I&B Ministry asks digital news media to comply with FDI policy

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: The government on Monday issued a public notice, asking all the news websites, portals, aggregators and agencies to comply with the 26% foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for digital news media in a bid to check foreign influence and interference in domestic affairs, investigate Chinese and other overseas funding in news sites, and create a level-playing field for all media.