a Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 28 per cent<\/a> for online gaming, racecourses, and casinos will hold meetings to hear industry opinion. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAs previously reported by Focus Gaming News, the ministerial panel will meet in Bengaluru and Goa on July 23 and 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deadline for the GoM\u2019s final report is August 10<\/strong>. The GST committee is expected to meet in the third week of August to discuss the panel\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaydeep Chakravartty is a veteran igaming consultant who held the role of vice president of commercials at Markor Technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Jaydeep Chakravartty has been appointed as an expert member of the Meghalaya Gaming Commission, signaling Meghalaya's strategic intent to establish itself as a regulated iGaming hub in India. Concurrently, India's Group of Ministers (GoM) is engaging with industry stakeholders to deliberate on the proposed 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) for online gaming, racecourses, and casinos, a critical development impacting the sector's financial viability and operational frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Jaydeep Chakravartty, Markor Technology, Ingenuity Gaming, Ladbrokes, 32Red, Cozy Games, Meghalaya Gaming Commission, UK Indian Business Council (UKIBC), Conrad Sangma, James Sangma, Group of Ministers (GoM), GST committee","focusai_location":"India, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Bengaluru, Goa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GST Impact on GGR?","query":"How will the proposed 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online gaming, racecourses, and casinos specifically impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) margins for licensed operators in India?"},{"label":"Meghalaya Regulatory Framework?","query":"What specific governance frameworks, licensing structures, and dispute resolution mechanisms is the Meghalaya Gaming Commission expected to implement to foster a compliant and sustainable gaming ecosystem?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32032,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32011\/revisions\/32032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}