India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming

January 17, 2023
Current Context: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship announced during his two-day visit to Meghalaya that India's first Center of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming would open in Shillong, Meghalaya by March 2023.
India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming
  • Digital India Startup Hub will establish the CoE through the Software Technology Parks of India to inspire businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the North East Region to create the next-generation online gaming ecosystem.
  • Draft modifications to the IT Rules 2021 in relation to online gaming have recently been made available for public review by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
  • Another MeitY plan to establish a cutting-edge facility under the National Institute of Electronics and IT (NIELIT) to offer training on modern Digital Skills was also announced by Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
  • He also talked about the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 4.0 program, which will relaunch Skill India and train roughly 50,000 young people in Meghalaya, 60,000 in Tripura and 35,000 in Nagaland.
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology:
    • Union Minister-Ashwini Vaishnaw
    • Ministers of State (MoS)-Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Question: 

Q.1 Where will India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming be established?
a. Kohima
b. Shillong
c. Guwahati
d. Bhopal

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