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MeitY and Finance Ministry differ over 28% GST rate on online gaming, Chandrasekhar refutes claims

With allegedly different opinions on how the online real money gaming sector should be taxed, the Finance Ministry and the Ministry of Electronics and...

Rajeev Chandrasekhar explains plan to approach council’s decision for GST on online gaming

Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, recently spoke about the recent changes in the GST rates on online gaming,...

Rajeev Chandrasekhar clarifies his request to GST Council to reconsider decision on online gaming

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has clarified that any form of suggestion to the GST Council regarding reconsideration of...

May request GST Council to reconsider 28% online gaming tax: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

In a recent interview today, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated that he might request the GST Council to...

TN legislature disregarding SC judgments by banning online rummy and poker: Mukul Rohatgi in Madras HC

Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, representing Junglee Rummy, A23 and Games24x7, accused the Tamil Nadu state government of ignoring all the judgments passed by the...

Rajeev Chandrasekhar backs GST Council’s decision to levy 28% tax on online real money gaming

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for MeitY, supported the GST Council's decision on online gaming, calling it a “well-thought-out preliminary measure.” It is to...

Noida-based NGO writes to PMO to curb menace of illegal betting and gambling websites

Noida-based not-for-profit organization Social Organization for Creating Humanity (SOCH) has addressed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the issue of widespread presence...

EPWA follows industry bodies, files SRB application with MeitY

In a recent development, it has been understood that different bodies from the online gaming industry sent three applications with Ministry of Electronics and...

MeitY to take a call on online gaming SRBs in at least 3 months

Sources have reported that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will likely take further calls related to the formation of Self-Regulatory Bodies...

Bihar: Police seek ban on several illegal gaming apps among 100+ others

Bihar police in their latest action against illegal gaming and loan apps have sought help of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)...

Delhi HC lists NGO’s PIL against online gaming rules, matter to be heard on July 13

Following up to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Noida-based NGO challenging the constitutional and legislative validity of the Information Technology Amendment Rules,...

UP: NGO files PIL against govt’s online gaming rules

A Noida-based NGO have challenged the legislative validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 released by...

We will not allow 3 types of online games in the country: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Following the announcement of new online gaming rules, Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Rajeev Chandrasekhar has announced...

MeitY to start certifying online games if industry fails to form SROs before deadline

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified new online gaming rules in April this year and gave the industry three months in...

NCPCR demands inquiry against Fortnite and Discord for alleged religious conversion

Looking into the recent arrest from a conversion racket case using online games, the apex child rights' organization, National Commission for Protection of Child...

Gaming bodies to present SRO details with MeitY soon

Online gaming startups are set to present details regarding setting up at least two self-regulatory organizations (SRO) by Sunday, June 11. The final news...