Date: 2026-04-22Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Notification (Extraordinary) regarding establishment of the Online Gaming Authority of India under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025
**Executive Summary**
On April 22, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a notification constituting the Online Gaming Authority of India. This body is established under Section 8 of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, to oversee the online gaming sector. The Authority comprises six high-ranking government officials serving in an *ex officio* capacity.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Legal Framework**
* The Authority is constituted in exercise of powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 8 of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (32 of 2025).
**Composition of the Authority**
* **Chairperson:** Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (*ex officio*).
* **Member:** Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (*ex officio*).
* **Member:** Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance (*ex officio*).
* **Member:** Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (*ex officio*).
* **Member:** Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (*ex officio*).
* **Member:** Joint Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice (*ex officio*).
**Impact Analysis**
**Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)**
**Impact**
MeitY serves as the lead ministry for the newly formed Authority, with its Additional Secretary acting as the Chairperson.
**Action Required**
The Ministry must facilitate the leadership and administrative functions of the Authority.
**Participating Ministries (Home Affairs, Finance, I&B, Youth Affairs & Sports, Law & Justice)**
**Impact**
These departments are now formally integrated into the regulatory oversight of online gaming through their respective Joint Secretaries.
**Action Required**
Designated Joint Secretaries from these ministries must assume their roles as *ex officio* members of the Online Gaming Authority of India.
**Online Gaming Industry**
**Impact**
The sector is now under the formal oversight of a centralized, inter-ministerial regulatory body.
**Action Required**
Stakeholders in the online gaming industry should recognize this Authority as the primary regulatory body established under the 2025 Act.
Key Entities Referenced
Online Gaming Authority of India: A newly constituted regulatory body established to oversee online gaming, chaired by the Additional Secretary of MeitY and including representatives from various ministries.
Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025: The primary legislation (Act 32 of 2025) providing the legal framework and authority for the central government to constitute the Online Gaming Authority of India.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: The primary ministry responsible for issuing this notification and housing the chairperson of the Online Gaming Authority of India.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 1921] िई दिल्ली, बुधवार, अप्रलै 22, 2026/विै ाख 2, 1948
No. 1921] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026/VAISAKHA 2, 1948
इलक्ट्े रॉजिकी और सचू िा प्रौद्योजगकी मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू िा
िई दिल्ली, 22 अप्रलै , 2026
का.आ. 1992(अ).— ऑिलाइि गेममंग संवधधि और जवजियमि अजधजियम, 2025 (2025 का 32) की
धारा 8 की उप-धाराओं (1) और (2) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, केंद्र सरकार एतद्द्वारा भारतीय ऑिलाइि
गेममंग प्राजधकरण का गठन करती ह,ै जिसम ें जनम्नजिजित व्यजि शाजमि होंग,े अर्ाात:् —
1. अजतररि सजचव, इलेक्ट्रॉजिकी और सूचिा प्रौद्योजगकी मंत्रालय अध्यक्ष पिेि;
2. संयुि सजचव, गृह मंत्रालय सिस्ट्य पिेि;
3. संयुि सजचव, जवत्तीय सेवाए ं जवभाग, जवत्त मंत्रालय सिस्ट्य पिेि;
4. संयुि सजचव, सूचिा एव ंप्रसारण मंत्रालय सिस्ट्य पिेि;
5. संयुि सजचव, युवा कायधक्रम और खले मंत्रालय सिस्ट्य पिेि;
6. संयुि सजचव, जवजध कायध जवभाग, जवजध एवं न्याय मंत्रालय सिस्ट्य पिेि।
[फा. सं. एए-11018/1/2025-सीएल एवं ईएस]
अिीत कुमार, संयुि सजचव
2831 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd April, 2026
S.O. 1992(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 8 of the
Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (32 of 2025), the Central Government hereby
constitutes the Online Gaming Authority of India, consisting of the following persons, namely:—
1. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Chairperson, ex officio;
Information Technology
2. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs Member, ex officio;
3. Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry Member, ex officio;
of Finance
4. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Member, ex officio;
5. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Member, ex officio;
6. Joint Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Member, ex officio.
Law and Justice
[F. No. AA-11018/1/2025-CL&ES]
AJIT KUMAR, Jt. Secy.
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