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Shashi Tharoor

Banning online games ‘knee-jerk’ move, will push industry underground: Opposition

The Union Cabinet has cleared the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, banning real-money games while promoting esports and educational gaming. With India’s $3.7 billion gaming industry heavily reliant on RMG formats, leaders like Shashi Tharoor, Nishikant Dubey, and Priyank Kharge weigh in on the bill’s impact, calling it either necessary regulation or a knee-jerk reaction.