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Committee constituted to monitor content regulation in govt ads

By IndianMandarins- 11 Apr 2016
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committee-constituted-to-monitor-content-regulation-in-govt-ads The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has constituted a three- member committee to address the issues related to content regulation in government advertising. This is in compliance with the Supreme Court directions in this regard issued on May 13, 2015. The committee would be chaired by B.B. Tandon, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, and members of the committee includes Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV and President of the News Broadcasters Association, and Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, South Asia, Ogilvy & Mather. The three member committee was selected by a three member panel constituted by Ministry of I&B after obtaining advice from Ministry of Law & Justice. The selection panel for constitution of the Committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman, Press Council of India. The Terms of Reference of the Committee has been prepared by Ministry of I&B in consultation with Ministry of Law and Justice which includes the structure, functions and powers, duties and responsibilities of the Committee. The tenure of the members would be initially for a period of two years which shall be extendable by one year at a time, but overall extension should not be more than two times. The Committee would be operational from Delhi and Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity would facilitate day to day functioning of the Committee.

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