While admitting that consultations are underway to formulate a national broadcast policy in India to further empower the broadcast sector, the government has said there’s no time frame to firm up the National Broadcast Policy, which has “multi-dimensional implications”.

“The government has initiated a consultation process with stakeholders like industry, academia and expert bodies in order to create an enabling environment for ensuring transparency, non-discrimination, consumer protection and orderly growth of the broadcasting sector. The feedback received includes recommendations to achieve universal reach of broadcasting, improve choice of content, enable a level playing field for sectoral growth and enhance global outreach of broadcast content from India,” MIB minister Prakash Javadekar informed his fellow parliamentarians in Lok Sabha or Lower House of Parliament last week.

He further added: “The formulation of a policy like National Broadcasting Policy has multi-dimensional implications and needs to be firmed up after due process. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated for the finalization of the policy”.