With an aim to make the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 more business-friendly and to boost investor confidence in the sector, punishments specified under Section 16 were re-examined and decriminalized through the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provision) Act, 2023
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday indicated that the government has taken a serious note of rising complaints about increasing abusive and obscene content shown on over the top (OTT) platforms and if need arises, it may change rules governing them.
After a series of consultations with broadcasters and their associations, it has been decided that private satellite TV channels need to undertake public service broadcasting on subjects of national importance and social relevance and have the liberty to modulate their content which may be embedded in programmes