Govt plans to do away security clearance to MSO, media

NEW DELHI, Aug 11:
Government plans to do away with national security clearance for Multi System Operators in the media sector.
Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha that the Home Ministry has recently streamlined/relaxed national security clearance norms for certain sensitive sectors of the economy including the media sector.
“These guidelines also include the proposal to do away with national security clearance for multi system operators in the media sector,” he said in reply to a written question.
The new policy guidelines are aimed at bringing about a healthy balance between meeting the imperatives of national security and facilitating the ease of doing business and promoting investment in the country, he said. (PTI)

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