Blanket ban on online real money gaming will kill jobs, revenue, innovation: minister Priyank Kharge
By
Binu Mathew
Karnataka IT and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday criticised the Centre’s decision to impose a blanket ban on online real money gaming (RMG), calling it “another masterstroke by Modi Sarkar in bad policy making.”
Kharge, son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, said the decision would hit state revenues, jobs and investments.
“India earns Rs 20,000 crore annually from GST and income tax via online RMG. The ban means states lose this revenue stream,” he said in a post on ‘X’.
