Guys, did you know India now has its own app store? Well, for the uninitiated, India now has its own App store and the Indus OS company has developed it. 

It is an indigenous app store called the Indus App Bazaar which recently crossed the 100 million users milestone. 

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Indus OS is one of those rare home-grown brands which started its journey in 2013, launched its operating system with Micromax in 2015, and in 2018, pivoted to being an app store, aka Indus App Bazaar - India’s answer to the Play Store and App Store. 

What’s incredible is that the app store, which is designed to help users discover new and trending apps in the language of their choice, with more than 400,000 apps in English and 12 Indian languages, has reported three and a half times app installs since January. 

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Also, it doesn’t require any email sign in to download the apps. 

The Economic Times reported that the usage of apps in Indian languages on the platform has increased 2.2 times during the pandemic, with Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati Tamil, and Bengali being the most popular, according to the company. 

Why Is #IndiaKaAppStore Trending? 

On Wednesday, people on Twitter started trending #IndiaKaAppStore as many of them believed that this initiative toes the line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat with some even suggesting that this should be named as the “Bharat App store”. 

Here’s how people on Twitter reacted: 

#IndiakaAppStore

1bn + app downloads + available in more than 12 languages, literally amazing

Le playstore: pic.twitter.com/nFu7PaLAWE

— Pranay 🤦🏻♂️ (@screw_thinker_) September 30, 2020

AppBazaar is a full fledged Indian app that incorporates many languages. It will make our life easier. Thanks #IndiaKaAppStore with your support. This is a happy moment.

— Sanjeev kushwaha (@Skkushwaha009) September 30, 2020

#IndiaKaAppStore@indusos
Indian's after hearing about India's very own app store pic.twitter.com/Kq5p5qwNVt

— Shantanu Das 🇮🇳 (@i_am_sdas) September 30, 2020

#IndiaKaAppStore

We can give it this name.. pic.twitter.com/FI2nl1wbij

— Amit ️ (@newindia_in) September 30, 2020

Wow what a fantastic news

India ka apna operating system , Indus app bazar se 1 billion download bhi ho gae aur hum logo ko pata bhi na chala...#IndiaKaAppStore pic.twitter.com/rE3dB6j55K

— अक्षय की कलम..... (@kanpuriyasanghi) September 30, 2020

It's time to break down the monopoly of big players and be vocal for local app stores. 30% taxes by Google play store is harsh on developers. Support Indus App Bazaar #IndiaKaAppStore
KaAppStore

— Haricharan Pudipeddi (@pudiharicharan) September 30, 2020

Me after knowing that we have our own #IndiaKaAppStore - pic.twitter.com/3sstr9PCBs

— Shivam Shukla (@ShubhmanShivam) September 30, 2020

So happy about #IndiaKaAppStore which is available in English and 12 Indian
Languages. This is also beneficial to the developers who will get $25000 AWS
credits for uploading their apps for the first time. Love App Bazaar.

— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) September 30, 2020

#IndiaKaAppStore

Me to @RahulGandhi and librandu who made fun of Atmnirbhar bharat.#IndiaKaAppStore pic.twitter.com/XPmn3IGzkJ

— Indianabhishek (@Indianabhishek9) September 30, 2020

Every indian to creator of #IndiaKaAppStore @indusos
Right now pic.twitter.com/5EbW6UFfiO

— ojas prajapati (@ojas_prajapati) September 30, 2020

Every indian after knowing #IndiaKaAppStore pic.twitter.com/XS0VU3xkQv

— Rahul235 (@RKusmude) September 30, 2020

When I saw an Indian app has more than 1B download and the name was indus app bazar#IndiaKaAppStore pic.twitter.com/MUCDK9YoqU

— Badtameezlaunda (@_Badtameezladka) September 30, 2020 

Besides, the app store also powers over 60 million devices, according to the company. It has partnerships with mobile phone brands like Samsung, Karbonn and Micromax for its app store.

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