On Tuesday, the Indian government announced that it would give esports a significant boost by integrating it with the mainstream sports sector in India.
Exercising the powers “conferred by Article 7, clause 3 of the Constitution”, Indian President Draupadi Murmu has called on the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Ministry of Sports to amend the rules governing e-Sports to include eSports as multisport events.
As eSports was adopted as an official event as a demonstration event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, there is a growing demand that it be included in the comprehensive game curriculum for each event.
After the President’s announcement on December 23, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will be the focal point to deal with issues related to online gaming and the Ministry of Sports will have to include this issue in its program. It comes as a boost for Esports enthusiasts.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working to popularize esports, with Singapore confirming it will host its first Olympic eSports week next June.
This marks the next big step in supporting the development and integration of virtual sports with the Olympic movement and deeper engagement with competitive gamers.
This November, the IOC announced that Olympic Esports Week will showcase the best of virtual sports: hybrid physics and simulation sports, including state-of-the-art technology showcases, panel discussions, tutorials, and exhibition competitions, at a four-day festival from June 22-25. announced.
Indian eSports Confederation Director and Asia eSports Confederation Vice President Lokesh Suji said the brotherhood’s efforts have finally paid off in response to the announcement of inclusion in the list of the main sports.
“We have been constantly working on establishing the difference between esports and gaming, and finally, our efforts have been fulfilled. We welcome this announcement by our government, which will open new avenues to pour in more investment opportunities in this booming industry. From now onwards, we will have to build a proper infrastructure, training facilities, and coaching for our young esports athletes. Only a short time until we see esports being placed in the same league as cricket, football, basketball, etc, and having similar fan power, scale, and craze,” said Lokesh Suji Director of the Esports Federation of India and vice-president of the Asian Esports Federation,
