New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) may move to separately notify a proposed rule that would require intermediaries to comply with the ministry's clarifications, advisories, directions, SOPs, codes of practice and guidelines, or risk legal action, a government official told HT.

Rule 3(4) was among three key amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, published by the ministry for public consultation on March 30. A fourth amendment was added to the proposal on April 21.

The official quoted above said that the move to separately notify the advisory requirement is aimed at ensuring compliance begins at the earliest. But a seco...