Parliament Passes Bill To Simplify Newspaper Registration Process
NDTV
Minister Anurag Thakur said the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 will make the registration of periodicals a one-step process as against the eight-step process in the archaic law.
Parliament on Thursday passed a Bill to replace a British-era law governing the publishing industry and simplify the process of registration of periodicals, amid demands by members in the Lok Sabha to also extend the regulation to YouTube channels.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, which was passed by voice vote in the Lok Sabha, will make the registration of periodicals a one-step process as against the eight-step process in the archaic law.
The Bill replaces the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867. The Rajya Sabha had passed the Bill on August 3.
