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CHAPTER V - (Manual-4) Back Print

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONSULTATION WITH/REPRESENTATION BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC IN RELATION TO FORMULATION OF POLICY OR IMPLEMENTATION

FORMULATION OF POLICY

Sr. No. Subject/Topic Is it mandatory to ensure public participation (Yes/No) Arrangements for seeking public participation
1 Advertisement Policy of Government of India No Views expressed by the newspaper bodies / newspaper owners/ representatives are taken into account while formulating the Advertisement Policy of the Government of India.
2 Rate Structure Committee No The Rate Structure Committee constituted by Government for revising CBC advertisement rates also holds consultations with newspapers and their associations before making its recommendations.
3 Rate Fixation Committee for Audio Visual No The Rate Fixation Committee for broadcast/telecast of AV spots/programmes holds discussions with representatives of the channels before making its recommendations.

IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY

Sr. No. Subject/Topic Is it mandatory to ensure public participation (Yes/No) Arrangements for seeking public participation
Impact Study/Feedback No CBC also undertakes/commissions studies for a feedback of its programmes including campaign, distribution, outdoor publicity etc. Besides the Directorate utilizes feedbacks received trough website, e-mails, visitor's book, impact studies to gauge citizen responses and analyses grievances received from time to time to identify problem areas and address them for further improvement of the services.