**Summary of Accessibility Guidelines for OTT Platforms**
On February 6, 2026, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued the "Guidelines for Accessibility of Content on Platforms of Publishers of Online Curated Content (OTT Platforms) for Persons with Hearing and Visual Impairment." The initiative aims to ensure audio-visual content is inclusive and accessible through a prescribed implementation schedule.
**Key Mandates:**
The guidelines require that all newly published content on OTT platforms incorporate at least one accessibility feature for both hearing and visually impaired audiences:
* **Hearing-Impaired Features:** Closed Captioning, Open Captioning, or Indian Sign Language.
* **Visually Impaired Features:** Audio Descriptors.
**Administrative Details:**
* **Official Disclosure:** The information was submitted to the Rajya Sabha by Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, in response to inquiries from Smt. Maya Naroliya.
* **Access Path:** The full guidelines are available on the Ministry’s website at [https://mib.gov.in](https://mib.gov.in) under the path: Home → Documents → Acts, Policies & Guidelines.
* **Release ID:** 2246020 (Posted on March 27, 2026).
* **Contact/Author:** Mahesh Kumar, PIB Delhi.
* **Metric:** As of the release date, the visitor counter for this announcement was 240.
Key Entities Referenced
Guidelines for Accessibility of Content on Platforms of Publishers of Online Curated Content (OTT Platforms) for Persons with Hearing and Visual Impairment: A set of mandates requiring OTT platforms to include accessibility features such as closed captioning, Indian Sign Language, and audio descriptors for hearing and visually impaired audiences.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting: The primary regulatory body responsible for issuing these accessibility guidelines and overseeing the implementation schedule for online curated content publishers.
Rajya Sabha: The upper house of the Indian Parliament where official details regarding the progress and mandate of these accessibility guidelines were formally submitted.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government Issues Accessibility Guidelines for
OTT Platforms; Mandates Features for Hearing
and Visually Impaired Audiences
Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 3:48PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued Guidelines for Accessibility of Content on
Platforms of Publishers of Online Curated Content (OTT Platforms) for Persons with Hearing and Visual
Impairment on 06.02.2026.
The guidelines are available for public access at Ministry’s website under following path: https://mib.gov.i
n → Home →Documents →Acts, Policies & Guidelines
The guidelines aim to ensure that audio-visual content on OTT platforms is accessible to persons with
hearing and visual impairment and provide for an implementation schedule.
The Guidelines mandate that all newly published content on OTT platforms shall carry at least one
accessibility feature each for hearing-impaired (Closed Captioning /Open Captioning/ Indian Sign
Language) and visually impaired viewers (Audio Descriptors) as per the prescribed implementation
schedule.
This Information was submitted by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L.
Murugan in the Rajya Sabha in response of questions asked by Smt. Maya Naroliya.
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Mahesh Kumar
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