INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Union electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that if states have agreement, the government
would bring a central law to manage online video gaming and gambling.Responding to a Parliament question, the minister stated a main law is
needed to be enacted to control online gaming and gambling in the country as there is no significance of state limit in the digital world
He likewise required an agreement amongst all political parties on the issue.Stressing the need for a central law, he stated as many as 19
states and UTs have enacted their own laws, replacing the previous ones, to deal with the concern while 17 states have customized the
general public gambling Acts to bring online video gaming and gaming under their ambit
Unfortunately, there is no significance of the states limit in the digital world ..
My point is that we are very responsible
Legislators ought to feature a consensus and we ought to then have a main Act, which essentially has been drafted in assessment with
everybody to successfully control online games and online gaming, the minister further stated
Noting that the main government is really seriously worried about the effect of online gaming and gaming on society, the minister stated:
In such a scenario, the federal government has taken the very first right step by treating online video gaming apps and sites as
intermediaries and bringing them under the intermediaries Act
He said the regulation needs to be really stringent because society is impacted by dependency to online video games, especially online
gambling.Appreciating the ministers view that there ought to be an agreement with state governments on the issue, DMK member T Sumathy
looked for to draw Vaishnaws attention to the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill 2022, which is
still waiting for assent of guv RN Ravi considering that the assembly passed it last year.
