A message is being circulated on social media claiming the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will be filing FIRs against fake journalists.
We noticed that this information was picked up by many online portals and later on, the article was being shared as a WhatsApp forward.

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to be false.
We checked the official website and social media handles and did not find any announcement regarding this.
Moreover, the Press Bureau of Information, in a tweet, clarified that the news is fake.

एक व्हाट्सएप मैसेज में केंद्रीय सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्री @PrakashJavdekar के कथित वक्तव्य के हवाले से कहा जा रहा है कि फर्जी पत्रकार जेल जाएंगे#PIBFactCheck: ऐसा वक्तव्य केंद्रीय मंत्री @PrakashJavdekar ने कभी नहीं दिया ना ही ऐसा कोई प्रस्ताव मंत्रालय के सामने है pic.twitter.com/UJFRDbaJyW

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 2, 2020

In the tweet, PIB mentioned that no such proposal has been made by the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar.
Hence, from the above information, we can conclude that the post in circulation is false.

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