{"id":777001447,"date":"2023-01-11T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001447"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:38:50","slug":"india-moves-forward-with-rules-for-self-regulation-of-online-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-moves-forward-with-rules-for-self-regulation-of-online-games","title":{"rendered":"India moves forward with rules for self-regulation of online games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India\u2019s Ministry of Electronics and IT plans to discuss the draft gaming rules that prohibit wagering on online games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The draft rules presented by the Indian government<\/a> to regulate online games, which is open to public consultation until January 17, include strict provisions against gambling<\/strong>, and prohibiting online games that allow wagering, is going to be discussed in a meeting with the parent-teacher associations (PTA) and school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology (MeitY)<\/strong> also plans to meet non-government associations, policy groups, as well as doctors, including psychologists. During all the meetings, a discussion regarding various aspects of online gaming is expected, including limiting gaming hours for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also looking at the larger issue of addiction. While we have asked the industry to take the lead and form a self-regulatory organization (SRO)to deal with these issues for now, we will need laws to deal with violations. These inputs will be considered when drafting the Digital India Act,\u201d a senior government official told ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amendments released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology aim to \u201censure that online games should be offered in conformity with Indian laws and that the users of such games be safeguarded against potential harm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Briefing reporters, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar<\/strong>, said: \u201cThe rules are simple \u2013 we would like the online gaming ecosystem to expand and grow and be an important catalyst to India\u2019s One trillion dollar Digital economy goal by 2025-26. We also envision a bigger role for startups in the online gaming industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister said that the ministry had moved swiftly in framing the policy thanks to a series of meetings and consultations conducted by MeiTY with stakeholders. Chandrasekhar said draft proposes a self-regulatory mechanism that, in future, may also regulate the content of online games to ensure they do not have violent, addictive or sexual content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>India: Chhattisgarh Assembly passes bill to prohibit online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s Ministry of Electronics and IT plans to discuss the draft gaming rules that prohibit wagering on online games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":19174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"India's Ministry of Electronics and IT is advancing draft online gaming rules that prohibit wagering, aiming to safeguard users and address addiction while fostering industry growth. The proposed framework includes a self-regulatory organization (SRO) and potential future legislation, with ongoing consultations involving diverse stakeholders. This initiative seeks to align the online gaming ecosystem with Indian laws and contribute to the nation's digital economy goals.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Electronics and IT, MeitY, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar","focusai_location":"India, Chhattisgarh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.75), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SRO Implementation Timeline","query":"What is the projected timeline for the establishment and operationalization of the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for online gaming in India, and what specific governance frameworks will it adopt?"},{"label":"Impact on Digital Economy","query":"How does the prohibition of wagering on online games reconcile with the stated goal of expanding the online gaming ecosystem and contributing to India's one trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025-26?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16334],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-777001447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001447","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001453,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001447\/revisions\/777001453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}