Government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue of paid news. The group, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will also suggest remedial measures to curb the menace. The GoM is also likely to seek the opinion of experts in the field. It will also call for suggestions from the industry and study a recent report submitted by the Press Council of India on the issue. The GoM has been tasked to devise a more precise methodology to adjudge paid news. Our correspondent reports the issue of paid news is being viewed seriously by the government as the Election Commission of India had also convened a meeting of political parties to discuss the matter. Talking to All India Radio earlier, Information and Broadcasting minister Mrs. Ambika Soni had asserted that the government was looking into the paid news issue with utmost seriousness. The other members of the GoM are Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.