Simplified Laws Guide to Taxation and Legal Concern Thought for the day
Maturity is not when you start speaking BIG things. It is when we start understanding small things.
Vitamin K
Laws | Act # 5 | The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
One thing none of us like while watching TV is ‘Commercial breaks’ Isn’t it?
Can a TV channel show 30 minutes of commercials in an hour? Is there any restrictions? Who regulates this service?
- Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) regulates the service quality of TV channels.
- As their Standard Quality of Service (duration of advertisement in television channels) amendment regulation, 2013, TV channels can’ t show more than 12 minutes of advertisement every hour
- Every broadcaster once in every quarter shall submit the details of advertisement carried in its channel.
- The minimum time gap between two consecutive advertisement breaks should not be less than 15 minutes. In the case of movies, this should be a minimum of 30 minutes
- The advertisements during live broadcast of a sporting event should be only during the breaks in the sporting action
Professional Etiquette+
Meeting/Seminars | Text-messaging is not an alternative to using the phone when calling would be considered rude
Plus Point
Lok Sabha Elections | You would have heard that the public campaign and meetings should stops 48 hours before the election. Right?
If so, how the parties can conduct rallies today in Karnataka (the election is on 17th April)?
The election commission says “officially, the public campaign ends 48 hours before polling closes”, which means the polling ends at 6 pm on 17th April, 2o14. So, the parties can campaign till 6 pm today.
