New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The much-discussed Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which effectively banned India's $23-billion online money gaming industry last month, will be implemented from 1 October, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

The rules for implementation of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023-the draft of which was published by the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) on 3 January-is also ready, and will be notified by 28 September, the minister told reporters in New Delhi. The two landmark regulations that come into force in the next two weeks are likely to set in motion a plethora of compliance requirements.

On the gaming law, Vaishnaw said Meity held consultati...