Chinese app ban: PM urges start-ups to create 'Atmanirbhar' App ecosystem

He said the app innovation challenge is for those who have such a working product or if they feel they have the vision and expertise to create such products

Days after the government banned 59 Chinese apps, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited the start-up and tech community to participate in the "Atmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge".

In a tweet, Electronics and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the prime minister has launched the challenge to encourage Indian application developers and innovators.

Prime Minister Modi also said that it will help create an "Atmanirbhar App Ecosystem". "Who knows, I may also use some of these apps made by you," he said in a write-up on LinkedIn.

Today there is immense enthusiasm among the tech and start-up community to