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Monday, 5 May 2014

1st Meeting of the Committee to draft Guidelines on Government Advertisements held



Committee to invite suggestions from Key Stakeholders



The Ministry of I & B today convened the first meeting of the Committee to prepare guidelines for the government advertisements as per the directions of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement on April 23, 2014 had directed the Ministry of I & B to convene a Committee for the same. The Committee as per the directions of the Supreme Court includes Prof. Madhav Menon, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Senior advocate, former Secretary General Lok Sabha, Mr. T.K. Vishwanathan and Secretary, I&B as Member Secretary.

Earlier, the Supreme Court on 23rd April, 2014 in Common Cause Vs. Union of India (civil writ petition no.197 of 2004), has delivered a judgement saying that there is a need to distinguish between the advertisements that are part of government messaging and advertisements that are politically motivated designed to patronise media organizations and get favourable media coverage. The court found that the existing policy / guidelines do not govern the issues raised and do not lay down a criterion for the advertisements to qualify for public purpose as opposed to partisan ends and political mileage.

The committee after deliberations desired that the views of the stake holders such as client Ministries, State Governments, recognized political parties and citizens should be taken into taken into account at the earliest. The website of I&B Ministry will be one of the conduits for inviting such suggestions. The committee is scheduled to submit draft guidelines to the Supreme Court in three months.

CP/GV

23 comments:

  1. very useful

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  2. thanks for the guidelines and suggestions mib

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  3. good suggestions from key stakeholders including ministries, state governments, political parties as well as citizens.

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  4. No Courts said anything like this when the BJP showered Hapless Indians with their Shining India Ads

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  5. advertisement campaigns became arbitrary and malafide when aimed at gaining political mileage.

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  6. nice information thanks mib

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  7. government advertisements that are politically motivated designed to patronise media organisations and get favourable media coverage.

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  8. thanks for govt of india....

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  9. wonderful government....

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  10. The government has a responsibility to keep the public informed about important issues...

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  11. These guidelines assist the Government of India to improve such content are advertisements............

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  12. good jugement supreme court..

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  13. good suggestions qualify for public purpose....

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  14. Intiative Practical Guidelines

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  15. Nice advice from Supreme Court

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  16. The guidelines should be in such a way that they should assist the Government of India to take appropriate actions.

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