Policies/Regulation

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has formed a committee to devise rules to modulate news portals and media websites, an official communique from the ministry said. This comes just a day after the Centre recalled its directive regarding fake news after criticism.

According to the Ministry’s letter dated April 4, the 10-member committee includes secretaries of the ministries of information and broadcasting, electronics and information technology as well as home. It will also have secretaries from the department of legal affairs and department of industrial policy and promotion as members.