Inside India's esports boom NEW DELHI: If numbers alone were enough, India would already be one of the world's biggest esports markets.Around 600 million people now play games in the country. Mobile gaming (excluding real-money gaming) generated an estimated USD 1.1 billion in revenue through 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 2.4 billion by 2029.Nearly eight billion mobile games are downloaded every year. At the same time, the market has more than doubled its monetisation over the past five years, according to the India State of Play 2026 report by Naavik and MIXI Global Investments. India is also…