No. PR/15/06-07 Dated:
8/12/2006
The three-year term of the present members of the Press Council of
India expires on October 11, 2007. The
Council is to be reconstituted for its tenth term with effect from October 12,
2007. Of its 28 members, excluding the
Chairman, twenty have to be nominated in accordance with the procedure set out
in Press Council (Procedure for Nomination of Members) Rules, 1978 as amended
on June 18, 1999 read with Section 5 of the Press Council Act, 1978.
For this purpose the Press Council of India is inviting national
level registered associations of the categories
of Editors, Working Journalists, Owners
and Managers of newspapers and news agencies to file their respective claims for
notification (or for renotification of those who had been notified in 2004), by
the Press Council under sub-section (4) of Section 5 of the Press Council Act,
1978, for its tenth three year term as representative associations having
inter alia All India Character and in existence and registered under the relevant laws of the country for
at least six years prior to last date of filing the claims. The last date of
filing the claim is February 12, 2007 (till 5.00 p.m).
The Notice inviting the claims has been released as advertisement to
the prominent newspapers throughout the country and also placed in the official
website of the Council (http://presscouncil.nic.in).