Prasar Bharati to have separate recruitment board
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will set up a separate recruitment board and form new recruitment rules by the end of next month.
NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will set up a separate recruitment board and form new recruitment rules by the end of next month.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the Group of Ministers on Prasar Bharati held on June 15.
The recruitment rules would have to get the approval of Prasar Bharati Board by July 31 and would have to be placed before the Finance Ministry by August 31, according to the GoM decision.
The GoM has also decided on the formation of a joint-secretary level four-member committee with members from various ministries to address the disparities in pay scales.
"This (the committee) will only look into the employees of I and B and Prasar Bharati," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here today.
Apart from this, the GoM has also decided on the amendment of the Prasar Bharati Act that provides for the setting up of the Parliamentary committee to deal with issues relating to the public broadcaster.
Since the inception of Prasar Bharati 15 years ago, no Parliamentary committee has been set up. So the amendment will do away with the provision, Soni said.
She said that the Ministry has also been empowered to suggest any other amendment to the Act it thinks suitable. This process should be completed by September 15, the GoM decided.
Soni said that the Ministry has cleared 100 channels for telecast in the DD bouquet by the end of this financial year and it is expected that the number will be increased to 200 by December 31, 2011. At present, there are 53 channels in the DD bouquet.
Favouring a broadcasting authority, she said, there was no need for a council only for Prasar Bharati.
"We have formed a task force, including stakeholders from the industry, and they have discussed a tentative proposal which has to be discussed in a final meeting after which it will be submitted to the minister," Soni said.
On the issue of paid news, she said, she has asked for a report from the Press Council which is yet to be received.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the Group of Ministers on Prasar Bharati held on June 15.
The recruitment rules would have to get the approval of Prasar Bharati Board by July 31 and would have to be placed before the Finance Ministry by August 31, according to the GoM decision.
The GoM has also decided on the formation of a joint-secretary level four-member committee with members from various ministries to address the disparities in pay scales.
"This (the committee) will only look into the employees of I and B and Prasar Bharati," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here today.
Apart from this, the GoM has also decided on the amendment of the Prasar Bharati Act that provides for the setting up of the Parliamentary committee to deal with issues relating to the public broadcaster.
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Since the inception of Prasar Bharati 15 years ago, no Parliamentary committee has been set up. So the amendment will do away with the provision, Soni said.
She said that the Ministry has also been empowered to suggest any other amendment to the Act it thinks suitable. This process should be completed by September 15, the GoM decided.
Soni said that the Ministry has cleared 100 channels for telecast in the DD bouquet by the end of this financial year and it is expected that the number will be increased to 200 by December 31, 2011. At present, there are 53 channels in the DD bouquet.
Favouring a broadcasting authority, she said, there was no need for a council only for Prasar Bharati.
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"We have formed a task force, including stakeholders from the industry, and they have discussed a tentative proposal which has to be discussed in a final meeting after which it will be submitted to the minister," Soni said.
On the issue of paid news, she said, she has asked for a report from the Press Council which is yet to be received.
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