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National Press Day 2021: Objectives, history, significance and quotes

This day stands as a day symbolic of a responsible and free press in the country. Since the year 1997, the Council has commemorated the day in a significant way through seminars with relevant themes.

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National Press Day 2021: Every year National Press Day is celebrated in in India on November 16 to commemorate the establishment of the Press Council of India which was formed in 1966.

Why National Press Day is celebrated?

On 16 November 1966, the Press Council of India (PCI) assumed the role of the moral watchdog to the fourth pillar of the country, in order to ensure that the press maintains the quality and high standards expected from it and does not get affected by any external factors in its functioning.

What is the objective of National Press Day?

This day stands as a day symbolic of a responsible and free press in the country. Since the year 1997, the Council has commemorated the day in a significant way through seminars with relevant themes.

There are several Press/ Media Councils across the world but the Press Council of India is a unique entity in its duty to safeguard the independence of the press, where the press is that of a free type which realizes its own responsibilities as the fourth pillar of the country.

The Press Council keeps a check on the quality of reportage provided by the Indian press. It also ensures that journalistic objectivity is not compromised due to “influence or threats of any extraneous factors.”

National Press Day: History

The Press Council of India was first constituted on 4th July 1966 as an autonomous, statutory, quasi-judicial body, with Shri Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.

In 1956, the first Press Commission had concluded that the best way to maintain professional ethics in journalism can be achieved by creating a statutory authority body consisting of people mainly connected with the industry and can arbitrate the activities. This led to the birth of the Press Council of India in 1966.

About Press Council of India:

Recommending the establishment of the Press Council of India in 1956, the 1st Press Commission had concluded that the best way of maintaining professional ethics in journalism would be to bring into existence a body with statutory authority, of people principally connected with industry whose duty would be to arbitrate.

The Press Council of India was formed in 1966 under the Press Council Act of 1978. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad is the present chairman of the Press Council of India. He has been appointed for a second term. He succeeded Justice Markandey Katju (2011- 2014) to become the chairman of the council.

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National Press Day Wishes:

The celebrations of National Press Day are incomplete without celebrating the freedom of the press. A very Happy National Press Day to everyone.

Press is one thing which connects us with the world and that’s why we must thank it. Warm greetings on the occasion of National Press Day.

Let us celebrate the occasion of National Press Day by thanking all the press professionals for doing their job and serving us with the latest happenings around the world.

The occasion of National Press Day reminds us all that the press has the responsibility of bringing us the news and we are thankful for the job they are doing. Warm wishes on this day.

If there is not a responsible and dutiful press in a nation, the nation cannot progress and prosper. Wishing a very Happy National Press Day.

A very Happy National Press Day to everyone. Let us be thankful for the good job the press is doing in reporting all kinds of news to us.

No country in this world can survive without knowing what is happening inside and outside its boundaries. Wishing a very Happy National Press Day.

The occasion of National Press Day reminds us all that it is because of the Press Council of India we have a responsible press in the country. Happy National Press Day.

National Press Day Quotes:

When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered- Christopher Dodd.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad- Albert Camus.

A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that- Hugh Grant.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press- Shabana Azmi.

A free press needs to be a respected press- Tom Stoppard.

In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press- Tzipi Livni.

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