The one time the media in India did experience direct censorship was during the Emergency. Now, a government-appointed committee has the power to label information as “fake”, “false” or “misleading” and ask them to be taken down.
A MeitY panel formed to examine requests or complaints for blocking access to information met 39 times in 2021 and 53 times in 2022. However, the parliament committee didn't take up the blocking Rules for scrutiny.