The proposed Bill permits the publisher of a periodical to obtain a registration certificate by submitting an online application to the Press Registrar General and the designated local authority.
[4][5] The Bill that the central government is authorized to designate a Press Registrar, whose responsibility is to uphold a record of newspapers.
Additionally, the proposed legislation outlines the creation of the Press Registrar General of India, who will be responsible for issuing registration certificates for all periodicals.
[4] The Editors Guild of India has formally requested the Lok Sabha Speaker to refer the bill in question to a parliamentary select committee, with the aim of facilitating a comprehensive and in-depth discussion on the critical issues pertaining to press freedom.
They highlighted apprehension regarding the "draconian provisions" of the proposed bill in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, various political party leaders including the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Singh Thakur.