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THE NEWS IN PROPORTION

OP-ED / PAID NEWS SYNDROME

Who pays the price for paid news?

In mid-June, the Election Commmission of India directed Chief Electoral Officers of all states and Union Territories to enforce the law against "paid news" during elections. The institutionalised racket has been running into hundreds of crores of rupees. Ammu Joseph brings you up to speed.

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+ Sections

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+ Agriculture
- Section Homepage
+ Children
- Section Homepage
- Health
- Child Labour
+ Economy
- Section Homepage
- Agribusiness
- Consumers
- Energy
- Fisheries
- Housing
- Labour Issues
- Livelihoods
- Micro-finance
- Public Funds
- Tourism
- Transport
+ Education
- Section Homepage
+ Environment
- Section Homepage
- Biodiversity
- Cities
- Climate
- Education
- Energy
- Fisheries
- Forests
- Hazards
- Laws and Regulations
- Mining
- Reviews
- Waste Management
- Water Resources
- Wildlife
+ Government
- Section Homepage
+ Health
- Section Homepage
+ Human Rights
- Section Homepage
+ Laws and Regulations
- Section Homepage
+ Media
- Section Homepage
- Creative Media
- Gender
- Opinions
- Radio
- The Press
+ Poverty
- Section Homepage
+ Right To Info
- Section Homepage
+ Society
- Section Homepage
- Adivasis
- Art
- Books and Films
- Caste
- Culture
- History
- Peace
- People
- Science and Tech
+ Women
- Section Homepage

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AS
BR
CG
DL
GA
GJ
HR
HP
JK
JH
KA
KL
MP

MH
MN
MZ
OR
PB
RJ
SK
TN
TS
TR
UP
UK
WB

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