[icernet] I & B warning to TV channels on 'vulgar' ads

[Arul Selvan]

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has told television
channels to exercise self-restraint while telecasting advertisements
that are vulgar or suggestive of gender discrimination. Minister of
State for I&B Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Lok Sabha during Question
Hour that 34 showcause notices have been served on various agencies with
regard to such advertisements. In 13 cases, TV channels have been told
not to telecast programmes or advertisements violative of the programme
and advertising codes prescribed under the Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Act, he said. Prasad said he had called senior
functionaries of TV channels and asked them to exercise self-regulation.

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