Battlegrounds Mobile India, a Chinese game app, has been recommended to be blocked by an NGO.
It was reintroduced as Battlegrounds Mobile India after ten months (BGMI).
The largest Chinese app that was relaunched and rebranded with the same features was BGMI.
Ban on BGMI-PUBG? The Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) app has been requested to be blocked by the government in accordance with Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, according to a non-profit organisation.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) have both received correspondence from Prahar the NGO over this.
PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG), a popular battle royale game, was outlawed in 2020 as part of a broader ban on Chinese apps.
PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds India (BGMI), a variant of PUBG for India, is distributed by South Korean game developer firm Krafton.