India planning to block online gaming apps, platforms avoiding GST: Sources

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Indian government has decided that it will soon block all online gaming apps and platforms that avoid paying GST, sources told CNBC-TV18 on Thursday.

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Finance Ministry and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTy) in a joint effort will launch a  crackdown on all gaming apps luring gamers with ‘No GST, No Tax’ messages, according to sources.

Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) and MeiTy have been preparing a list of such gaming platforms that are wooing gamers through such messages, the sources informed.

Read more at: CNBCTV18

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