Today we are overly dependent on China in a lot of sectors. There are a lot of people who will reject it outright that we cant live without Chinese goods, as they are so much of a part of us now. But if our aim is to become self dependent in the future, we need to make a start somewhere. If i say in the words of our prime minister.
Following the Chinese agression at the Ladakh border, Mr Sonam Wangchuk, called for a boycott of Chinese goods. He has given a timeline also for the same , it says software in a week and hardware in a year. He has recieved widespread support from all quarters with boycott china trending on all social media platforms.
Following the treachery by China when it attacked our soldiers and twenty of our Bravehearts laid their life for the country the government has also sprung into action and they are also realizing the security threat that china is for us , and how important it is to reduce our dependence on china.
Few actions have been taken by government in the last few days which are as follows
Now customers when doing shopping on e-commerce websites, would be able to see while ordering a product that weather or not that product has been made in india, so he will have an option to select Indian product.
To encourage local manufacturing ,government has identified 300 products on which the import duty will be increased, new duty structure may be in place in next three months.
Government is planning to reduce import of non essential , low quality goods from China.
Confederation of All India Traders (C.A.I.T. ) has appealed to boycott Chinese products, they have listed as many as 500 items that they want to do away with, and want govt to encourage local manufacturing . They have also asked celebrities to stop endorsing Chinese products.
Infrastructure – Curbs may be imposed on participation by Chinese companies in road projects, and expanded to other infra projects and Public Sector Undertakings (P.S.U.,s), this will be done by introduction of a clause based on reciprocity , where companies from countries where Indian companies cant apply for contracts will not be permitted to apply in India too.
BSNL and MTNL have been told to cancel contracts, given to Chinese firms and keep Chinese telecom suppliers due to Security Concerns.
Government will be reexamining instructions and reserve contracts below 200 crores for local firms.
Trade agreements with other countries are being reviewed to clamp down on indirect Chinese imports
Indian Railways cancelled the 471 crore contract, awarded to Chinese firm.
Lot of people in India want to contribute to this movement, but they dont know how to do and what to do and whether it will make any difference.
Well the first thing to do which is very easy as well is to stop using Chinese software and Chinese apps.
if you feel that this is not going to make any difference to the chinese economy, as its too big and also not dependent on India, then remember ocean is built with so many tiny drops, alone those drops may not mean anything but together they make such a huge ocean. Similarly, we can try to be a drop in the ocean, instead of just sitting on sidelines.
WHY UNINSTALLING CHINESE APPS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP –
First and most important reason is Chinese Apps are a security threat to India, Intelligence agencies have reportedly advised government to either ban the chinese apps in India or recommend people to avoid their use.
Various popular Chinese apps like Tiktok, Share It , Xender and others are allegedly sending users data out of India to Chinese servers.
Uninstall 52 Chinese apps from mobiles is what Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force have told their man, all security agencies and personnels have also been reportedly been asked to to refrain from using chinese apps for security reasons.
These 52 apps are 360 Security, APUS browser, Baidu Map,Baidu Translate,BeautyPlus, Bigo Live, CacheClear DU Apps studio, Clash of kings,Clean master – Cheetah,Club Factory,CM Browser,DU Battery Saver, DU Browser, DU Cleaner,DU Privacy, DU Recorder, ES File Explorer,Helo, Kwai, LIKE, Mail Master, Mi Community, Mi Store, Mi Video call – Xiaomi, NewsDog, Parallel Space, Perfect Corp, Photo Wonder,QQ International, QQ Launcher, QQ Mail, QQ Music, QQ Newsfeed, QQ Player, QQ Security Centre, ROMWE, Selfie City, SHAREit, SHEIN,TikTok, UC Browser, UC News, Vault-Hide, Vigo Video,Virus Cleaner,VivaVideo – QU Video Inc, WeChat, Weibo,WeSync, Wonder Camera,Xender and YouCam Makeup.
Their are alternate apps available for each of these apps.For example Tiktok is the most popular chinese app with more than 12 crore users in india and an alternate for Tiktok is American shortvideo sharing app Triller
These Chinese apps are collecting your data, and since thesedays everything is done from mobile, that means they know your preferences, your contact info,which apps you use, transactions you are doing using your mobile. In short they know everything about you.
Now they will study and analyse that data,to find out what do indians like, so they will try to push more and more of that into the market, so that we become totally dependent on China for all our needs.
Inspiration to delete apps can be taken from China itself which has not allowed any foreign company like whatsapp, facebook, youtube etc in their country and have developed their alternate apps. Reason is same Chinese dont want to take any risk of any data going out from their country to USA.
None of these apps that you are using are free of cost ,by using these apps you are sharing your data with them which is far more important for their purpose.
By boycotting Chinese apps we are giving Indian developers a chance to make an alternative to them, we can also help stop in app purchases, we can safeguard our data, and avoid chinese to take advantage of it.
Boycotting Chinese Apps may not have an immediate impact on these chinese companies, but we have to start from somewhere, and this is the best first step we can take as our support to our country and proceed a step in the direction of self reliant India.
Bhaskar sankhla 
Well written blog considering all relevant announcement by government n public feelings.
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