Delhi Press Conference Dr Anand & Mullika Shrivastava Mar08

The Press, in Democratic India, holds a very powerful position. The Press Council of India was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press Commission with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India. The present Council functions under the Press Council Act 1978. It is a statutory, quasi judicial body which acts as a watchdog of the press. It adjudicates the complaints against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the freedom of the press respectively.

The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. The Council consists of 28 other members of whom 20 represent the press and are nominated by the press organisations/news agencies recognised and notified by the Council as all India bodies of categories such as editors, working journalists and owners and managers of newspaper , 5 members are nominated from the two houses of Parliament and 3 represent cultural, literary and legal fields as nominees of the Sahitya Academy, University Grants Commission and the Bar Council of India. The members serve on the Council for a term of three years . The Council was last reconstituted on May 22, 2001.

The Council is funded by revenue collected by it as fee levied on the registered newspapers in the country on the basis of their circulation. No fee is levied on newspapers with circulation less than 5000 copies. The deficit is made good by way of grant by the Central Government, through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( http://mib.nic.in )Dr Anand anandjee mullikaji

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[Mullikaji1]

Varshini AilavajhalaOctober 11, 2010 at 3:54am

Re: Good

yes ma'am....we all do heart power everyday in the school assembly and it is helping us all....n sorry ma'am but i do not know who the school captain is.....after the school reopens i will surely let you know....n shifali chopra is in the prefectorial board though i do not know with which post...

[Mullikaji1]

The second Book on Stress Relief is out

Congrats !

[Mullikaji1]

Hi Dr Anand ,good job keep it up