The central government has now run its biggest and strict ‘hammer’ on the ‘black business’ of betting and gambling under the guise of online gaming. The government is now bringing such a rigorous law, after which those who play or feed online by investing money will be arrested without warrant and they will not get bail.
Yes, this is not a slight change, it is a major and decisive battle to root out the online betting game, which will directly affect crores of users and hundreds of gaming companies.
What is this new ‘operation clean’ of the government?
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has released a new draft rules of online gaming law 2025, which has some very stringent provisions:
- Non-bailable offense: Playing, feeding or promoting any online game with money Cognizable and non-bailable offense Will be considered. This means that the police can arrest you without a warrant and it will be difficult to get bail from the court.
- Every employee of the company will be responsible: If a company is found to be violating these rules, then not only on the owner of the company, but those who work in that company Every employee But action can also be taken, which has proved to be helpful in this work in any way.
- Open right to raid and arrest: Any government authorized by the government will have the right to find a search by entering any place – whether it is an office or your house and arrest the suspect.
Why this ‘surgical strike’ was needed?
These figures of the government will open your eyes:
- The government believes that every year about 45 crore Indians with these online games suffer financial losses.
- It is estimated that due to these games, common people lose more than 20 thousand crore rupees every year.
- Its biggest hunting is becoming youth of common families, who put their life -long earnings and their family’s happiness at stake in the greed to earn money quickly.
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has described it as a ‘serious social problem’.
So will every online game stop now?
No! The government has made it clear that this law will only apply to the games where the game of winning the money goes on by investing money, that is, betting.
Government E-sport (Such as professional video gaming) and social gaming (such as Ludo played with friends), so that India can become a big center for making such games.
Government has also asked you opinion
This is just a draft, and the government has sought opinion and feedback from the general public, that is, from October 31. The objective of the government is clear – closing this gambling business in the name of entertainment and saving the future of the youth from being ruined.
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