The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the application form for registration of online social games and e-sports with the Online Gaming Authority of India (OGAI), a regulatory body created under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025. The form is available on MeitY’s website but lacks instructions on where or how to submit it, as no official submission portal exists yet, according to medianama.com.
The application form instructs applicants to submit the completed form along with supporting documents to a designated OGAI portal. However, the government has not identified any functioning portal for this purpose. A demo website for OGAI briefly went live over three months ago but was incomplete and is now inaccessible, displaying a "403: Access Denied" error. The URL of the demo site was https://devogai.negd.in/, which is no longer publicly available, medianama.com reported.
OGAI was established under the PROG Act to regulate online gaming in India, including classification, registration, and governance, while prohibiting online real-money games. The registration form is divided into three parts, with the first section covering Indian applicants such as companies, LLPs, partnerships, and proprietorships. The absence of a submission portal delays the formal registration process mandated by the new regulatory framework, impacting compliance timelines for online gaming operators.
The PROG Act and its rules, under which OGAI operates, were enacted in 2025. The next concrete step for applicants is unclear until the government launches the official submission portal. The application form remains accessible on MeitY’s website as of this week, but no further guidance on submission has been provided, medianama.com stated.