Another set of 47 Chinese apps are banned in India.

The Information and Technology Ministry banned 47 apps on July 24, which are clones or variants of Chinese-linked 59 apps banned earlier in June.

The Information and Technology Ministry banned 47 apps on July 24, which are clones or variants of Chinese-linked 59 apps banned earlier in June.The new list of 47 banned apps would be released soon and is likely to include alternatives or lite versions of the apps previously banned in the country on June 29. Some of them include TikTok Lite, Helo Lite, ShareIt Lite, Bigo Lite, and VFY Lite, all of which are reportedly unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, those apps operated via such lite versions, despite the ban.

Sources in the ministry also told The Indian Express that the problem was with the operational ethics of certain apps. 'Operational ethics' refers to data going back to the Chinese government. The Indian government also warned of serious action in case of any violation.

After the new ban on 47 apps, the total number of mobile applications banned for being prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, and defense of the country rose to 106.