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20 Mar 2024

IT Ministry, NIXI To Unveil BhashaNet Portal To Boost Digital Inclusion

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Governance division, MeitY, are actively supporting the Universal Acceptance Day.

Mahadev Online book

05 Nov 2023

Mahadev APP, 21 Online Betting Apps Banned Amid ED's Money Laundering Probe

The government action comes on a day when an accused in the Mahadev app case, in a video statement, claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had asked him to go to the UAE.

06 May 2023

New Online Gaming Rules Will Propel Industry To Compete Globally, Say Players

All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) termed it a decisive first step for comprehensive regulation for online gaming, one that will propel the industry to compete globally.

Chinese loan apps

05 Feb 2023

Centre to Ban 138 Betting Apps, 94 Loan Lending Apps With Chinese Links

The action behind the move is based on several complaints of extortion and harassment of common people who had availed small amounts of loans through the mobile apps being run by those entities and persons.

14 Jan 2023

India`s first Centre of Excellence for online gaming to set up in Shillong

India`s first Centre of Excellence for online gaming will be set up in Shillong, said the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology. India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India shall set up India`s first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming in Shillong by March 2023. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) recently circulated Draft amendments to the IT Rules 2021 in relation to online gaming for public consultation.

03 Jan 2023

MeitY releases draft amendments for self-regulation of online gaming

MeitY proposes amendments in IT rules 2021 for online gaming. Centre recently made MeitY nodal ministry for online gaming. The draft proposes to create self-regulatory bodies that will follow due diligence and customer verification.

27 Dec 2022

MeiTY appointed as nodal ministry for Online gaming -- Details Inside

MeiTY appointed nodal ministry for online gaming. The Centre notified these amendments to the Allocation of Business Rules recently. This move is also in line with the much-needed agenda to recognise esports as an official sport in our country.

25 Dec 2022

UIDAI urges people to update their Aadhaar cards that were issued 10 years ago

UIDAI urges people to update their aadhaar cards that are issued 10 years ago and not updated since then. More than 1,100 government schemes and programs including 319 run by the central government use Aadhaar-based identification for the delivery of services. Many financial institutions like banks, and NBFCs, among others, use Aadhaar to authenticate and onboard customers seamlessly.

Youtube Channels Banned

22 Dec 2022

104 YouTube channels blocked for threatening national security: Anurag Thakur

Thakur said under the provisions of Part-II of the IT Rules, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued directions to block 1,643 user-generated URLs, including webpages, websites, posts and accounts on social media platforms.

Chinese loan apps

16 Dec 2022

Coordinated efforts taken to contain Chinese loan apps: Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt taking steps to check Chinese mobile apps offering easy loans and cheating people. A lot of apps that have been badly misused have also been brought to the attention of MeiTY. Sitharaman however did not specify the action taken or the number of apps banned.

Grievances Appellate Panels

29 Oct 2022

Govt to set up Grievance Committees to hear social media users' appeals

Indian Govt tweaks IT rules to create Grievances Appellate Committees. Govt will form one or two GACs within three months. GACs will have power to overturn social media platforms' decisions on content.

Online betting apps

27 Oct 2022

How offshore online gaming apps are evading taxes, hitting Indian economy

Revenue dept has shared a list of over two dozens offshore online betting apps. Most offshore betting businesses operate from Malta, Curacao, Belize, Gibraltar and Isle of Man that have loose tax regulations. Games of skill are taxed at 18% GST on the platform fee, while games of chance at 28% GST on contest entry amount.

25 Aug 2022

Google joins with Govt to protect Indians from online harm; Check details

Google launched several initiatives and collaboration with Meity to safeguard people in India from online harm. Starting a multilingual user awareness campaign to encourage netizens for safer digital transactions: Google. Google will flag off a multi-city, mixed format cybersecurity Roadshow to reach approx. 100,000 developers, IT, etc.

Reserve Bank of India

06 Jul 2022

1 in 2 Indians facing extortion, data misuse via instant loan apps: Survey

RBI takes a tough stand against unregistered digital loan lending apps RBI has disallowed non-bank PPIs from loading credit Instant loan apps are cheating with their consumers

29 May 2022

Centre takes back statement advising cardholders against sharing photocopies

MeitY had advised citizens to remain cautious when using Aadhaar cards for verification or documentation. Cardholders should also avoid downloading Aadhaar copies from public computers like those found in cyber cafes.

Ministry of Electronics and IT

28 May 2022

IT Ministry issues draft norms to make non-personal user data available

The draft policy proposes the launch of a non-personal data based India datasets program. The policy addresses the methods.

21 Mar 2022

FEAI meets with MoS MEITY, submits Policy Paper for esports in India

The policy paper seeks to facilitate a policy-centered esports outlook that aims to address India’s unique definition for esports.

PUBG Mobile India

03 Mar 2022

After Garena Free Fire, Centre to ban BGMI? Check what IT Ministry has to say

N. Samaya Balan was representing the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. In an affidavit, Balan also reportedly noted that only the government can restrict computer resources.

Ban on Chinese apps

17 Feb 2022

Ban on Chinese apps in India: Here’s how Beijing reacted

China’s Commerce Ministry`s spokesperson Gao Feng, while addressing a press briefing on Thursday said, “The ban damages the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies."

14 Feb 2022

Govt to ban 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security: Sources

The apps against whom the adverse security inputs were generated include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Music Player, Music Plus, Volume Booster, Video Players Media all formats, Viva Video Editor, Nice Video Baidu, AppLock and Astracraft, among others, the sources said.

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