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Important question answers
The Press Council Act, 1978 was enacted to establish a
Press council for the purpose of preserving the freedom of the
Press and for maintaining the standards of newspaper and
news agencies in India. The Act established the Press
Council of India which is a body corporate having perpetual
succession, with effect from 1st March 1979. The Press
Council of India is empowered to make observations in
respect of conduct of any authority including Government, if
considered necessary for performance of its functions under
the Act. The Council can warn, admonish or censure the
newspaper, the news agency, the editor or the journalist or
disapprove the conduct of the editor or the journalist if it finds
that a newspaper or a news agency has not complied with the
standards of journalistic ethics or public taste or that an editor
or a working journalist has committed any professional
misconduct.Complaints against the Press

Question and Answers related to Press

Commissions and Press Council of India.

Q1- Who was the chairman of First Press Commission?

Ans- Justice J.S.Rajadhyakhsa.

Q2- When was the First Press Commission formed?

Ans- 23rd Sept 1952.

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Q3- Which Press Commission recommended

establishment of Press Council of India?
Ans- First Press Commission.

Q3- Which Press Commission recommended

establishment of Registrar of Newspaper for India?
Ans- First Press Commission.

Q4- Which Press Commission recommended introduction

of Price Page Schedule?
Ans- First Press Commission.

Q5- When was the Press Council of India established?

Ans- July 4, 1966.

Q6- When was National Press Day celebrated?

Ans- Nov 16, 1966.

Q7- What are the recommendations of First Press

Commission and which recommendations were accepted
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standards of journalism, a press council should be
established.

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It was also accepted and RNI was appointed in July 1956.

• Price-page schedule should be introduced.

It was also accepted in 1956.

• For maintaining a cordial relationship between the government and

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• Working Journalists Act should be implemented. 2018 (30)

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