New Delhi, March 23 -- The parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology has formally recommended that the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) should consider creating a Media Council to bring different forms of media including print, broadcast and digital under one umbrella body for better coordination and implementation of governing laws.

HT first reported on January 31 about the discussions by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey-led panel proposing such a Media Council.

Even before the committee's formal recommendation on Friday, MIB has discussed the formation of such a body, modelled after the Press Council of India (PCI), a person aware of the matter said.

In its eleventh...