Business - Elders For Winding Up Of Prasar Bharati

Source of Article: Press Trust of India – News, Press Trust of India

December 8, 2011 (17:51)

 

New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) Members belonging to different parties today demanded in the Rajya Sabha that Prasar Bharati should be wound up and pitched for making Doordarshan more effective and professional.

They were participating in a discussion on a bill to amend the law governing Prasar Bharati and make all recruitments done between November 1997 and October 2007 as "deemed deputation" till retirement.

The bill, which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August last year, was referred to the Standing Committee whose recommendations were incorporated in it before being taking up for consideration and passage.

The Committee had recommended that in the recruitment rules and service conditions of employees of Prasar Bharati, it should be made absolutely clear that the employees on deemed deputation are senior to Prasar Bharati employees and it would not affect their promotional prospects.

Tarun Vijay (BJP) said the aim of national broadcasting is not achieved by Prasar Bharati, which is not working effectively. He sought winding up of the public broadcaster and reviving Doordarshan and Akashwani.

"It only projects the government and those associated with it... Day by day the quality is going down and Prasar Bharati is unsuccessful in presenting a correct picture of the nation. ...The aim was to bring truth before millions of Indians. But it is not working effectively," he said. He lamented that "whenever an important event happens, instead of seeing the government channel, people prefer to see private channels. "Vijay said IAS, IIS officers were controlling Prasar Bharati and suggested appointing professionals. .

 

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