TV channel warned over wrong India map

The competent authority after considering all the facts and circumstances of the case,observations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee IMC,reply submitted by the Channel and after due application of mind has concluded that the National Geographic Channel has violated Rule 6 1 h of the Programme Code. Strict compliance to this direction has to be ensured by the National Geographic Channel. Any further violation may entail stringent action,the Ministry has said.

The Ministry had issued a show cause notice dated 4th September,2009 to the National Geographic Channel observing that the National Geographic Channel in their Programme telecast on 04.08.2009 showed the wrong map of India,while showing a programme on Rhinos in South Asia. Therefore the telecast/re-telecast of the above programme on National Geographic Channel appeared to distort the Map of India,it had said.

The Channel submitted their reply dated 16.09.2009 and stated that they had inadvertently shown the map of South Asia,which included an Indian territorial boundary which was not in conformity with the map of India published by the Survey of India.