Question: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court directions has constituted a three member committee chaired by B.B. Tandon to address the issues related to-
(a) Content Regulation in Government Advertising
(b) Content Regulation in Food Advertising
(c) Content Regulation in Election campaign Advertising
(d) Content Regulation in T.V Advertising
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 11 April 2016 Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court directions has constituted a three member committee to address the issues related to Content Regulation in Government Advertising.
- The committee would be chaired by Shri B.B. Tandon, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India.
- Others members of the committee includes Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV and President of the News Broadcasters Association and Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, South Asia, Ogilvy & Mather.
- The three member committee was selected by a three member panel constituted by Ministry of I&B after obtaining advice from Ministry of Law & Justice.
- The selection panel for constitution of the Committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman, Press Council of India.
- It may be recalled that on 13 May 2015, Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed to constitute the Body for ironing out the creases that are bound to show from time to time in implementation of the judgement of Apex Court on Content Regulation of Government Advertising.
- The tenure of the members would be initially for a period of two years which shall be extendable by one year at a time, but overall extension should not be more than two times.
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