I often see that many Indian people can still access sites that are prohibited by their government because several of my acquaintances have never had problems with them accessing sites that their government has prohibited, not only cryptocurrencies, maybe even gambling sites, but again it depends on how the user uses their wits to To access this gambling site, you don't have to use a VPN as a quick step, look for other ways that are safer than using a VPN which might lead us to have problems with gambling sites if we use it.
Exactly. India has the highest population in the world currently which is why it's extremely difficult for the Indian government to monitor every single citizen properly despite whatever big statements they make.
For example, they effectively banned many popular crypto exchanges recently, but their citizens are still easily able to use those sites with/without a VPN.