
The Narendra Modi government is consulting with news broadcasters over the nitty gritties of the newly mandated compulsory slot for airing content of “national importance”.
On November 9, the information and broadcasting ministry released guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of satellite TV channels. But some of the guidelines provoked more chatter than the rest. This pertained to a compulsory 30-minute slot on “themes of national importance and social relevance”.