--- title: "After the CCI judgement, Google suspends Play Store billing in India." description: "The CCI fined Google 936 crore for abusing its market dominance and ordered it to permit third-party payments on its platform." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-11-01 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2262/after-the-cci-judgement-google-suspends-play-store-billing-in-india category: "google" tags: ["google api", "google", "technology", "apps", "technology news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # After the CCI judgement, Google suspends Play Store billing in India. Google, the company behind Android, has postponed its plans to start imposing the Google Play payment system on Indian developers on October 31. **Today, the business updated its help page to make the plan public. The action was taken less than a week after the [Competition](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23460/5-ways-you-can-use-competition-to-your-benefit) Commission of India (CCI) fined the corporation twice in a row for violating the nation's competition law.** We are suspending [enforcement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/106122/what-is-the-role-of-the-drug-enforcement-administration) of the [requirement](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85169/becoming-an-influencer-requirement-of-skills-and-knowledge) that developers utilise **Google Play's billing system for [transactions](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/864/explain-acid-rule-of-thumb-for-transactions) involving customers in India as a result of the CCI's recent decision while we examine our legal options and make sure we can continue to invest in Android.** The CCI concluded its more than 12-month inquiry into Google on October 25 by finding that the company's choice to force the Play Billing system on developers was anti-competitive. The **competition watchdog penalised Google 936 crore for abusing its market dominance and requested that it permit third-party payments on its platform.** The decision came a few days after another 1337.76 crore fine for abusing market dominance in Android [mobile devices](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85524/influence-of-mobile-devices-on-travel-and-tourism-experiences). A third instance using the company's AndroidTV [operating system](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/229069/operating-system-development) and associated contracts is being looked into by the regulator. **Google had stated that it is analysing the CCI's judgement in a statement following its ruling. However, it is widely anticipated that the corporation will appeal the CCI's decision in court.** Since September of this year, it has been operating a test programme that enables developers in India to use third-party payments, but many continue to criticise the costs the firm charges. Developers and entrepreneurs in the nation want to increase lobbying [efforts against](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/107857/what-s-the-status-of-global-efforts-against-poverty) the fees **Google** levies for selling apps and services through the Play Store, as Mint reported on October 28. **For the first [million dollars](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36016/what-should-i-do-if-i-suddenly-have-2-3-million-dollars-net-from-a-lottery-winning) in revenues collected, the corporation now charges a 15% fee; beyond that, it rises to 30%. Google's commission is lowered to 4% for those who make use of outside payment processors.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2262/after-the-cci-judgement-google-suspends-play-store-billing-in-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.