Consider the following statements regarding Press council of india The Press Council is headed by a ...........

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Consider the following statements regarding Press council of india:

The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Member of parliament can't be a member of Press council of india.
The Council is funded by the revenue collected by it as fee levied on the registered newspapers in the country on the basis of their circulation.

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1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

All of the above

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The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. The Council consists of 28 other members of whom 20 represent the press and are nominated by the press organisations/news agencies recognised and notified by the Council as all India bodies of categories such as editors, working journalists and owners and managers of newspaper and news agencies, five members are nominated from the two Houses of Parliament and three represent cultural, literary and legal fields as nominees of the Sahitya Academy, University Grants Commission and the Bar Council of India. The members serve on the Council for a term of three years. A retiring member shall be eligible for renomination for not more than one term.

The Council is funded by the revenue collected by it as fee levied on the registered newspapers in the country on the basis of their circulation. No fee is levied on newspapers with circulation less than 5000 copies. The deficit is made good by way of grant by the Central Government.