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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed a self-regulatory mechanism for online gaming companies in the draft online gaming rules published on Monday (January 2).

The rules, published as draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021, come nearly a week after the Centre appointed MeitY as the nodal ministry to oversee the online gaming industry.

“With the user base of online games growing in India, need has been felt to ensure that suchgames be offered in conformity with Indian laws and that the users of such games be safeguarded against potential harm,” MeitY said.

As per the draft amendments, online gaming intermediaries will have to observe the due diligence required under the rules while discharging their duties, including reasonable efforts to cause its users not to host, display, upload, publish, transmit or share an online game not in conformity with Indian laws, including any law on gambling or betting.

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