However, Mint reported on 5 September that the appointment of these bodies had hit a roadblock, with at least three pitches for SRBs being fielded by Meity at the time. These bodies, as per the ministry’s suggestions at the time, were to be involved in regulating games that involve real money in transactions, and three of them were tentatively set to be appointed at the time. On 6 April, Meity notified an amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which called for appointment of SRBs to approve entities that would be permitted to advertise and operate titles to Indian users. On whether Meity may take over regulatory responsibilities, Chandrasekhar said the matter is currently under consideration, and a decision may be taken in the coming weeks. One of the officials said that the decisions were taken around the third week of December, following discussions within the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

We received only one application so far, and we didn’t like it,' Union minister of state for electronics and information technology (IT) Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in an interview.Ī decision to constitute a group of ministers to oversee a comprehensive regulatory framework for the online gaming industry has also been put on the back burner, two senior officials with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity, as discussions are still ongoing within Meity. “There has been no progress on the appointment of self-regulatory bodies.

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