GST should only be applied on platform fee of skill-based games

Indiatech.org, an industry body representing tech start-ups has recommended to the GoM (panel of State ministers) constituted by the GST council that GST should only be applied on the platform fee charged by online skill-based games and not on the total prize pool money.  In real-money games, players have to pay an entry fee to join a gaming tournament and the total amount collected in this p…