COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO PROGRAMME
CODE VIOLATIONS
The Central Government
has constituted an inter-ministerial committee under Section 20
of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act to render advice
on action to be taken in case of a specific complain or otherwise
in relation to violation of Programme Code. On the recommendations
of the committee, appropriate action is taken against TV channels
for violation of provisions of the Code. This is a continuing
process. The programme of all satellite channels, when transmitted/retransmitted
through the cable network in the country are required to adhere
to the Programme Code prescribed under the Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Act, 1995 and Rules framed thereunder. The Programme
Code inter-alia prohibits carriage of programmes in cable service,
which offend good taste or decency; contain anything vulgar/obscene
and are not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition.
This was stated by
the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad in a written reply to E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan and Shri
P. S. Gudhavi in Lok Sabha today.
