“That was later disbanded, leaving a lacuna in monitoring sensitive information,” he explained. Televangelist Zakir Naik’s Peace TV looks set to give the government more worries. “There is no way to monitor suspicious channels; at present we only track permitted news and general entertainment channels through the EEMC (Electronic Media Monitoring Centre),” an official said. The information and broadcasting ministry has no data on how many banned channels are being downloaded and aired illegally in the country. “Monitoring of channels was earlier being carried out at the central monitoring station,” another official explained.

Source: Hindustan Times July 13, 2016 12:00 UTC