Free Speech Tracker

List of Incidents -> Government actions -> 2017
Govt reiterates inability to permit private radio news
Ref: http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/ib-ministry/govt-reiterates-inability-to-permit-private-radio-news-170211
Reiterating its long-held stand that it was difficult to monitor news bulletins on FM and community radio channels, the Centre has expressed that permitting privately produced news bulletins could endanger "national security and public order".

The Government has already announced that Community Radio Stations and private FM in Phase III can air bulletins of All-India Radio without any payment.