NATIONAL PRESS DAY

About:

• The National Press Day is observed on 16th November every year. It was on this day the Press Council of India (PCI) started functioning as a moral watchdog to ensure that the press maintains high standards and is not fettered by any influence or threats.
  
  
• Origin: The Press Council of India was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press Commission.
  
  
• Status: It is a statutory body functioning under the Press Council Act, 1978.
  
  
• Objective: Preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India.
  
  
• Function: It is a quasi-judicial authority. It adjudicates the complaints against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the freedom of the press respectively.