Broadcast Bill 2024: Discover how this proposed legislation could impact media freedom in India. Prateek Waghre shares insights with Vivek Mukherji on potential censorship and the need for transparency in the lawmaking process.

Amid regulatory hurdles, funding constraints and mounting obstacles, a large section of the Indian media is struggling to remain independent. These problems couldn't have hit at a worse time, right in the middle of election season.

Press freedom has been badly hit by the gobbling up of India's media platforms by a few large companies. Independent journalism in India is under threat as a consequence of corporate control of media houses.