The Election Commission has issued a set of guidelines to effectively monitor political advertisements during the election campaign in an effort to check the menace of paid news. As per the guidelines, all state Chief Electoral Officers will have to obtain a list of all TV and radio channels and newspapers in the state as well as their standard advertisement rate cards six months before the term of the Lok Sabha or the State Assembly expires. The Media Certification and Monitoring Committee at district and state level will monitor all political advertisements in relation to the candidates.