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Online gaming ban: Industry representatives meet IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over new legislation concerns

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Seeking to address concerns of the industry mired in uncertainties since the passing of the online gaming legislation, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) met industry representatives on Monday (September 1, 2025), according to government sources […]

Watch: Why did the government ban money-games online?

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Union Government has brought in a law to ban online games played with money. This is a heavy blow, to the industry that has attracted huge sums as investment, running to billions of dollars and which is said to employ a couple of lakhs of people. Why did the government bring this about? Source link

Parliament passes Online Gaming Bill to ban all forms of money games

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Image for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Parliament on Thursday (August 21, 2025) passed The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving it without debate amid din. The bill, piloted by Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw, seeks to ban all forms of online money games while […]

Explained | What is the crypto awareness campaign?

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The crypto dilemma stems from concerns about the unregulated currency having a destabilising effect on the country. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: The Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) will launch an outreach programme soon to create awareness of cryptocurrencies and online gaming. The need for the outreach is based on […]

Gaming firms evaded ₹22,936 crore GST from April 2019-November 2022: Centre

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Pankaj Choudhary, MOS Finance. File. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang The estimated evasion of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by some gaming companies, including online platforms, which was under investigation by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs formations, was about ₹22,936 crore from April 2019 to November 2022, according to the government. […]

Online gaming: Lens on winners to pay taxes, update ITRs

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Tax authorities on both the direct and indirect tax side are raising scrutiny for possible evasion in one major upcoming sector — online gaming. Direct tax officials are learnt to be scrutinising data for winnings to the tune of Rs 58,000 crore over a span of three years for an online gaming platform, urging taxpayers […]

Kerala considering legislative amendment to curb online gambling: CM Vijayan

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Government, taking cognisance of the serious situation arising out of addictive online gambling Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Government, taking cognisance of the serious situation arising out of addictive online gambling The Government is considering bringing in a foolproof and effective legislative amendment, subject […]

Games giant’s pitch for global talent: ‘Embrace your inner geek’

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Jenova Chen needed money to put his latest game out in China. It was 2016, right after Tencent Holdings Ltd. made a splash by taking over Clash of Clans studio Supercell Oy, and Chen was counting on the newly acquisitive internet giant.But when Tencent passed, calling his novel mix of stylized designs and free-play too […]

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