[confounded]

Many countries have film certification boards with similar powers, though they tend to be lenient. Same for web and television censorship.

While you may consider these powers authoritarian, there’s nothing inherently “socialistic” about them.

In the UK and US for example, censorship laws are often bundled into anti-terror legislation, which generally has its strongest proponents on the political right.

[shubhamjain]

Maybe not "socialistic" in the traditional sense but if you see India's history, from 50s to 90s, you'll see how it all evolved. Govt. ran everything (Banks, Telecoms, Automobile manufacturing) and installed thousands of institutions to regulate everything. Even after liberalisation, there's a strong tendency to regulate and feeble support to give a free-hand.

[ekianjo]

Socialistic may not be the right word but the idea of central authority and planning is there.