Last month, India banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser after tension between both nations at the border.

The countrys government is now inspecting to ban 275 more China-originated apps including popular battle royale game PlayerUnknowns BattleGround (PUBG)and ByteDances music app Resso.

According to a report from the Economic Times, government officials have created a list of 275 apps that might be violating security measures and user privacy. Apart from PUBG and Resso, the list includes ecommerce app AliExpress from Alibaba and photo-sharing app ULike.

India moved to ban 59 Chinese apps after more than 20 of its soldiers were killed in a skirmish at the border with the neighboring country.

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ETs report also notes that the government is planning to formalize the process of banning apps that pose a threat to national and user security. A set of ministries will form a law or a procedure to address such concerns in the future.

An official from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told ET that officials will follow a due process:

There is a process involved, there is a committee in place for such ban orders. If there is such an order, then MeitY will act

However, its worth noting that Indias Personal Data Protection (PDP) bill is still in the draft and discussion stage. So theres no formal process to acting on apps that might violate user privacy.

China-basedapps have found great success in Indias vast internet userbase. Before its ban, TikTok had more than 200 million users in the country, while PUBG has garnered more than 50 million players in the country

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