A four-member committee has been formed to review the guidelines on television rating agencies in India. The panel headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati was constituted by the alert from the allegation from the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam. The centre government has asked the committee to submit its report to the Information and Broadcasting minister within two months.  

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A guidelines was issued in 2014 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Television Rating agencies in India which were notified after detailed discussion by the Parliamentary Committee. The Committee on Television Rating Points (TRP) was constituted by the ministry and recommendation by the Telecom Regulatory Authority etc. The committee comprises Dr Shalabh, Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur; Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DOT; and Professor Pulak Ghosh, Decision Sciences Centre for Public Policy (CPP) as its members.

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An offcial order issued by the ministry said, "Based on the operation of the guidelines for a few years, there is a need to have a fresh look on the guidelines particularly keeping in view the recent recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), technological advancements/inventions to address the system and further strengthening of the procedures for a credible and transparent rating system". The panel will carry out an appraisal of the existing system, examine TRAI recommendations notified from time to time, the industry scenario and the needs of the stakeholders and would make recommendations for robust, transparent and accountable rating system through changes in the existing guidelines if needed. 

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