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THE Central Vigilance Commission disposed of 416 cases during October 2009 referred to it for advice. The Commission advised initiations of major penalty proceedings against 113 officers. Of these, 32 were from public sector banks, 27 from M/o Railways, 9 from MCD, 6 each from Central Coalfields Ltd. and Hindustan Copper Ltd., 5 from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 4 each from Central Board of Excise & Customs and Damodar Valley Corporation and 3 each from NHAI a.. Full Article

Asking for transparency in functioning, leading broadcasters like Zee TV, STAR, Sony and others have taken a strong objection to a proposed move by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to amend the existing Copyright Act without consulting them. Under the proposed changes, even news broadcasters may also have to cough up a similar amount for every telecast of matches and old clippings. Full Article

Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has criticised HRD ministry’s proposed amendments to the Copyright Act and said it was disappointed to note that the ministry has not done any consultations with broadcasters on proposed changes like amendments in ‘Fair Use’ provisions. Full Article