NEW DELHI: As expected, the gridlock in Parliament put paid to information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj's hopes of getting the amendments to the Cable TV Networks Amendment Bill 2002, which will pave the way for conditional access systems (CAS), passed by the Rajya sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament). The RS was adjourned sine die two days ahead of its scheduled close of 14 August today without transacting any business.

According to I&B officials, the government was again examining whether it was feasible to go in for a special ordinance. If the government does insist on getting CAS, then it would have recommend the President promulgating an ordinance, an executive order which is resorted to when the issue is of national importance.





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