India officially recognizes e-sports as a comprehensive sports event

CTOnews.com, December 27 (Xinhua)-- according to the Indian International News Agency Asia (ANI), the Indian government has officially recognized e-sports as part of a "comprehensive sports event", which will be headed by the Sports Department of the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, while "online games" will be managed by the Indian Ministry of Electronic Information Technology.

Lokesh Suji, president of the Indian e-sports federation and vice president of the Asian e-sports federation (AESF), said: "at the beginning of the new year, we have this good news. We have been constantly working to establish the difference between e-sports and online games, and in the end, our efforts have been achieved. This will open up new ways to inject more investment opportunities into the booming industry. From now on, we will establish appropriate infrastructure, training facilities and coaches for our young e-sports athletes. In a very short time, we will see that e-sports are grouped into the same league as cricket, football, basketball and so on, and have similar fan strength, size and craze. "

CTOnews.com learned that the decision would have a profound impact on India's e-sports industry and boost the country's e-sports industry, which currently has more than 430 million mobile gamers and is expected to grow to 650 million by 2025.