Clear TV serial dues: Government

The information and broadcasting ministry on Friday urged broadcasters and producers of TV serials to clear payments to artistes.

The request comes after two TV actors — Manmeet Grewal and Preksha Mehta — allegedly committed suicide in the wake of the countrywide lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. Grewal had been going through a financial crisis, according to his friends. Mehta had returned to her hometown Indore from Mumbai before the lockdown and was said to be depressed.

The letter has been sent to the News Broadcasters Association, Indian Broadcasting Foundation, Association of Regional TV Broadcasters of India and the Producers Guild of India.