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NEW DELHI: Major online gaming companies such as Dream11, Games24x7, Mobile Premier League (MPL) and Zupee are not in support of a self-regulatory organisation (SRO) backed by industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
The IAMAI had informally approached gaming companies to back its proposal for an SRO, a leading English daily reported on May 8.
Multiple executives at online gaming companies, which continue to be a part of IAMAI’s committee on digital gaming, said the platforms did not see the interests of the industry grouping aligning with their own. These people also pointed out that the companies in the sector were working with specialised industry lobby groups on a proposal for SROs.
The rebuttal to IAMAI’s proposal by gaming companies comes at a time when the industry body is witnessing sharp rebukes from Indian startups for being in favour of Big Tech interests.
The development assumes significance as the online gaming industry has begun deliberations on setting up a self-regulator as proposed in the rules notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) last month.
