Section 7 in Orissa News Media Accreditation Rules, 2006
7. Eligibility criteria for News Agencies seeking Accreditation.
- The following criteria shall be taken into consideration for grant of accreditation to news agencies, feature agencies, photo agencies and television news and feature agencies, namely :(i)The contents of the items circulated/produced by agencies mentioned above shall include news and information emanating from the Headquarters of the Government of Orissa as well as district and sub-divisional headquarters.(ii)(a)A news agency shall use telegraphic or electronic transmission and receiving facilities and shall have paying subscribers in news media organizations spread over not less than three districts.(b)A news-photo agency shall have a minimum of six paying subscribers and a minimum annual subscription income of Rs. 30,000/- and television organization Rs. 50,000/- from media organization as certified by an established firm of Chartered Accountant.(c)A feature agency shall have not less than twelve paying subscribers in media organization and shall have annual revenue not less than Rs. 20,000/-:Provided that out of the paying subscriber there shall be at least one large class newspaper approved by Government in case of news agency and news photo agency and in case of feature agency at least one T.V./Radio news production shall be there :Provided further that an applicant seeking accreditation on behalf of news agency shall have to submit one years original clippings not less than 50 in numbers at the rate of at least 4 numbers per month.(iii)Wire agencies shall provide services to at least five news subscribers including audio visual networks on a regular commercial basis and shall produce certificate from an established firm of Chartered Accountant, about their annual revenue which should not be less than Rs. 5.00 lakhs.
