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:
- khabarbat.in
- bramhawarta.in
- thevidarbhagazette.com
- news34.in
- aatmnirbharkhabar.com
- publicpanchanama.com
- dakhalnewsbharat.com
- policewalaa.com
- purogamisandesh.in
- yuvamarathanews.com
- politicsspeciallive.com
- varhaddoot.com
- mybhuminews.com
- suryamarathinews.com
- chandradhun.com
- indiadastaknewstv.com
- loktantrakiawaaz.co.in
- chandrapurvarta.in
- vidarbhaathawadi.in
- adharnewsnetwork.com
- mh34updatenews.com
- impact24news.com
- abhivrutta.com
- khabarbatchikhalichi.com
- mbnews24taas.in
- bhumiputrachihak.com
- wazir.org.in
- chandrapurkranti.in
- mahadarpannews.com
- rashtrahitnews.in
- purogamiekta.in
- safarkikhabar.com
- chandrapurexpress.in
- lokwachaknews.com
- Rokhthok.com
- maharashtra24marathi.in
- jwalasamachar.in
- hasariduniya.com
- aamchavidarbha.com
- janlakshya.com
- khabardarmaharashtra.com
- kasamadetimes.in
- pratikarnews.com
- chandabusiness.in
- vadgaonnews.in
- pmdigitalnews.in
- marathienewsnetwork.com
- globalmaharashtranews.com
- exposedbylimeshkumar.com
- vruttwani.com
- theonlinereporter.com
- vansamachar.in
- crimetapasdiary.in
- lokbatmidar.com
- vidarbhawatan.com
- dincharyanews.in
- lokdarshan.in
- thegdv.com
- godavaritimes.live
- vidarbhakrantinews.com
- dedhakkaexpress.com
- patrakarsna4.com
- thechandrapurtimes.com
- Gondwanadarpan.com
- Publicsamachar.in
- policepatrakar.in
- bsrnews24.com
- shivshaktitimesnews.com
- politicaltadka.com
- whnews.in
- ibmtv9.in
- crimeoperation.com
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Which SRBs have been approved by MIB?
- Digital Media Publishers & News Portal Grievance Council of India:
- Web Journalists’ Standards Authority
- News Broadcasters Federation-Professional News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBF-PNBSA)
- Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council affiliated to the IAMAI
- Indian Digital Publishers Content Grievance Council (IDPCGC)
- Media9 Digital Foundation
- WJMC:
- DIGIPUB