Skip to content
Finalfine · Antitrust (Competition Act, 2002)

CCI fines Google ₹936 crore over Play Store billing

₹9.4B

$113M at the time

Competition Commission of India

India · 2022

Status: Final

What happened

In a companion decision, the CCI fined Google for forcing app developers to use Google Play Billing and its associated commission.

How it affected users

In-app payment costs were inflated for Indian users through mandatory billing.

Status timeline

  1. Oct 25, 2022

    Penalty announced.

Sources

Last verified 2026-07-02. Spotted an error? Report a correction.

Cite this entry

Deepak Gupta, "CCI fines Google ₹936 crore over Play Store billing," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2022-10-25. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-india-play-2022/

Related penalties