During the post Independence days in1947,a new era in India slowly came in which the role of press changed in India.
The government of India appointed two press commissions to make a comrehensive enquiry into the state of press in India and examine issues associated with its working conditions of journalists.
Freedom of the Press,machinery for ensuring high standards of journalism,pattern and economics of ownership and ways and means to promote growth of language press and regional press etc.
FIRST PRESS COMMISSION
The First Commission was appointed in september 1952 undwer the chairmanship of justice Rajadhyaksha.The commission submitted the annual report in 1954,made several important recommendations,which help in constituting a number of institutions and organizing the profession of journalism in a systematic manner.
Some of the recommendatitions and Observations are:
1. A Press Council should be established whose objectives are:
(a) To safeguard the freedom of the press and help the press in maintaining its independence.
(b) To censure objectionable types of journalistic conduct and by all other possible means to build up a code in accordance with the highest professional standards.
(c)To encourage the growth of a sense of responsibility and of public service among those engaged in the professional standards.
(d) To keep under review any development likely to restrict the supply and dissemination of news of public interest and importance.
(e) To study the developments in the press which may tend towards concentration or monopoly and
if necessary to suggest te remedies thereof.
(f)To publish reports atleast once a year,recording its work and reviewing the per4formance of the press,its development and factors affecting them.
(g) To improve the methods of recruitment education and training for the profession by the creation of suitable agencies for the purpose such as the Press institute.
2.Decline in Editor's status.There has been a general decline in the editor's status and independence of Editor and this decline has been noticeable particularly in the case of daily Newspapers.
3. Recommended the appointment of a wage board for the working journalists.
4. Recommendations of the appiontment of the Registrar of Newspapers of India(RNI).As a result, officeof the RNI was created on July1,19
SECOND PRESS COMMISSION IN INDIA: It was set up in May 1978 having Justice P.C. Goswami as its chairman.The commission resigned in january 1980.The commision was reconstituted in April 1980 with Justice K.k Mathew as its chairman.the commission submitted its report in 1982.
