New Delhi: With 'Star' and Conditional Access System (CAS) stirring up a hornet's nest, a three-member Group of Ministers (GoM) will now give a broader look at all broadcasting issues, including uplinking, and even possibly the need to revisit the Convergence Bill.

The GoM comprising Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh and Law and Company Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley will take up the complex and controversial 'Star News' uplinking issue as a test case.

With pressure mounting on the government to put in place a regulatory body for broadcasters, the group is also likely to discuss the issue at length and examine if there is need for a separate regulatory authority for radio and television.

In the light of its discussions, the GoM may even look at the need to revisit the Convergence Bill, under which the Convergence Commission of India is to regulate content.

Though the Convergence Bill was introduced in Parliament and sent to the standing committee, it may undergo a review before being taken up in Parliament.

Faced with 600 pages of clarifications from 'Star' on its application for uplinking, the government now wants no leaf unturned and every loophole plugged in its uplinking policy before taking any final decision.

PTI