‘Need steps to deal with obscenity in ads’

NEW DELHI: I&B minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said “more effective steps” were needed to deal with obscenity and vulgarity in advertisements in the media. He shared data and said around 6,700 complaints had been dealt with so far. Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav demanded a ban on such advertisements.
“I agree this is an important issue. Still, I believe more effective steps are required,” Javadekar said in response to Yadav’s concerns raised during zero hour in Rajya Sabha.