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IT ministry looking to regulate online gaming for children: Report

The new regulations may make it necessary for gaming companies to install mechanisms to prevent in-game purchases by anyone below 18 years of age

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BS Web Team New Delhi
In the upcoming Digital India Act, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) may introduce new rules to limit the amount of time children can spend on a gaming app, a report in the Economic Times (ET) said. According to the ministry, this is being done to check the addiction to gaming in India. 

The new regulations might make it necessary for gaming companies to install mechanisms to prevent in-game purchases by anyone below 18 years of age, the report added. 

"Addiction (to games) has to be dealt with — whether we do it partly in the IT Rules and