Development and Recognition

Chapter II lays out the Union Government’s proactive obligations to recognise, promote and develop the “permitted” segments of online gaming.

Section 3 focuses on e-sports: the Central Government may recognise and register e-sports with the Authority/agency and take facilitative steps such as

(a) issuing guidelines and standards for events;

(b) establishing training academies, research centres and other institutions;

(c) running incentive schemes and awareness/outreach to spur innovation and new enterprises; and

(d) coordinating with States and sporting federations to integrate e-sports with broader sports policy.

Section 4 provides a similar promotional framework for online social games for recreation and education:

(a) creating a registration mechanism;

(b) building platforms or programmes to support development and distribution;

(c) increasing public access to age-appropriate safe content;

(d) awareness for positive use (recreation, skill-development, digital literacy);

(e) coordination with States and educational/recreational institutions; and

(f) any other required measures. Together, this chapter signals the policy approach: encourage non-stake, socially beneficial gaming and channel innovation into recognised formats, while chapters III–V handle prohibition and penal consequences for money gaming.