law: Press Council Act, 1978
  13.Objects and functions of the Council.-
  (1) the objects of the Cancun shall be to
  
  preserve the freedom of the Press and to maintain and improve the standards of
  
  newspapers and news agencies in India.
  (2) The council may, in furtherance of its
  
  objects, perform the following functions, namely"-
  (a) to help newspapers 
  
  and news agencies to maintain their independence;
  (b) to build up a code
  
  of conduct for newspapers news agencies and journalists in accordance with high
  
  professional standards;
  (c) to ensure on the
  
  part of newspapers news agencies 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 aiming 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 cases of assistance received by any newspaper or news agency in India
  
  from any foreign source including such cases as are referred to it by the
  
  Central Government or are brought to its notice by any individual, association
  
  of persons or any other organization:
  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 any foreign
  
  source in any other manner it thinks fit;
  (g) to undertake
  
  studies of foreign newspapers, including those brought out by any embassy or
  
  other representatives in India of a foreign state, their circulation and
  
  impact.
  Explanation- For the purpose of
  
  this clause, the expression "foreign state" has the meaning assigned
  
  to it in section 87A of the code of civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908);
  (h) to promote a
  
  proper functional relationship among sell classes of persons engaged in the
  
  production or publication of newspapers or in news agencies:
  Provided that nothing in this
  
  Calais shall be deemed to confer on the council any functions in regard to
  
  disputes to which the Industrial disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) applies;
  (i) to concern itself
  
  developments such as concentration of or other aspects of ownership of
  
  newspapers and news agencies which may affect the independence of the Press;
  (j) to indurate such
  
  studies as may be entrusted to the council and to espousers its opinion in
  
  regard to any matter referred to it by the central government;
  (k) to do such other
  
  acts as may be incidental or conductive to the discharge of the above
  
  functions.