The central government of India wants to maintain the present ban on most forms of gambling, but at the same time said legalization should be considered if the underground industry could not be controlled.

In a statement made to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad said that legalization of gambling, as some have proposed, was not desirable at present.

However, Prasad added the qualifying statement that if a complete ban could not be ensured, legalization should be considered by both Parliament and state legislators, subject to necessary guidelines and regulations, reports GLaws.

According to the news website, the session in which Prasad gave his statement was disrupted by some members of parliament, thus preventing clarifying questions from being asked, such as what particular regulations could be implemented for a legalized gambling market.