Newly appointed I&B Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Tuesday stressed on media adopting self-regulation and asserted that the government has no plans to regulate news portals and media websites.<\/p>\n
Dismissing the \u2018government vs media\u2019 debate, he said his ministry would work in a direction where any media, whether public broadcaster Prasar Bharati or private channels, becomes the ‘voice of people’.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prime minister is very clear that the media in our country is one of the very important pillars of democracy and they have to self-regulate,\u201d Rathore told reporters.<\/p>\n
Rathore assumed charge as Minister of State (Independent charge) of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry after replacing Smriti Zubin Irani. He also holds the portfolio of Sports Ministry.<\/p>\n
In Indian media, the I&B minister said self-regulation was done in various layers, first by a journalist and then by editors, and that the government believes in self-regulation by the media.<\/p>\n
He said that the government has been able to establish two-way communication with the people of the country. On the challenges posed by social media, I&B minister said the social media platform was \u2018totally independent\u2019 and that there would be \u2018all kinds of dialogues\u2019 in it. \u201cWe hope people put across their views with responsibility,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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