Assam govt constitutes committee to monitor cable tv act

Assam government has constituted a state level committee for monitoring and implementation of the provisions of the Cable Television Networks Regulations Act 1995.
The state government issued a notification on January 2 constituting the committee under the Chairmanship of Assam Chief Secretary and the Principal Secretary or Commissioner and Secretary as Vice Chairman, an official release here stated today.
The state Director of Information and Public Relations has been designated as Member Secretary of the Committee.
The other members of the committee are Director General of state police, Secretary of Social Welfare Department, Secretary of Women and Child Development, Director of Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati Working Journalist President Prasanta Rajguru, NGO activist Sunita Changkakoty, academician Dr Trisha Duwarah Bora, psychiatrist Sangita Dutta and sociologist Tabiul Hussain.

The Committee has been constituted so that no cable operator can broadcast or telecast any undesirable contents at the state level as per the Cable Television Networks Regulations Act 1995.
The term of the Committee will be two years from the date of issue of the notification, the release added.