Every year on November 16th, National Press Day is held to honour India’s free and responsible press.
Highlights:
The Press Council of India began working as a moral watchdog on this day, ensuring that the press maintains high standards and is neither influenced or threatened.
It also marks the establishment of the Press Council of India.
The First Press Commission was established in 1956 with the goal of forming a Press Council to preserve India’s press freedom.
The Press Council of India was created on July 4, 1966. It went into effect on November 16, 1966.