focuses on E-learning.

The iGOT platform will enable the transition to a role-based HR management & continuous learning. Mission Karmayogi aims to prepare Civil Servants for the future by making them more creative, constructive & innovative through transparency and technology. #CivilService4NewIndia pic.twitter.com/NxGBcAxUGo

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 2, 2020