NEW DELHI: To drive consensus around building an esports ecosystem that benefits India first, the Federation of Electronic Sports Associations of India (FEAI), the apex national body for esports in India has prepared its ‘esports policy paper’.
The policy paper, which will soon be released for public consumption, incorporates views of all esports stakeholders to build an inclusive esports ecosystem that ensures primacy of esports athletes.
FEAI has already submitted the policy paper to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS for Electronics & Information Technology, and also shared it with Sushil Modi, former dy CM of Bihar and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
The policy paper propounds a strong talent development ecosystem that covers the spectrum of talent, businesses, job creation, education, and revenue generation for India with regional centres of excellence.
FEAI is currently focused on looking at a bottom-up approach, wherein it can host tournaments at colleges, universities, districts etc. to cultivate the esports culture.
As per FEAI, India is amongst the top 5 mobile gaming markets in the world, and in the next 2 years, this sector will be worth Rs 300,000 crore.
There are over 1.7 million esports users presently in India, and some of these are professional athletes who have won international laurels for the country. Esports is set to be a medal sport in the Asian Games 2022, it will also be played as an exhibition event during the Commonwealth Games 2022.
