Battlegrounds Mobile India, which is deemed as the desi version of PUBG Mobile India, is expected to be released soon in India. Though Battlegrounds Mobile India has a different name when compared to PUBG Mobile India, speculations are rife that there are lots of commonalities between Battlegrounds Mobile India and PUBG Mobile India. The critics of Battlegrounds Mobile India are of the view that the new yet-to-be launched game is only a re-branded version of PUBG Mobile India.
A recent RTI filed by Dr Gaurav Tyagi, who is an assistant professor at JNU, got a response from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). In its response, the IT Ministry said that the government cannot stop the game from launching in India. But the IT Ministry has the authority to ban the game once it is launched under the provisions of section 69A of the Informations Technology Act, 2000.
Responding to the RTI, the IT ministry said, "Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has no role in granting any permission for entry of PUBG or any company/Mobile app in India."
The Ministry of Home Affairs, in its statement, said, "MHA does not grant permission for launching any app. Meity issues blocking direction for any mobile applications under the provisions of section 69A of the Information Technology Act,2000 and its rules namely the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information for Public) Rules, 2009, in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, security of state and defence of India etc. Regarding vii, CPIO is not supposed to provide opinion under RTI Act."
Krafton is launching Battlegrounds Mobile India and the pre-registration for Battlegrounds Mobile India have been open since May 18. Though Krafton is yet to make any official announcement regarding the launch date of Battlegrounds Mobile India it is expected that the game would be launched on June 18.
Battlegrounds Mobile India will be exclusively available in India and Krafton will introduce green colour, instead of red to symbolize blood.
Battlegrounds Mobile India is going to take around 600MB on an Android device. Your phone needs to be on Android 5.1 or higher version, which means all new Android phones are supported. The RAM on your phone has to be at least 2GB.
Battlegrounds Mobile India will have restrictions for children and teenagers. Players below 18 years of age will have new restrictions in Battlegrounds Mobile India and will need to register for the game with a phone number that belongs to their parents or guardian.
