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Guest Column: Does TRP policy ’26 keeps pace with changing paradigm?

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting notified the ‘TV Ratings Policy 2026 – Guidelines for the Regulation of Television Rating Agencies’ on March 27, 2026, replacing guidelines that had governed television audience measurement in India since January 2014. In the intervening 12 years, how India watched televis...


Guest Column: Budget’s policy interventions to boost Orange Economy

Guest Column: Budget’s policy interventions to boost Orange Economy

The Union Budget 2026, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday, marks a decisive policy intervention aimed at strengthening India’s orange economy, with particular emphasis on local production, talent development and digital infrastructure for the media and entertainment sector.