The government<\/a> has decided to allow private firms to host<\/a> their apps<\/a> for free on the government-owned app store<\/a> which is currently being upgraded to bring it at par with commercial app stores like Google or Apple. Companies will also have the flexibility to choose any billing system to charge their customers, senior officials told ET. 的政府已经决定允许私人公司主机他们的应用程序政府免费应用程序商店目前正在升级到把它与商业应用程序商店像谷歌或苹果。公司还可以灵活地选择任何收取客户的计费系统,高级官员告诉等。
New features such as feedback and rating systems are being introduced for the existing Mobile ‘Seva’ app store so that it can be as good as any “commercial app store”, officials said. The government has opened up applications from private firms and is currently evaluating them before they can go live.
“The government is facilitating a fair and alternative opportunity to provide a platform to private firms to host their apps without any cost and with the flexibility to choose their payment partners,” said one of the officials. He added that the cost will be waived off initially and the government will take a decision on whether to impose any fee later after figuring out the business model. “We will not force any company to host their app on the government app store but at least they will have a choice of another platform,” said another official.
The government however will not allow any apps which deal with illegal activities like betting or gambling.
The ministry of electronics and IT hosted a meeting with some top Indian developers last month which included the likes of Paytm and the response has been \"very good\", the official said.
This comes after the ongoing battle between Google and Indian start-ups over the technology giant’s plans to charge commission from subscription-based apps from later this year that has now been reduced from 30% to 15%.
Homegrown companies have been opposing the move arguing that it will hurt the budding Indian startup ecosystem since the 15% commission may be a significant burden on the companies with razor-thin margins. Since Google controls over 98% of the Indian smartphone ecosystem through its Android operating system, the move is also being termed as “monopolistic”.
The app store already hosts over 960 government apps and has seen close to 85 crore downloads.
Chiefs of some Indian companies that ET spoke to said that the government app store will be a good alternative to the existing duopoly of Apple and Google and they will be open to hosting their apps on it along with promoting downloads through it.
Murugavel Janakiraman of Bharat Matrimony told ET that the government should embed the app store with all new smartphones as a means to get visibility and popularity. “It’s important that there should be an alternative platform beyond Apple and Google, since the industry is concerned by them coming up with their own regulations.”
The govt app store has been around for many years and already hosts apps like DigiLocker. Since it can be installed on Android phones, it will provide an alternative to apps that can direct customers to download the apps from the government app store instead of the Google Play Store<\/a> to avoid paying the commission. The government is also planning on an awareness and communication overdrive to popularise its app store in the coming months.
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反馈和评分系统等新功能被引入现有的移动”这样的“应用程序商店,以便它可以媲美任何“商业应用程序商店”,官员说。政府开放应用程序从私营企业,目前正在评估他们才能上线。
然而政府不会允许任何应用程序处理赌博或赌博等非法活动。
电子和它一些印度顶级开发商上个月举行会议,其中包括Paytm和响应一直“很好”,这位官员说。
此前谷歌和印度之间持续的初创企业在科技巨头的计划负责委员会今年晚些时候从基于订阅的应用,已经从30%降低到15%。
本土企业一直反对此举认为它会损害印度崭露头角的创业生态系统自15%的佣金可能是一个很大的负担的企业微薄的利润。自从谷歌控制着超过98%的印度通过其Android操作系统的智能手机生态系统,这一举动也被称为“垄断”。
应用程序商店已经拥有超过960政府应用和近85卢比的下载。
参谋长等一些印度公司向说,政府应用商店将是一个不错的替代现有的苹果和谷歌垄断和他们将举办他们的应用程序以及促进下载。
Murugavel Janakiraman巴拉特的婚姻告诉ET,政府应该嵌入应用程序商店与所有新的智能手机作为一种手段来获得可见性和流行。“重要的是应该有一个替代平台除了苹果和谷歌,因为行业而言他们想出自己的规定。”
政府应用程序商店已经存在多年,已经像DigiLocker主机应用程序。因为它可以安装在Android手机,它将提供一个替代应用程序可以直接客户从政府应用商店下载应用程序,而不是谷歌玩店为了避免支付佣金。政府还计划在一个意识和沟通超速推广其应用程序商店在未来几个月。
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The government<\/a> has decided to allow private firms to host<\/a> their apps<\/a> for free on the government-owned app store<\/a> which is currently being upgraded to bring it at par with commercial app stores like Google or Apple. Companies will also have the flexibility to choose any billing system to charge their customers, senior officials told ET.
New features such as feedback and rating systems are being introduced for the existing Mobile ‘Seva’ app store so that it can be as good as any “commercial app store”, officials said. The government has opened up applications from private firms and is currently evaluating them before they can go live.
“The government is facilitating a fair and alternative opportunity to provide a platform to private firms to host their apps without any cost and with the flexibility to choose their payment partners,” said one of the officials. He added that the cost will be waived off initially and the government will take a decision on whether to impose any fee later after figuring out the business model. “We will not force any company to host their app on the government app store but at least they will have a choice of another platform,” said another official.
The government however will not allow any apps which deal with illegal activities like betting or gambling.
The ministry of electronics and IT hosted a meeting with some top Indian developers last month which included the likes of Paytm and the response has been \"very good\", the official said.
This comes after the ongoing battle between Google and Indian start-ups over the technology giant’s plans to charge commission from subscription-based apps from later this year that has now been reduced from 30% to 15%.
Homegrown companies have been opposing the move arguing that it will hurt the budding Indian startup ecosystem since the 15% commission may be a significant burden on the companies with razor-thin margins. Since Google controls over 98% of the Indian smartphone ecosystem through its Android operating system, the move is also being termed as “monopolistic”.
The app store already hosts over 960 government apps and has seen close to 85 crore downloads.
Chiefs of some Indian companies that ET spoke to said that the government app store will be a good alternative to the existing duopoly of Apple and Google and they will be open to hosting their apps on it along with promoting downloads through it.
Murugavel Janakiraman of Bharat Matrimony told ET that the government should embed the app store with all new smartphones as a means to get visibility and popularity. “It’s important that there should be an alternative platform beyond Apple and Google, since the industry is concerned by them coming up with their own regulations.”
The govt app store has been around for many years and already hosts apps like DigiLocker. Since it can be installed on Android phones, it will provide an alternative to apps that can direct customers to download the apps from the government app store instead of the Google Play Store<\/a> to avoid paying the commission. The government is also planning on an awareness and communication overdrive to popularise its app store in the coming months.
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