Govt amends Cable TV Network Rules to provide statutory mechanism for complaint redressal

The Centre has amended the Cable Television Network Rules to provide for a statutory mechanism for the redressal of complaints relating to content broadcast by the television channels. The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry notified the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021 in an official gazette on Thursday.

The ministry said the rules have been amended to provide a transparent statutory mechanism that would benefit the citizens.

“The @MIB_India has by amending the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994, developed a statutory mechanism to redress citizens’ grievances & complaints against programmes of TV Channels. The @MIB_India has also decided to recognize Statutory Bodies of TV channels under CTN Rules,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said in a tweet.