Speaking to NDTV on Your Call, Information & Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said she herself was shocked by some of the serials she sees on air.

The Minister said she doesn't want to be a censor board for TV but added there must be a distinction between TV viewing and film viewing.

"Some serials are meaningless and take us back in time. I don't want to be a censor board for TV.  But we are talking about homes which have just one TV. So there have to be some self-regulatory norms because what enters our rooms has to be separate from films," she said.

The Minister also said that if self-regulatory norms don't work, the government will have to step in.

She added that she wanted to review the entire ratings system for television or TRPs.

"The present system of TRPs is not adequate."

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