<span style="color: #222222;">Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued an advisory to TV channels, asking them to strictly comply with their respective undertakings of carrying news or non-news content. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry gives permission for uplinking of TV channels under two categories non-news and current affairs, and news and current affairs in accordance with the policy guidelines. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said, the non-news and current affairs channel means a channel which does not have any element of news and current affairs in its programme content while a  news and current affairs TV channel means a channel which has elements of news and current affairs in its programme content. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It said, news channels are mandated to carry news and current affairs content, while non-news and current affairs channels are not mandated to carry any news and current affairs content. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It said, at the time of applying for a non-news TV channel, the applicant company gives an undertaking that the proposed channel is purely an entertainment channel and does not have any news or current affairs based programme. </span><br />''