Google Play now allows Indian developers to charge for apps

Smartphone apps are serious business, though developers of Android apps were left in limbo. In India, developers were only allowed to publish free apps, and this had limited the potential for innovative apps because of lack of incentive. Recently, according to The Hindu, India has made it in to Google’s official list of countries where developers can register as certified Google Checkout merchants, thus allowing Indian developers to put out paid apps."The move was overdue for some time now,’’ said Ashish Sinha, founder of Pluggd.in, a website focused on local start-ups. “This will pave the way for creating business models around innovative Apps. Android is big in the Indian smart devices space, and this will help fuel development of the localised Apps, too.”Click here for full story