States to police gaming; Centre to frame rules

State governments will be tasked with overseeing law and order issues related to online gaming within their jurisdictions, even as the Union government defines the overarching regulations for the industry, people in the know told ET.

The legal framework, which will provide “light touch” regulation of gaming intermediaries, will also require them to appoint grievance redressal executives and nodal contact executives who can deal with law enforcement agencies, they added.