Online gaming has now become gambling and betting, apply the same tax – Sushil Modi’s suggestion

Former BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi has expressed concern about the increasing interest in online games among the youth. He said that during the lockdown, children became more inclined towards online games. Expressing concern about this, he demanded from the central government that a comprehensive regulatory policy should be made to control it.

Raising this issue in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, he said that online gaming has now turned into gambling and betting. He also suggested imposition of a uniform tax on it. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also took serious note of this demand of Sushil Modi and asked the Minister of Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav, who was present in the House, to look into the matter and take necessary steps in consultation with the Law Minister.

More than 43 crore users play online games
Giving information, Sushil Modi said that more than 43 crore users are playing online games after the lockdown. By 2025, this figure will be 65.7 crores. Online gaming has earned the industry Rs 13,600 crore in this financial year from 433 million users and is expected to reach Rs 29,000 crore in the financial year 2025 from 657 crore users.

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The number of game downloads also increased
Modi said states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu had banned online games but the respective high courts of these states overruled it. A law should be made on this at the earliest, otherwise we will not be able to stop crores of children of this country from the habits of online games. Let us tell that today crores of youth are playing online games like Ludo King, Rummy, Poker and Dream11 in the country. Which has seen a huge increase in downloads.