Many India 大臣s 見解（をとる） online gaming as 'social evil' - 上級の 公式の／役人
India shocked 産業 with new 28% 税金
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Many 大臣s see online gaming as 'social evil'
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Lower 歳入s would at least serve 'social 目的'
By Nikunj Ohri
NEW DELHI, July 13 (Reuters) - Many Indian 大臣s 見解（をとる） bets on online gaming 壇・綱領・公約s as a "social evil", and the 政府 believes a social 同様に as 経済的な 目的 will be served if 歳入s 落ちる 予定 to a new 28% 税金, the 歳入 長官 said on Thursday.
The 政府 on Tuesday shocked the $1.5 billion online gaming 産業, which has 殺到するd in 人気 and attracted foreign 投資, when it 発表するd the 税金. (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs have 警告するd of 職業 losses and 減ずるd 収入s.
"政府 believes social 同様に as 経済的な 目的 will be served as people will indulge in more 生産力のある activities if 歳入s (of online gaming companies) 落ちる 予定 to the new 28% 税金," 連邦の 歳入 長官 Sanjay Malhotra told Reuters in an interview.
"If 需要・要求する is 高度に elastic, and 歳入s go 負かす／撃墜する 大幅に, then a social 目的 is at least served," said Malhotra, the 最高の，を越す civil servant in India's Department of 歳入, part of the 省 of 財政／金融.
The 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 課す the 税金 was taken after nearly two years of 審議. A 政府 パネル盤 had earlier raised 関心s and 提案するd "de-中毒 対策" such as periodic 警告s and （a）忠告の／（n）警報s during games.
Calls for a review of the 税金 have been rebuffed, with 公式の／役人s 説 その上の 協議 with the 産業 is not needed.
"Moral angle is certainly there when we are 税金ing online gaming at 28%. Lo t of 大臣s at Goods and Services 税金 会議 were of the 見解（をとる） that betting on online gaming is a social evil, and should be discouraged," Malhotra said.
関心s about 中毒 have risen in line with the 早い rise of online gaming.
The 歳入 of fantasy gaming 壇・綱領・公約s during the Indian 首相 League cricket matches rose 24% from a year earlier to over $342 million with over 61 million 使用者s 参加するing, Redseer consultancy said this month.
使用者s can create fantasy cricket teams for as little as 8 rupees (10 U.S. cents).
Malhotra rebuffed 関心s that the 税金 would 土台を崩す foreign 投資, 誘発する／引き起こすing 職業 losses.
"雇用 and 投資s have to cater to the needs of the society and what is good for the economy 捕まらないで," Malhotra said. "No 政府 would 促進する an 産業 only for the sake of 雇用 and 投資, if the 産業 is not in public 利益／興味." (令状ing by Aftab Ahmed; Editing by Aditya Kalra and Conor Humphries)
