The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has approved Print and Digital Media Association (PADMA) as a self-regulatory body for publishers of news and current affairs across the country.
About PADMA
- The organisation — with 47 digital news publishers on board — will look at grievances related to digital media news content on their platforms.
- It has been approved under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
- The organisation will be headed by former HC Judge Mool Chand Garg and have part-time member of Prasar Bharati Ashok Kumar Tandon and journalist Manoj Kumar Mishra as members.
- With this, the Ministry has approved nine self-regulatory bodies since May 2021 under rule 12 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
- They include DIGIPUB News India Foundation, Confederation of Online Media (lndia), and NBF- Professional News Broadcasting Standards Authority, among others.
