KATHMANDU, Feb. 1 -- The government has drafted a new law to abolish public welfare advertisements for the media. In the draft of the Media Council Bill prepared to replace the Press Council Act, 2048 BS, the provision of public welfare advertisement given by the government has been removed.

The government has prepared the draft of the bill which will be submitted in the next session of parliament. "A draft law has been prepared to remove the subsidy budget while raising questions about the appropriateness of subsidies for the print media," said a high-ranking source at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT).

Section 10 of the Press Council Act has provision for a review committee responsible for distributing p...