law: Press Council Act, 1965
  12.Objects and functions of the Council.-
  (1) The object of the Council shall be to
  
  preserve the freedom of the Press and to maintain and improve the standards of
  
  newspapers in India
  (2) The Council may, in furtherance of its
  
  object, perform the following functions, namely :-
  (a) to help newspapers
  
  to maintain their independence;
  (b) to build up a code
  
  of conduct for newspapers and journalists in accordance with high professional
  
  standards;
  (c) to ensure on the 
  
  part of newspapers and journalists the maintenance of high standards of public 
  
  taste and foster a due sense of both the rights and responsibilities of 
  
  citizenship;
  (d) to encourage the
  
  growth of a sense of responsibility and public service among all those engaged
  
  in the profession of journalism;
  (e) to keep under
  
  review any development likely to restrict the supply and dissemination of news
  
  of public interest and importance;
  (f) to keep under
  
  review such cases of assistance received by any newspaper or news agency in
  
  India from foreign sources, as are referred to it by the Central Government;
  Provided that nothing in this
  
  clause shall preclude the Central Government from dealing with any case of
  
  assistance received by a newspaper or news agency in India from foreign
  
  sources, in any other manner it thinks fit;
  (g) to promote the
  
  establishment of such common service for the supply and dissemination of news
  
  to newspapers as may, from time to time, appear to it to be desirable;
  (h) to provide
  
  facilities for the proper education and training of persons in the profession
  
  of journalism;
  (i) to promote a
  
  proper functional relationship among all classes of persons engaged in the
  
  production or publication of newspapers;
  (j) to study developments
  
  which may tend towards monopoly or concentration of ownership of newspapers,
  
  including a study of the ownership or financial structure of newspapers, and if
  
  necessary, to suggest remedies therefor;
  (k) to promote
  
  technical or other research;
  (l) to do such other
  
  acts as may be incidental or conducive to the discharge of the above functions.