NEWS – Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched new portals

NAVIGATE BHARAT PORTAL:

• Developed by the New Media Wing of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Unified bilingual platform which hosts videos on the entire gamut of Government’s development-related and citizen welfare-oriented measures.
• It empowers citizens by providing a single platform with an interactive user interface to search, stream, share, and download videos related to various Government schemes, initiatives, and campaigns, with a filter-based advanced search option

PRESS SEWA PORTAL

• Under Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 (PRP Act, 2023) by the Press Registrar General of India (PRGI – erstwhile RNI).
• Simplify the cumbersome registration procedures that were prevalent under the colonial PRB Act, 1867.
• Publishers can file applications for title registration online, using Aadhar-based e-signatures.
• Feature – Likelihood of title availability + Real-time Tracking of application status

NATIONAL REGISTER FOR LOCAL CABLE OPERATORS (LCOS):

• It is the first step to bring registration of LCOs currently with Post Officesspread across the country under a Centralised Registration System.
• A web form has been designed to collect information from local cable operators for the purpose of the National Register.

CENTRAL BUREAU OF COMMUNICATION (CBC):

• Since 2017
• Formed through the amalgamation of the erstwhile Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP), and Song & Drama Division (S&DD)