Modi Govt s Digital Media Rules Framed After Ministers Wanted to Neutralise Independent News
A group of ministers in mid-2020 set out a roadmap to âneutraliseâ the independent news media as it âgenerates a lot of heatâ.
Union cabinet ministers in the group include (L-R) Abbas Naqvi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani. Photos: PTI
Media04/Mar/2021
New Delhi: The recent move of the Narendra Modi government to âregulateâ digital news media to counter âfake newsâ has likely stemmed from a roadmap chalked out by a group of ministers (GoM) in mid-2020 to âneutraliseâ independent news media as it âgenerates a lot of heatâ, a leaked GoM document and a report in
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Cabinet ministers Smriti Irani (left), Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (right) attend a conference on 31 July 2020. All three were members of a Group of Ministers who submitted a report that proposed measures to improve the image of the government in the media. Sonu Mehta / Hindustan Times / Getty Images
Cabinet ministers Smriti Irani (left), Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (right) attend a conference on 31 July 2020. All three were members of a Group of Ministers who submitted a report that proposed measures to improve the image of the government in the media.