DGGI website-trail proposal could reshape compliance for India’s digital merchants
DGGI is discussing a requirement for payment systems to retain originating-website and GST-linked bank-account records to trace illegal betting flows. The proposal could add compliance burdens for payment aggregators, marketplaces and ecommerce sellers, while leaving gaps for UPI, QR, app and payment-link transactions that have no website origin.
What happened
Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) · DGGI has proposed requiring payment systems to retain originating-website and GST-linked bank-account records
Key facts
- Rs 70,000 crore estimated betting ecosystem
- 750 shell merchants
- Rs 19,600 crore suspected GST evasion
- 36 shell entities linked to Fino Payments Bank case
- Rs 3,000 crore betting-linked transactions
- 8,376 blocked betting and gambling URLs
- More than 4,800 URLs blocked after the 2025 gaming law
- 68.3% to 82% offshore gambling use
- 3.4% to 42.3% daily offshore users
Why this matters
Prioritize partnerships or targets in merchant-KYC, payment-data infrastructure and compliance automation, while diligencing exposure to fragmented non-website payment channels.