Most Popular Battleground Mobiles India The smartphone game has been banned in India as both Google and Apple have removed the BGMI game from their respective app stores. Having said that, if you already have the game installed on your smartphone you will be able to play the BGMI game until the government forces Crafton—the developer—to shut it down completely.
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The government has not officially commented on why the game is being banned in India. Although, Google India Officially Confirmed That they have received an order from the government to remove the BGMI game. “Upon receipt of the order, following the established procedure, we have notified the affected developer and blocked access to the app available on the Play Store in India,” Google India said.
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So, why is BGMI banned in India? Well, we haven’t been told a concrete reason yet, but government insiders along with media reports point to 3 specific reasons:
BGMI is just a renamed version of pubg mobile which is banned in India
PUBG Mobile was banned by the Government of India on September 2, 2020. Within ten months, Crafton relaunched the game as Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). BGMI is the largest of the Chinese apps that relaunched and rebranded with similar features and managed to circumvent scrutiny. BGMI claims that the government has resolved the problems that were with PUBG Mobile, but there are claims that nothing has changed and that PUBG Mobile in India has been renamed to BGMI.
Earlier in February 2022, Prahar, an NGO, urged the government to block the Chinese gaming app BGMI-PUBG and add it to the list of 54 Chinese apps banned on February 14, 2022, saying its omission in the list There is an “obvious omission” of the decision on the part of the government.
According to an IANS report, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has supported Prahar’s initiative and demanded a probe into the antecedents of BGMI-PUBG and the influence of China.
The incident where a child allegedly killed his mother over sports
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajiv Chandrashekhar pointed to media reports which claimed that a child killed his mother “under the influence of PUBG”. While PUBG Mobile is already banned in India, he highlighted in Rajya Sabha that banned apps appearing in new names are a matter of concern. He also said that such games have been sent to the home ministry for “examination”.
Betting, in-app purchases, and addicting kids
You must have read reports where children have spent millions on making in-app purchases in online games without informing their parents. While BGMI has already capped the purchase limit of Rs 7,000 in games, kids ‘stealing’ and spending money on online gaming is a matter of concern for parents these days. In addition, another issue that has come to the fore is that children have started placing bets among their friends on BGMI and how they perform in other sports. While the bets are mostly of small denominations, it cannot be ignored that school going children are getting addicted to betting.
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Parents have been complaining about PUBG Mobile and similar games for a long time that these mobile games are a huge distraction and children are getting addicted to such games, thereby affecting their studies and career. .
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