Is PUBG mobile lite banned in India? Know all about the battle royale game & its origins

government on September 2 banned ar 118 Chinese mobile applications that are engd in activities that are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order". PUBG mobile lite is one among m. It is a lighter format of PUBG mobile. PUBG lite was created after  overwhelming growth of PUBG mobile so that app is compatible with devices that have less RAM; it also features a smaller map with only 60 players to provide same experience as PUBG mobile and faster gameplay.

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PUBG mobile lite banned in India

PUBG mobile lite is among latest list of banned apps in India. A new order for ban of 118 more applications in India was issued by Ministry of Electronics and Information Techlogy. This increases  total number of banned Chinese applications to 224, following first 58 applications banned on 29th June 2020.

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Why is PUBG mobile lite banned in India?

PUBG lite is amongst 118 more applications banned by India. According to Union Government se applications were 'active in activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity, and security of state'. A huge number of complaints were filed in Ministry of Electronics and Information Techlogy about abuse of se applications for stealing and secretly and transferring users' data in an uncertified way to servers based outside of country.

mining, compiling and profiling of data by hostile elements has been recorded with huge apprehension towards national security. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, MHA has sent in an urgent request to block se malevolent applications. se applications have been banned on both mobile and n-mobile internet-enabled devices. Centre assured that ban will safeguard interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users.

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Origins of PUBG lite

PUBG lite is developed by Lightspeed and Quantum. Lightspeed and Quantum is an international division created by Tencent Games. Tencent Games is a game development company of Chinese origins and is responsible for distributing games like PUBG mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, League of Legends, Crossfire, and more. PUBG mobile is partly Chinese and partly Korean. Blue Hole is South Korean company that created and mans game while Tencent, Chinese counterpart is responsible for marketing and distributing game.

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Im source: PUBG mobile lite twitter handle