Government Unveils Key Amendments To Online Gaming Rules: Here Are The Changes

The aim of these amendments is to enforce due diligence by online gaming and social media intermediaries, IT Ministry said in a statement.

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) on Thursday released new rules for online gaming that prohibit any game that involves betting and wagering, and entail a framework of multiple self-regulatory organisations (SROs).

Online games involved in wagering or betting will fall foul of the new online gaming rules, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told reporters.

"We are dealing with a framework that allows for all online gaming to be determined as permissible or not by an SRO, and there will be multiple SROs," Mr Chandrasekhar said.

According to a news release, the aim of these amendments is to enforce greater due diligence by online gaming and social media intermediaries with respect to online games and fake or falsely misleading information related to government business.