India, Sept. 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the recent law on online gaming and cited the instances of suicides and debt behind the ban on gambling.

Calling it a "major decision", PM Modi said that several online games were negatively influencing the students and that the future of the youth must be safeguarded.

During an interaction with the teachers in New Delhi, PM Modi said online gaming is not bad, but gambling is and that India can dominate the global online gaming market.

"It is a major decision because countless online games are negatively influencing our students. Many people were falling into debt, some even committing suicide," PM Modi said, adding that families had been destroyed due to financial diffi...