Following pressure from the government and entrepreneurs, Alphabet's Google has decided to reinstate the Indian applications it removed from its app store due to a disagreement over service fee payments, India's IT minister said on Tuesday.

Google was unable to instantly respond to a request for comment.

The US company banned more than 100 Indian applications on Friday, including famous ones from Matrimony.com, for failing to comply with its policy of charging a service charge when in-app payment alternatives other than Google's are utilized.

"We believe Google and the startup sector will reach a long-term solution in the coming months," the minister said in a statement.  

On March 1, the tech behemoth banned ten apps from the Play Store for "policy violations". The 10 applications, including BharatMatrimony, Truly Madly, and QuackQuack, were withdrawn for non-payment of the service fee. 

While Google maintains its own defenses, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) accused the internet giant of engaging in anti-competitive activities through dubious billing techniques. 

In 2020, Google momentarily disabled the famous Indian payments app Paytm from its Play Store due to policy breaches. The company's creator and the larger startup sector banded together to oppose Google, building their own app marketplaces and bringing legal challenges.