Online gaming companies operating in India have been asked to pay around 1 trillion rupees ($12.03 billion) in taxes they have allegedly evaded, news agency PTI reported citing a senior tax official.

Online gaming companies in India asked to pay $12 billion for tax evasion: Report

The Indian tax regulatory body, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, on Tuesday, made some major revisions to the tax structure after the conclusion of its 50th meeting.

India: GST Council slashes tax on major items, hikes rate to 28% on online gaming

The Income Tax department on Monday said online game platforms will not be required to deduct tax at the source for a player if the net winning does not exceed Rs 100.

India: Online gaming wins below Rs 100 will not attract TDS

The Indian government has tweaked the rules for online gaming by prohibiting games that involve betting and wagering. The prohibition was listed on Thursday by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) which released a framework of multiple self-regulatory organisations (SROs).

Indian govt tightens screws on online gaming, bans betting and wagering

The Indian government, in its information technology rules’ draft amendments published on Monday, proposed the constitution of a self-regulatory body which will regulate online gaming companies amid rising concerns over people getting addicted to games and businesses being disrupted by patchy state laws.

India plans to introduce bodies for regulating online gaming industry

India's online gaming industry is worth more than $1 billion. By 2022, there will be more than 500 million online gamers in the country. Is it time to regulate this cash-rich sector? Palki Sharma tells you what happened when the parliament debated online gaming.

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