I&B Ministry Approves Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India

Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India has been granted approval by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to function as a self-regulatory body (SRB) for publishers of news and current affairs content as per Rule 12 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, according to a notice uploaded on the ministry’s website.

Rule 12 of the IT Rules stipulates that publishers would have to form an independent body for grievance redressal. The self-regulatory body must be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a High Court. They can also be an eminent person from the field of media, broadcasting, entertainment, child rights, and human rights. The body will not have more than six committee members.

A total of eight bodies have received approval from the MIB since the IT Rules came into effect in May last year. 

list of Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India committee members:

• Chair: Firdos Mirza, Bombay High Court advocate
• E.Z. Khobragade, IAS (Retd.)
• Vinayak Deshpande, Vice-Chancellor, G.H Raisoni University
• Dr. Vikas Pathak, Deputy Political Editor, Outlook Magazine
• Anand Deshpande, Bombay High Court advocate
• Kalyan Kumar, Bombay High Court advocate
• Devnath Gandate, Journalist

The following are the organisations under the Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India:

1. khabarbat.in
2. bramhawarta.in
3. thevidarbhagazette.com
4. news34.in
5. aatmnirbharkhabar.com
6. publicpanchanama.com
7. dakhalnewsbharat.com
8. policewalaa.com
9. purogamisandesh.in
10. yuvamarathanews.com
11. politicsspeciallive.com
12. varhaddoot.com
13. mybhuminews.com
14. suryamarathinews.com
15. chandradhun.com
16. indiadastaknewstv.com
17. loktantrakiawaaz.co.in
18. chandrapurvarta.in
19. vidarbhaathawadi.in
20. adharnewsnetwork.com
21. mh34updatenews.com
22. impact24news.com
23. abhivrutta.com
24. khabarbatchikhalichi.com
25. mbnews24taas.in
26. bhumiputrachihak.com
27. wazir.org.in
28. chandrapurkranti.in
29. mahadarpannews.com
30. rashtrahitnews.in
31. purogamiekta.in
32. safarkikhabar.com
33. chandrapurexpress.in
34. lokwachaknews.com
35. Rokhthok.com
36. maharashtra24marathi.in
37. jwalasamachar.in
38. hasariduniya.com
39. aamchavidarbha.com
40. janlakshya.com
41. khabardarmaharashtra.com
42. kasamadetimes.in
43. pratikarnews.com
44. chandabusiness.in
45. vadgaonnews.in
46. pmdigitalnews.in
47. marathienewsnetwork.com
48. globalmaharashtranews.com
49. exposedbylimeshkumar.com
50. vruttwani.com
51. theonlinereporter.com
52. vansamachar.in
53. crimetapasdiary.in
54. lokbatmidar.com
55. vidarbhawatan.com
56. dincharyanews.in
57. lokdarshan.in
58. thegdv.com
59. godavaritimes.live
60. vidarbhakrantinews.com
61. dedhakkaexpress.com
62. patrakarsna4.com
63. thechandrapurtimes.com
64. Gondwanadarpan.com
65. Publicsamachar.in
66. policepatrakar.in
67. bsrnews24.com
68. shivshaktitimesnews.com
69. politicaltadka.com
70. whnews.in
71. ibmtv9.in
72. crimeoperation.com

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Which SRBs have been approved by MIB?

1. Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India:
2. Web Journalists’ Standards Authority
3. News Broadcasters Federation-Professional News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBF-PNBSA)
4. Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council affiliated to the IAMAI
5. Indian Digital Publishers Content Grievance Council (IDPCGC)
6. Media9 Digital Foundation
7. WJMC:
8. DIGIPUB

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