Three years later, the central government is reviving its 2019 plan to introduce legislation that will replace the the archaic Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. The proposed bill is a "new registration regime" for newspapers but will also include India's digital news media industry, Economic Times reported.
After no progress since 2019, ET said "all inter-ministerial and other stakeholder consultations have now been completed" and the legislation will be sent to Cabinet for approval so it "can be taken to Parliament at the earliest".
