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The union government’s move to ban real-money online games has sent shockwaves through India’s gaming industry, raising concerns over innovation, employment, and legal challenges.
In a panel discussion with CNBC-TV18, Aruna Sharma, former Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics & IT, described the bill as a setback for a sector that has been steadily building a regulated ecosystem.
“The industry was already working under clear rules that differentiated games of skill from games of chance,” Sharma said. Self-regulatory organisations (SROs) had…
