The Centre today said, it has no specific proposal to bring online games under the category of gambling. This was stated by the Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.<br />''<br />''He said, the rapid expansion of mobile ecosystem and internet in the country has also seen emerge of many new categories of mobile apps including online gaming apps.<br />''<br />''The Minister added that the government is aware of the possible risks and challenges including that of user harms associated with online games and their advertisements. He said, online gaming platforms are intermediaries and they have to follow the due diligence as prescribed in the Information Technology Act.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, all forms of gambling and betting comes under the purview of the State governments and they have enacted their laws to deal with them.</span><br />