The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) represents the private television news & current affairs broadcasters. It is the collective voice of the news & current affairs broadcasters in India .It is an organization funded entirely by its members. The NBA has presently 26 leading news and current affairs broadcasters (comprising 78 news and current affairs channels) as its members. The NBA presents a unified and credible voice before the Government, on matters that affect the growing industry. Objectives of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) • To promote, aid, help, encourage, develop, protect and secure the interests of the News Broadcasters in the Indian television Industry and other related entities. • To promote awareness about the latest developments in the television industry relating to News Broadcasting and to disseminate knowledge amongst its members and the general public regarding such developments. • To provide for the members a place of meeting so as to enable them to work in consensus to achieve common goals for the overall betterment of their industry and to have a common platform/forum at which they may air their grievances and arrive at solutions. • To promote the growth of friendly relations amongst the members and amongst persons engaged in the production and broadcasting of the television software and especially to encourage co-operation among the members so as to maximize mutual benefits. • To protect all its members from persons or entities who carry on unfair and/or unethical practices or who discredit the television industry. • No objects of the Company will be carried out without obtaining prior approval/ NOC from the concerned authority, wherever required. • None of the main objects shall be carried out on commercial basis.