India, Oct. 3 -- The Centre on Thursday notified the draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Rules, 2025, setting out a comprehensive framework for regulating online gaming under the recently enacted PROG Act that bans online money games.

The ministry of electronics and IT has invited comments and feedback from stakeholders until October 31.

Officials said the draft was initially planned to be issued without consultation. "We changed our minds due to requests from stakeholders," a ministry official said as reported by HT earlier. Here are 5 key takeaways from PROG act 2025 draft.

At the core of the draft rules is the establishment of the Online Gaming Authority of India, envisioned as a statutory corporate body with powe...