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Friday, July 4, 2014

Does Govt-owned media require more freedom than it currently has?

Source: exchange4media.com | Writer: Abid Hasan
Friday, Jul 04,2014 9:20 AM

The newly-elected Government has been swift in addressing some of the pressing issues of the media industry and initiating steps to stream operations of this industry. One such step has been issuing a Consultation Paper to discuss media laws with the various stakeholders.

The Consultation Paper raises some select concerns and poses a set of questions that will help foster a larger public debate amongst stakeholders and the citizenry to shape the approach that should be adopted in tackling these issues.

Government-owned media is one of the major issues that the Consultation Paper addresses. exchange4media spoke to some media players to gauge their views on freedom of Government-owned media and whether it requires more freedom.


Sharing his point of view, Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati said, "I would like to point out that Prasar Bharati is an autonomous organisation, set up under an Act of Parliament and not Government-owned. It is Government-supported to the extent that the Government pays the salaries for the employees it has recruited over the years and who are on 'permanent deputation' to Prasar Bharati."

Though Prasar Bharati reaches out to...............

Read more at http://www.exchange4media.com/56387_does-govt-owned-media-require-more-freedom-than-it-currently-has.html 

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