Published on: February 24, 2024
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING PORTALS
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING PORTALS
NEWS – Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched four 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)