Gaming self-regulation fails to take off, Centre to step in

The process of setting up self-regulatory bodies (SRBs) for the online gaming industry has hit a stalemate, with the Union ministry of electronics and Information Technology (Meity) now considering taking direct control of the approval mechanism for games and companies hosting them.

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"There has been no progress on the appointment of self-regulatory bodies. We received only one application so far, and we didn't like it," Union minister of state for electronic and Information Technology (IT) Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in an interview.

A 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.

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).