Updated On: 21 December, 2023 04:49 PM IST | Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, which aims to overhaul the British-era law governing the publishing industry.

Lok Sabha in session/ PTI
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, which aims to overhaul the British-era law governing the publishing industry.
According to the report in PTI, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that the bill`s passage will streamline the process of registration of the newspapers, and periodicals and shall condense the earlier convoluted eight-step procedure into a user-friendly, single-step mechanism.