apple has reportedly taken down the main app of betway one of the betting platforms banned by meity from its india app store the app is among the 138 apps banned by the ministry of electronics and it meity however several other versions of betway are available on the apple app store and the company is said to have asked for the identification numbers of the other apps from the ministry to remove them apple has also reportedly removed 50plus other banned apps this comes after a report in economic times earlier this week that said that apple hasnt complied in full with the meity order in february banning 138 betting games citing lack of regulatory clarity many of the banned apps continue to be available on the companys app store the report saidthe ban comes after the it ministry took cognisance of the issue the government has taken a decision to certify what is a permissible online game until the selfregulatory organisation sro is formed by the gaming industry rajeev chandrasekhar minister of state for electronics and it meity told etmore versions of banned apps on app storeas for more versions of the banned app on apple app store still being there the minister said i suspect there are say seven different versions of a game and the company is not able to figure out which one they are supposed to take down so we are saying we will certify what is permissible what is not in the interim he said that apple wrote to meity that it has taken down around 6870 of the apps but for the balance apps they are unable to locate urlshe added that the central government will write to all major internet intermediaries including apple and google asking them to approach meity in case there is confusion on takedown orders with respect to real money gaming gambling and betting apps i suspect there are say seven different versions of a game and the company is not able to figure out which one they are supposed to take down so we are saying we will certify what is permissible what is not in the interim said chandrasekhargovernment to certify permissible online games for nowthe it ministry has decided to certify which online games are permissible until the gaming industry forms a selfregulatory organisation sro the minister said a notification to this effect is expected to be sent soon to platforms such as google and apple the whole idea was that the sro will help intermediaries be it apple or google to determine what is a permissible online game but the sro will take 23 months to be finalised said chandrasekhar in the interim the government of india will step in and certify what is the permissible game or not