AndhraNews.Net - Letter to Editor - Diminishing CAS standards

New Delhi: February 27, 2004

It refers to news of Union Government being ultimately forced to dismiss controversial and confusing CAS. It was Government�s over-stepping in a field where competition amongst TV channels was in itself sufficient to take care of consumers� interests! Problem is that our government uselessly interferes in a system which may be going smoothly, but neglects areas where it should interfere! Rather Government should feel itself duty-bound to regulate TV serials which are adversely affecting public-health both physically and psychologically.

Unending and uselessly twisted stories of TV serials have made viewers TV-addicted. Telecast of new episodes of serials till late night is against the principles laid down in healthy proverb �Early to bed and early to rise, makes people healthy, wealthy and wise�! Late sleeping habits adversely affect day-time working efficiency of people. Union government should fix a time-limit of say 10.30 pm for telecast of new episodes of serials. There should be an upper limit say 100 for episodes of a TV serial. It smells foul of money-role in force-implementation of CAS, and in not regulating TV serials.

Letter by Madhu Agarwal

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