Indian Govt Announced, E-sports Officially Recognised In India As Part Of Multi-sports Events

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By: Hypron || Dec 28, 2022

The Government of India gave Esports a significant boost on Tuesday by integrating it with traditional sports disciplines in the country.

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, in the exercise of the powers “conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the Constitution” amended the rules governing Esports and asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Sports Ministry to include “e-Sports as part of multi-sports events”.

After it was announced as a demonstration sport in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, medals won were not counted in the official overall medals tally. There was a growing demand for Esports to be included in the curriculum of multi-discipline events.

However, the President’s notification on December 23 that the IT Ministry will be the nodal agency for online gaming-related matters and the Sports Ministry will be required to include it in its curriculum has come as a shot in the arm for Esports enthusiasts.

Source: The Economic Times

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also making a big push to popularise Esports, with Singapore confirmed to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in June of next year.

This is a significant step toward furthering the development and integration of virtual sports into the Olympic movement, as well as engaging with competitive gamers.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also making a big push to popularise Esport, with Singapore confirmed to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in June of next year.

This is a significant step toward furthering the development and integration of virtual sports into the Olympic movement, as well as engaging with competitive gamers.

The International Olympic Committee announced in November that the Olympic Esports Week would feature the best of virtual sports — hybrid physical and simulated sports — in a four-day festival from June 22 to 25, including exhibiting the latest technologies, panel discussions, education sessions, and show matches.

IOC President Thomas Bach had said last month that the inaugural Olympic Esports Week would mark an important milestone “in our ambition to support the growth of virtual sports within the Olympic Movement”.

The Indian DOTA 2 team won bronze in the first Commonwealth Esports Championship in August, defeating New Zealand.

The sport will make its debut at the Asian Games next year in Hangzhou, China.

In response to the news of its inclusion as a mainline sport, Lokesh Suji, director of the Esports Federation of India and vice-president of the Asian Esports Federation, said the fraternity’s efforts had finally paid off.

“We’ve been working hard to distinguish between esports and iGaming, and our efforts have finally paid off. We applaud our government’s announcement, which will open new doors for more investment opportunities in this thriving industry.

“From now onwards, we will have to build a proper infrastructure, training facilities and coaching for our young esports athletes. “It will only be a matter of time before we see esports placed in the same league as cricket, football, basketball, and other sports, with comparable fan power, scale, and craze,” Suji predicted.

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