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Mumbai/New Delhi: In a bid to discourage non-serious companies from entering the overcrowded Indian broadcasting sector, the Union Cabinet on rida! tightened the eligibilit! criteria for companies appl!ing for television channel licences in the news and non-news genres" #ehil $ha%%ar, e&ecutive director, media and entertainment, at '(M), said such policies could force some of the e&isting companies intending to start new channels to e&it business"  *et others feels the norms are still not stringent enough to weed out wea% firms" #awahar )oel, chief e&ecutive of Dish $+ India td and former president p resident of the Indian roadcasting oundation, said it was not reall! a restrictive polic!" .$he guidelines on net  worth are fairl! insignificant" insignificant" Its a good move, but not enough"0 enough"0 (aritosh #oshi, chief e&ecutive of 1$23 C# Networ% India (vt" td, said theres been a mushrooming of channels in the 4indi news genre" .$o a large e&tent, the mushrooming is unsavour!" )loball!, 5fCom 6ederal 5ffice of Communicatio Communication7 n7 has a fit and proper test where individual shareholders are scrutini8ed" 4ere  what the ministr! is sa!ing is far easier easier in terms of restrictions"0 #oshi said these norms will also affect e&isting channels because their tenure is temporar! and licences will need to be renewed"  2ccording to the broadcasting broadcasting ministr!, 9; channels were given permission till the end of 2ugust this !ear" $he si8e of the television industr! was estimated to be 3s<=,9>> crore in <>?> and is e&pected to reach 3s@,?>> crore b! <>??, according to the icci-'(M) Indian Media and Antertainment Industr! 3eport <>?? published earlier this !ear" $hat will increase to 3sB@,>>> crore b! <>?;, the report rep ort said"