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Online Gaming: Increased threat to a country with heavy youth like India
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What will change after the new law?

Dr. Nayan Prakash Gandhi

Smart Stir |Online gaming is becoming a major threat nowadays, especially for youth and children. Recently, the incident of a couple committing suicide in Kheda Rampur village of Kota has brought the issue into the discussion again. After this incident, the government has passed the online gaming bill 2025, which aims to control online gaming activities and ensure safety of society.

Important point:
– Online gaming addiction: Due to online gaming addiction, problems like mental stress, depression and social separation are increasing in youth and children.
– Economic loss: Losing in online gaming is causing economic losses, which upset many families.
– New Law: Under the online gaming bill 2025, provisions have been made to control online gaming activities and prevent wrong activities.
– Government initiative: The government has taken a big step by passing this bill, so that the society can be saved from the dangers of online gaming.
– The responsibility of the society: Now it is the responsibility of the society to support the government in making this law a success and protect the youth and children from the dangers of online gaming.

Dr. Nayan Prakash Gandhi says:
“Online Gaming Bill 2025 is a milestone towards digital civilian security in India. It will not only protect our children and youth from violent and irresponsible gaming activities, but will also provide financial and mental security to families.”

Facts and figures
On average, 35% of youth are struggling with mental stress, depression or health problems, due to excessive addiction of mobile and gaming. According to WHO report, gaming disorder is placed in the category of a mental illness.
According to a 2024 report, about 7 crore people in India regularly do online gaming. Between 2019-2024, economic loss in online gaming cases was more than Rs 1,000 crore. In 2019-2023, more than 200 suicides cases were found directly to online gaming or economic compulsion. Gandhi believes that the provisions of the bill, such as monitoring of gaming companies, age verification of players, and monitoring financial transactions, will give new security to the society.

Prime Minister appreciated
Emphasizing the importance of this bill during the parliamentary proceedings, the Prime Minister said that “the government is taking all necessary steps towards keeping new India safe, healthy and aware. This bill is extremely important for the safety of children, right direction of youth, prosperity of families and better future of society.

Side effects of

Effects on children:
Children, who are in a state of learning and mental development, face problems such as highly human stress, irritability, eye diseases, social isolation due to digital gaming addiction. Many children are harming their studies and health by spending time on mobile for 6-8 hours.

Effect on youth:
Problems like lack of sleep, depression, resentment, lack of sociality, online fraud and economic loss have been reported due to mobile gaming and social media addiction in the youth. Many youths are also losing suicide and moving.

Effect on the elderly:
The elderly are also playing with their health by wasting time on mobile gaming and social media nowadays. His eyesight, mental peace and family conversation have seen a decline.

Health problems
Eye weakness, migraine, neck and back pain
Insomnia and depression, obstruction of healthy lifestyle, obesity, aggression in children-youth and social isolation, mental illnesses to prolonged mobile/gaming

What will change?
After the new law, online gaming activities will be curbed, which will protect youth and children from the dangers of online gaming. In addition, the government will monitor online gaming companies and monitor the age of players and financial transactions.
According to local ground reporter Vinod Goud
The incident of Kheda Rampur had raised a big question in front of the society, whose solution has now come out by the adventure of the government. Online Gaming Bill 2025 will not only protect youth and children from such accidents in future, but will also control the side effects caused by excessive use of mobile and social media. This bill is a proof of the government’s concept to keep modern India safe and healthy. For policy-makers, sociologists, doctors, parents and the whole country, it is time to cooperate and make it successful, so that the prosperity can return to the society and no Deepak Rathore and his wife should not be repeated.