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Pm Asks Prasad To Use The Law To Rein In Broadcasters

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Last Updated : Jan 28 2013 | 1:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to ensure that the consumer did not have to pay a higher cable bill after the conditional access system was put in place.

Prasad met Vajpayee along with secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting Pawan Chopra and additional secretary Vijay Singh to brief him about the progress in the rollout of the new system.

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The minister was asked to use laws, if necessary, to rein in broadcasters.

Sources in the Prime Minister's Office said Vajpayee told the minister that if a

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