11 study groups to examine Prasar Bharati functioning
Source: Times of India | TNN |
Feb 6, 2013, 01.34 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The Sam Pitroda-led panel examining issues related to Prasar Bharati will submit its report in six months. The panel, which will look at financial restructuring and interface with government, set up 11 sub-groups on Tuesday.
"The working groups would submit a white paper on 11 subjects within 30 to 60 days," Pitroda said after the first meeting of the expert committee on Prasar Bharati. A website will be created where people can also make suggestions, he added.
Among the groups that the committee has constituted, one would work on aspects related to the Prasar Bharati-government relationship. There have been instances in the past where various quarters, including I&B minister Manish Tewari, have raised the need to re-examine the relationship between the government and the national broadcaster.
The second working group that has been set up on Tuesday would look into matters related to technology. Officials said it had been felt that the national broadcaster had often been unable to keep pace with latest developments.
Three other groups constituted would look into matters related to finance, business development and organization and human resource issues. The sixth group would examine programming and content-related issues.
Experts in one of the working group would brainstorm on the policy related to archives of Doordarshan and All India Radio. Other panels will look at plans to ensure global presence of Doordarshan, while separate working groups would focus on presence of social media, creation of a regulatory mechanism and competitive analysis.
Pitroda said once the working groups submitted their reports, the expert committee would study them following which they would be taken up with the Prasar Bharati board as well as the government.
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