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Ministry of Information Broadcasting has issued the Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India 2022 on 09.11.2022. The Guidelines among other things require private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 minutes every day. In this regard the Ministry undertook extensive consultations with the private satellite TV channel Broadcasters and their Associations and based on their inputs an Advisory has been issued on 30.01.2023.Through the Advisory the Ministry has clarified that the relevant content embedded in the programmes being telecast can be accounted for Public Service Broadcasting. It is also clarified that the content need not be of 30 minutes at a stretch and could be spread over smaller time slots and requires the broadcaster to submit a monthly report online on the Broadcast Seva Portal. The theme for the broadcasting should comprise of content of national importance and of social relevance including the following namelyeducation and spread of literacyagriculture and rural developmenthealth and family welfarescience and technologywelfare of womenwelfare of the weaker sections of the societyprotection of environment and of cultural heritage andnational integrationThe Advisory seeks to achieve the objective of Public Service Broadcasting by private satellite TV channels through voluntary compliance and self-certification.
