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New Delhi, January 31, 2023 (PPI-OT):Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government has directed all TV channels to broadcast 15 hours of monthly so-called national interest content from March, this year. A detailed advisory was issued by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday in this regard. The recent guidelines for up linking and downlinking of television channels included a requirement for private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 minutes every day, based on certain themes given by the ministry. The ministry in its advisory said the so-called national interest content can be embedded in the programmes being telecast.
The public service broadcast can be split over smaller time slots, but can’t be done from midnight to 6 am, it said. The broadcasters are also required to keep the record of the content telecast for a period of 90 days. The Electronic Media Monitoring Centre, under I and B Ministry, shall keep the record of the content telecast for a period of 90 days, the advisory said. The government requires the broadcasters to submit a monthly report online on the Broadcast Seva Portal.
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