Censorship on Media is impossible says Arun Jaitley on National Press Day

NEW DELHI: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE-Oppositions is continuously making allegations that government  is keeping eye on media, and censorship has been imposed on them.  But all these allegations do not have any base said by Union Minister Arun Jaitley on the occasion of National Press Day in New Delhi.

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Jaitley further said, “There are large number of electronic print and digital media at present. Technically, we have a lot of mediums. At such times, it is not possible to impose censorship on the media neither it possible to pressurize it.”

Importance of Media and Freedom Of  press…

Media has three important  functions  – educating, entertaining and making awareness in society. Media works as  mediator in between Government and common people of the country, as it covers people’s issue and force government  to take action over it.

In short, media acted as a voice of voiceless people for getting justice to them. At the same time, media gives information  to people about the government schemes and updating them about happening.

Democracy is incomplete without free press and  communication.   It is called as, Media is a fourth pillar of Democracy. So, it is very important for any country to run its government properly.

National Press Day…

India celebrated the National Press Day on November 16 as the Press Council of India started functioning as a responsible body overlooking the works of the press as a whole body on this day.

It is the day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog to ensure that not only the press maintains the high standards expected from this powerful medium but also that it was not fettered by the influence or threats of any extraneous factors.

The Press Council of India was first constituted on 4 July 1966 as an autonomous, statutory, quasi-judicial body, and it started functioning from 16 November 1966 with Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.

The Press Council keeps a check on the quality of reportage provided by the Indian press. It also ensures that journalistic objectivity is not compromised due to “influence or threats of any extraneous factors.”