“Prima facie it looks to us like the Centre has overreached its jurisdiction,” said a state government official who did not wish to be identified. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Telangana are among a clutch of states that have come out with their own legislations attempting to ban online gaming. “If there were any gaps then MeitY would help address those,” the official said. Meanwhile, a gaming company representative told ET that MoS for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has asked the gaming companies to go to the states and talk to them or hold roadshows with representatives from the ministry of electronics and IT to clarify the new guidelines.
