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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni has mentioned that the new TV channels will have to wait till the body for the regulation of content comes into existence.
"Presently, there are around 500 private TV channels on air in our country. We will not give permit to more channels till we constitute a regulatory body to look into the content of TV channels," said Soni.
"We would allow only experienced people or groups to start a new channel. We would also make sure that new channels are financially stable to sustain for at least next three to five years," she said.
Ambika Soni was in Chandigarh for the inaugural event of 11th edition of pediatric-cardiac conference being held at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. This conference will be held for a period of three days.
On the issue of censoring contents of TV programmes, Soni said, "The central government is not in favour of censoring TV programmes."
