In order to register your News Portal in India, below are the eligibility criteria for the same :
- The general terms and conditions prescribed for the representatives of print and visual media will also be applicable in the case of online editors, correspondents, and camera persons.
- A news site/portal means a website that has at least 1/3rd of its visible content related to news & current affairs originally reported by its own correspondents.
- The publications on behalf of which accreditation has already been given will accommodate their online journalists within their existing quota.
- The site should have paid subscribers. However, it should not be insisted on the subscribers right now but some preference will be given to the news sites having subscribers.
- Online news agencies will be governed as per the existing rules prescribed for news agencies.
- The site should have a minimum annual revenue of either Rs.20 lakhs from its news portions only OR Rs.2.5 crores from the entire website including its news portion.
- The site should be updated regularly and at least 6 times daily.
- The news portal should be observing the laws of the land in terms of content, service, promotions, finances, and any other aspect of functioning.
- The news site should have been functioning for at least one year.
- The domain name of the site should be registered for at least the next 5 years from the date of application.
- The site should have at least 10,000 page views per day for its news portion.
- The issue of determining the authenticity of The site may be decided in consultation with VSNL in case of any doubt.
- In the event of a website/portal being found involved in any activity perceived as cybercrime now or in the future, all accreditations given to representatives of that website/portal will be withdrawn at the discretion of the DG (M&C).
