RTI Reply Busts Centre s Claim that Elaborate Public Consultations Preceded IT Rules
Two seminars and a meeting, all devoted to regulation of OTT platforms, is what the I&B ministry admits to by way of consultation with stakeholders. No meeting with news organisations is mentioned.
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar. Photo: Twitter
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has refused to disclose details related to how the government’s controversial new IT Rules were drafted, citing reasons that are not allowed as viable exceptions under the Right to Information Act.