New Delhi, April 8 -- Proposed amendments to India's information technology rules, which would extend government oversight to user-generated news content on social media and make ministry advisories legally binding on platforms, faced pushback from industry and digital rights groups at consultations held by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) on Tuesday - as the government signalled it may extend the public feedback window.

The ministry had published the draft rules on March 30, giving 15 days for public and stakeholder feedback, with April 14 set as the deadline. A senior official told HT that MeitY had received around 70-100 responses and was likely to extend the deadline by two weeks.

The consultations came...