New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- Chairperson of Press Council of India and former Supreme Court Ranjana Desai has stressed on the need to strengthen the autonomous press body.

Desai made the request while addressing a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, sources said on Monday.

Earlier today, the Parliamentary committee, led by MP Nishikant Dubey reviewed the harmonisation of laws related to media including for print, TV and digital media platforms.

Officials from the Information Broadcasting Ministry and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were also present during the meeting.

According to the Lok Sabha Secretariat the agenda of the meeting was "Examination of the Subject- 'Review of impl...