Why has India banned PUBG? Salvo against the controversial game explained

PUBG Mobile has been in troubled waters for a long time in India. controversial game has been crux for many instances where people have shown a dramatic obsession with game. However, with central decision to ban game along with 118 or Chinese applications amid ongoing tension between China and India, fans have been wishing to kw why extreme step to ban game altoger was taken by government. 

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Why is PUBG banned in India?

PUBG has been axed from India only because of its connections to China. IT Ministry has come forward and stated that banned apps 'are engd in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India'.  Chinese applications around world, especially in India and USA have been under a lot of fire for being secret data leakers to communist regime. Though re have been instances where PUBG Mobile has been alleged of leaking data from or countries to China, its relation to country has resulted in game getting banned from country altoger.

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ministry has deemed this act of collecting data and sending it to China 'hostile to national security and defence of India'. On or hand, move of banning Chinese apps has come just a day after Indian government came forward and accused Chinese troops of taking provocative action in Ladakh. A similar step was taken by Chinese troops back on August 31 at Sourn bank of Ladakh's Pangong Lake. 

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While PUBG mobile gaming community has brought about a renaissance of professional video gaming in India, which was t in trend before, game has been also criticised on grounds of multiple accusations. re have been several instances game has been seen in controversial light in India. For eg. Rajkot and Ahemdabad had temporarily banned application as it was a big distraction for students. Whereas, schools in Bengaluru had also warned parents about addictive nature of game. 

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