Business & Economy

No rollback of media policy

What is India News Service, Thursday, 18 November 2004, 2200 hrs IST

Minister for Information and Broadcasting S Jaipal Reddy has said the Government has no intention of rolling back the new print media policy \97 introduced by the previous regime \97 which allows foreign investment in newspapers dealing with news and current affairs. 

Briefing media persons at the Economic Editors Conference here, Mr. Reddy said: "As of now the present regime will continue.'' 

Conceding that he had spoken against the National Democratic Alliance Government's June 2002 decision to open the print media to foreign investment as chief spokesperson of the Congress,  Reddy said: "We have no intention of rolling back the policy.'' 

The government, he said, was of the view that the safeguards built into the policy allowing foreign investment in newspapers and publications dealing with news and current affairs were "adequate.''
 
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