I was reading a recent story in Business Standard on how Indiagames, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and other industry players are planning to approach the central government to get an industry status for the gaming market in India.
As I’m scrolling down, I notice the following:
Since gaming does not fall under the preview of any one single ministry, the committee will approach the IT, Telecom and sports ministry with the proposal.
Gaming company to approach the sports ministry of India ? Ok..by now, the story has my undivided attention. So, as I continue reading, I notice the below:
Some of the demands includes tax benefits for the gamers, college admission preferences among others.
And then comes the jewel in the crown:
CII and Indiagames wants that gaming should be considered as a sport and players involved should be treated as sportsmen.
Gamers should be treated as sportsmen ? Are you friggin’Â kidding me ?
What’s next ? Proposal to nominate a gamer for the Arjuna award ?
two sides to the story, probably similar to ITeS/BPO getting separated out from the bigbrothers IT giving them special attention and therefore sops. However, in the same vein the animation companies can also claim to be separate(are they already?)since they too might be feeling stretched between entertainment and IT industry.
Rgds
Sanjay
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NASSCOM is organizing this Gaming and Animation event in Mumbai. This in a way will be a boost for the gaming industry. Any one attneding this event?