Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has received various representations complaints regarding the violations of provisions of Policy Guidelines by certain TV Channels by misusing the permission and authorizing /enabling /contracting out the operations or other core functions/activities of the channel to any non- permitted entity/ person(s)/company/ LLP through any explicit or implicit agreement or arrangement, without the prior permission of this Ministry.
Therefore, it is hereby clarified that the letting of the channels to any third party including the group entities, without the prior permission of the Ministry, are not allowed as per the extant Policy Guidelines. Cases where the company/ LLP is found to have misused the permission by authorizing or enabling or contracting out the same to any non-permitted entity/ company/ LLP/ person(s) through any explicit or implicit agreement or arrangement, without prior permission of this Ministry, may result into cancellation/ suspension of permission as per the provisions of Clause 26(2) of Policy Guidelines, 2022.
