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Modi Sarkar wants 'news on Digital Media organisations' to register with the Registrar of Newspapers of India -Meghnad S

-Newslaundry.com

But it also wants to abolish Registrar of Newspapers of India. Confused? Read on.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put out a notice inviting public comments for a shiny new Bill they are planning to introduce real soon. It’s called the “Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019” and it is going to bring about some major changes for the news industry.

This new law will essentially replace the archaic  Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. This Act was passed by the British Empire after the revolt of 1857, which was uncomfortable for them, to put it mildly. This 152-year-old Act was brought in to curb freedom of expression, through the press, during the revolt. So it’s a bit bizarre that no successive government has tried to repeal this Act in these many years.

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