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The Information & Broadcasting ministry is looking at a regulatory board to monitor the content on TV shows
Subhash K Jha (DNA; August 8, 2016)

Enlarge ImageAccording to industry sources, television is going to get some sweeping sanskaari treatment. Some prime-time shows, specially those based on real-life crime, are going to be told to curb their enthuthiasim. These shows have been dealing with unsavoury themes like rape and incest.

Sources suggest that the I&B ministry is looking at a regulatory board to monitor the content on television after it was discovered that serials have regularly been breaking moral guidelines.

While CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani refused to comment on the plans for censorship in television as an “internal matter”, he did comment on the growing sense of alarm in “government circles” regarding the high level of sleazy content on television. Says Nihalani, “Television has only self-censorship. This liberty is being taken too far. Recent shows have crossed all boundaries of decency. A crime serial like Crime Patrol shows a man raping his own daughter. Ekta Kapoor made serials showing a woman getting married repeatedly. Film producers want to know why there is censorship only for cinema. Either abolish censorship completely or lay down censor guidelines for television. That’s the need of the hour.”