Final Cover Election Expenditure - Election Commission of India

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIANirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110001Annexure-29BNo. 491/Media/2011 Dated: 18 th March 2011ToThe Chief Electoral Officers ofAll States/UTs(Kind attention: Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal)Sub : Measures to check “Paid News” during elections i.e. advertisement in the garb of news inMedia.Sir,I am directed to refer to the Commission’s letters no. 491/Media/2009 dated 8 th June 2010 and23 rd September, 2010 respectively, on the subject cited and to say that one officer of Indian InformationService (IIS) posted in the State/UT representing separate media department of Government of India inaddition to the member provided at ( c) below be made member of the State Level Committee to disposeof the cases related to appeals against orders of District level Media Certification & MonitoringCommittee (MCMC) on “Paid News”.As such, the State Level Committee (to deal with applications by political parties andorganizations for certification for advertisement on television channel and cable network) will now becalled State level MCMC with the following composition: -(a) The Additional/Joint Chief Electoral Officer- Chairperson(b) Returning Officer of any Parliamentary Constituency located in the capital of the State.(c) One expert being an officer to be requisitioned from the Ministry of Information &Broadcasting.(d) Officer of Indian Information Service, (at the level of US/DS) posted in the State/UT,representing media Department of Government of India as separate from the expert at (c )above.Yours faithfully,Sd/-(YASHVIR SINGH)DIRECTOR130