Google momentarily brings back the app listing

Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, said on Tuesday that Google has committed to returning all app listings to their original state by March 1, 2024.

The minister expressed optimism that after meeting with officials from Google and startups, a long-term solution would be reached.

We have met with Google and startup firms. After some very fruitful talks, Google has now decided to return all of the applications to their original state on Friday morning (March 1). We think that both start-up businesses and Google will reach a long-term settlement in the next months since Google has been assisting our technological growth path,” the minister said.

Google stated in a statement that it is temporarily reintroducing the applications while the Supreme Court considers the case. It said unequivocally that Google retains the authority to apply and enforce its business model.

We are temporarily reintroducing the creators’ applications whose appeals are still pending before the Supreme Court out of a spirit of collaboration. Google continues to be entitled to apply and uphold the terms of its business model, as determined by several courts. In the meantime, we will bill our whole relevant services price and are extending these firms’ payment terms. A Google spokeswoman said, “We look forward to working together to create solutions that respect the requirements of all parties.

The massive American internet company Google removed around 250 applications from ten Indian app developers from its Play Store on March 1, 2024. The corporation said that these developers were not adhering to its payment policies in a blog post. The Supreme Court and Madras High Court are presently hearing challenges against this regulation from the developers, nevertheless.

Shaadi, Matrimony.com, Bharat Matrimony, ALTBalaji (formerly ALT), dating app QuackQuack, radio platform Kuku FM, and other applications were among those that were removed off the list. Later, when some developers consented to Google’s payment requirements, Google started to restore some applications.

On Monday, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, held separate meetings with executives from the impacted companies, which included Matrimony.com (Bharat Matrimony), Info Edge (Naukri.com), People Interactive (Shaadi.com), QuackQuack, and Truly Madly.

In a meeting with the government, the app developers pleaded with them to step in and allow their apps to be reinstalled on the Play Store.

to provide a complete services invoice

Google claims that reintroducing applications on a temporary basis is

Supreme Court case still pending

Google claims it still has the authority to apply and enforce

its commercial schemes

It has already removed more than 250 applications from ten Indian developers from the Play Store.

Will send these companies complete service invoices with payment deadlines