It outlines the circumstances in which accreditation may be revoked or suspended.
The Central Government released the Central Media Accreditation Guidelines-2022 on Monday, which state that if a journalist acts in a way that jeopardises the country's security, sovereignty, and integrity, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, or is charged with a serious cognisable offence, his or her accreditation will be revoked or suspended.
Actions harmful to decency or morality, or in regard to contempt of court, defamation, or encouragement to a crime, are among the various instances in which accreditation might be withdrawn/suspended.
According to the guidelines, accredited media persons have been prohibited from using the words “Accredited to the government of India” on public/social media profile, visiting cards, letter heads or on any other form or any published work.
The broad terms of certification would apply to digital news publishers. News aggregators will not be taken into account. Under Rule 18 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), Restrictions, 2021, digital news publishers asking for accreditation must have provided all required information to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and must not have broken any rules.
The website should have been up and running for at least a year. The news portal's editor should be an Indian national. The website should be situated in Delhi or the National Capital Region, and the correspondents should be based in India.
Freelance journalists working for international news organisations will not be granted credentials.