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In this episode of the Perspective Prog. based on ‘Online Gaming: landscape & Regulation’. We will talk about the growing landscape of the online gaming industry in India and the need for regulation. Last week, the government announced setting up of a committee to regulate online gaming and to identify a ministry to oversee it. Reports suggest the panel will include the CEO of NITI Aayog and secretaries of the ministries of home, sports and youth affairs, information and broadcasting, electronics and information technology, etc. The committee has been mandated to study global best practices and recommend a regime for a uniform regulatory mechanism. The panel will also develop a broad structure of the proposed central laws required, consult experts and submit a report in three months. The development comes at a time when more and more states are bringing about legislations seeking to bring about some order in the online gaming sector. Recently, the government of Rajasthan brought out a draft Bill in order to regulate online games, specifically fantasy games. Earlier, states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka also passed laws banning online games. However they were quahed by state High Courts on grounds that an outright ban was unfair to games of skill. And more recently, during the Budget session of Parliament, The Online Gaming (Regulation) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha by a Congress member from Kerala as a Private Member’s Bill. The Bill sought to maintain integrity in online gaming and introduce a regulatory regime for online gaming. Is there a need to regulate the online gaming sector? What kind of regulatory mechanism would help delink the good, bad and the ugly of the gaming industry?
Guests:
1. Roland Landers, CEO, All India Gaming Federation,
2. Ojas Vipat, CEO, Mayhem Studios
3. Khusboo Jain, Advocate, Cyber Law, Supreme Court
Anchor: Teena Jha
Producer: Sagheer Ahmad
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