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Feb 2 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
The Central government controls who gets the permission required to operate a television channel & even what kind of content it can broadcast.

How the Centre exercises stringent control over Indian television news channels,@UmangPod explains

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Earlier this week, the government refused to renew the licence of Malayalam new channel, #MediaOne

The ban put the spotlight on the Union government’s ability to control what gets aired on television

How are the TV channels regulated? @UmangPod explains scroll.in/article/101643…
This isn’t the first time #MediaOne has run into trouble with the ruling dispensation.

In 2020, the news channel, along with Asianet News, was banned for 48 hours for its coverage of the riots in Delhi. @UmangPod writes

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In 2020, when there were petitions against Sudarshan News for allegedly airing communal content, the govt said that if there is a call to regulate the media, then digital media must be regulated first.

@UmangPod writes

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#MediaOne approached the #Kerala High Court, which deferred this suspension until Wednesday, when it will hear the case next.

MediaOne TV’s editor issued a statement saying that the channel had not been made aware of the reasons for the suspension.

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#MediaOne’s 10-year permission to broadcast was ending in September 2021.

When it applied for a renewal under the 2011 guidelines, the Ministry of Home Affairs did not give it security clearance.

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The company responded to say that it had not been informed why this clearance had been denied by the home ministry.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry subsequently revoked #MediaOne’s permission to broadcast.

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TV broadcasters have a three-tiered regulation mechanism comprising self-regulation, self-regulation by a body of broadcasters and an oversight mechanism by the government.

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Feb 2
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The Budget seeks to lay a blueprint for the next 25 years, says the finance minister.

“We are confident of withstanding challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic,” says #NirmalaSitharaman.

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In charts: What the data shows about India’s alarming unemployment situation

Last week, the country witnessed its ‘first large-scale’ riots over jobs in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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By Ankur Bhardwaj, @CedaAshoka

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Data shows that over the last few years employment opportunities for India’s youth have especially worsened.

In 2019, it was reported that India’s unemployment rate in 2017-’18 was the worst in over four decades, according to NSSO surveys.

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Feb 1
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This isn’t the only instance of the govt, and even the courts, using a law that has been struck down. The most glaring example is Section 66A of the IT Act 2000

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Modi government used law stayed by courts to seek details from digital media outfits

In the past as well, there have been instances of the government, and ironically even the courts, relying on a law that has been struck down, @UmangPod reports.

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Retired Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman authored a judgment in 2015, ruling that Section 66A of the IT Act was unconstitutional.

Section 66A outlawed some forms of offensive speech, @UmangPod reports. ✍️

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Among the states going to elections next month, Manipur is the only one that is not reeling under unemployment, shows data. scroll.in/article/101603…

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While the employment rate fell in the state, the rate of unemployment also dipped from 16.82% in mid-2016 to 4.83% by the end of 2021. scroll.in/article/101603… Image
#Incharts: In Aug 2016, over 1 crore people were employed & the working-age population was more than 2.31 crore.

Dec 2021, the working-age population increased by 11.7% but the employment rate decreased from 43.4% to 36.86%.

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