Centre may shelve proposed registration of digital media under PRB Act: Official

The government plans to shelve the proposal for registration of digital media under the colonial era law dealing with registration of newspapers and periodicals, a senior official said on Friday.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry had proposed to include registration of digital media as part of amendments to the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867, but is likely to shelve it after it received comments against the move.

“We are reviewing that proposal. Registration of digital media may not be there in the final version,” the official said.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, at a media event,