The 2025 push for TRP regulation seeks to end a dark era of broadcasting where ratings were artificially inflated through bribery and collusion. The Parliamentary Committee on IT previously declared TRPs “easily manipulated”.

The Bharat Media Association highlights that manipulative rating systems directly incentivize toxic, hyper-sensationalized news reporting. By establishing a hard statutory framework against this commercial fraud, regulators can force news channels to return to ethical, factual journalism rather than screaming matches designed solely for fake metrics.