RTI confirms Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has banned BGMI as per the requests made by MHA.
After banning several Chinese apps, including PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, the Indian Government removed Battlegrounds Mobile India, popularly known as BGMI according to statements made by RTI. A Twitter user named GodYamarajOP has filed an RTI with Meity regarding the removal of BGMI from the app stores and he has got a reply from the authorities stating that Meity has blocked BGMI under section 69A of the IT Act 2000, following the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA’s) request.
BGMI is the rebranded version of PUBG Mobile which was released by Krafton exclusively for the Indian region. As per the Government’s order, the game was removed from Google Play Store and App Store on 28 July. Following its removal, Krafton was said to have communicated with the concerned authorities to resolve the issue but the results were not made official.
The latest RTI response confirms that BGMI was officially banned by MeitY as per the requests made by MHA.
The Twitter user filed an RTI on 1 September requesting the reason behind BGMI’s removal from the app stores and he also asked whether Krafton attended any meetings with the government regarding the game’s removal. He further requested the meeting’s final outcome and minutes of the meeting.
