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tl;dr The Broadcasting Bill, 2023 lists penalties in the First and Third Schedule, i.e. penalties for contravention of provisions not relating to (Clause 34) and relating to (Clause 35) the Programme Code and Advertisement Code and for contravention of Programme Code and Advertisement Code and the penalties and imprisonment terms for contravention of provisions of […]
[Update dated August 07, 2024: Please note that we have redacted personal information from responses we received from individual stakeholders as well as organisations/ companies. The post was also updated to reflect links to the submissions made publicly available by Access Now, Deepstrat, and CCAOI before IFF received these as part of the RTI response.] […]
tl;dr As per MIB’s new rule which went into effect on June 18, 2024, all advertisers and advertising agencies have to obtain a ‘Self-Declaration Certificate’ (“SDC”) for all new ads, including digital ads, that will be published/ broadcasted. Meant to tackle the issue of misleading claims in ads, this move by MIB attempts to fill […]
This post was updated on July 02, 2024. tl;dr After securing the requisite number of Lok Sabha seats to form the government for the 2024-2029 term, the National Democratic Alliance appointed members to the Council of Ministers on June 09, 2024. Following a reshuffle in certain Union Cabinet roles, we wrote to the appointed Ministers […]