Govt. unveils 4 web portals for news publishers
- The Union Information & Broadcasting Minister launched four online portals of the Central Bureau of Communication, the Registrar of Newspapers for India, the New Media Wing, and the Digital Addressable System of the Ministry.
Key Highlights
- The Minister said the initiative was aimed at ensuring ease of doing business by fostering a more conducive business environment for newspaper publishers and TV channels
- Enhance transparency and efficiency in government communication, provide easy access to authentic government videos
- Create a comprehensive database of local cable operators for streamline regulatory processes in the sector in future.
- The four portals include ‘Press Sewa’ for registration of newspapers and periodicals and ‘NaViGate Bharat’ for videos on the entire gamut of the government’ development-related and citizen welfare-oriented measures.
- The other portals are for registration of local cable operators and a transparent empanelment, media planning and e-billing system.
The Central Bureau of Communication
- It is the nodal agency of the Government of India for advertising by various Ministries and organizations of Government of India
- Including public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies.
- It works under the administrative control of the Information and broadcasting ministry.
- HQ: New Delhi.
- It was set up on 8th December, 2017 by integration of three erstwhile media units of Ministry of I&B,
- Namely Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity (DAVP), Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP) and Song & Drama Division(S&DD), all involved in interpersonal communication.
- It undertakes campaigns to inform and educate rural and urban people about the Government’s policies and programmes through available vehicles of communication
- Print, Audio Visual, Outdoor, Digital and New Media.
Prelims Takeaway
- The Central Bureau of Communication
- Ease of doing business