Government is flexible and open-minded on consultation: Ashwini Vaishnaw on Broadcasting Bill

NEW DELHI: Days after the Centre pulled out the ‘contentious’ revised draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that the government is moving forward with an ‘open mind’ and would have extensive consultation on it.

“We are very flexible and open-minded on this. We want this creator economy to flourish and the new medium to come up in a proper way. We are encouraging them. We want to make sure that whatever we do, we do after taking all the diverse views into consultation. We will have a series of extensive consultations,” said the minister.