This is when we find out if Apple really means it about their security and privacy.
Of course, we know the answer already from China. Money talks.
India is a vision of what the UK and USA has been trying for - politician led, terrible implementations of bad tech ideas for censorship and surveillance.
ETA: I stand corrected (for now) https://www.theverge.com/news/837209/india-sanchar-saathi-app-requirement-dropped