Govt wary of political ads on TV

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As the propaganda machines of the political parties rev up for the general
elections, the NDA government will prefer not to have political advertising
on the electronic media . The reason being put forward is there are neither
guidelines on the subject nor is the government equipped to monitor the
proliferating TV channels, registered and unregistered. The government felt
there was no time left for the new CEC who takes over on February 8 to issue
guidelines and set in place a monitoring machinery to keep an eye on the 106
TV channels in the country (of which 47 are devoted exclusively to current
affairs and of which 19 are 24-hour channels), not to mention the
unregistered and unnumbered cable channels in virtually every small town.

Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow/468240.cm
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