TNPSC Thervupettagam

Head of Press Council of India

June 20 , 2022 762 days 528 0
  • The Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai became the first women chairperson of the Press Council of India.
  • She had recently headed the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir which was set up to redraw the Assembly constituencies of the Union Territory.

Press Council of India

  • PCI was established under the PCI Act of 1978.
  • It Consists of a chairman and 28 other members.
  • The PCI only overviews the functioning of print media. 
  • It does not have the power to review the functioning of the electronic media like radio, television and internet media.

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