Courtesy: RnM Team 28 Feb 13 17:03 IST
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NEW DELHI: Even as the grants-in-aid for Prasar Bharati has been raised from the revised estimates of Rs 17.2904 billion to Rs 21.8037 billion, there is no separate investment by the government in the public broadcaster.
In the budget of 2012-13, the government had made investments of Rs 2.8266 billion according to revised estimates though the budget for the year had set aside a provision of Rs 4.01 billion. However, there is provision for investment of Rs 2 billion from Internal and extra-budgetary resources for Prasar Bharati.
An explanatory memorandum says that the grants-in-aid towards meeting the salary and salary related expenditure.
Prasar Bharati sources told Radioandmusic.com that this had been done to meet the extra expenditure on salaries which has fallen on the shoulders of the Government since all Prasar Bharati employees who were in employment as on 5 October 2007 have been given deemed deputation status.
Contrary to expectations, the government has not set aside any amount specifically for marking the centenary of Indian cinema or digitization of the cable television sector.
However, the allocation under ‘Secretariat-Social Services’ covering centenary celebrations and digitization has gone up to Rs 1.437 billion from the revised estimates of Rs 1.0335 billion.
The total budget of the I&B Ministry has been raised to Rs 30.3565 billion for 2013-14 against the revised budget of Rs 26.934 billion (against the initial allocation of Rs 27.3732 billion) for the previous year.
An explanatory note says that Secretariat-Social services also covers expenses on development of community radio, development support to the north-east as well as Jammu and Kashmir and ‘other identified areas’, promotion of Indian cinema through film festivals and film markets in India and abroad, production of films and documentaries in various Indian languages, National Film Heritage Mission, anti-piracy initiatives, the proposed National Centre for Animation and Gaming, and automation of broadcast services.
The allocation under the Film Sector has, unlike last year, been increased to Rs 1.1717 billion for 2013-14. Last year, the budget for the film sector was Rs 841.1 million though the revised estimates had put this figure at Rs 888.8 million. There is an additional outlay of Rs 70.4 million towards certification of cinematographic films.
For the fourth year in a row, the government has not announced any investment in the National Film Development Corporation.
The allocation for Press Information Services which includes grants to the Press Council of India has been marginally
In the budget of 2012-13, the government had made investments of Rs 2.8266 billion according to revised estimates though the budget for the year had set aside a provision of Rs 4.01 billion. However, there is provision for investment of Rs 2 billion from Internal and extra-budgetary resources for Prasar Bharati.
An explanatory memorandum says that the grants-in-aid towards meeting the salary and salary related expenditure.
Prasar Bharati sources told Radioandmusic.com that this had been done to meet the extra expenditure on salaries which has fallen on the shoulders of the Government since all Prasar Bharati employees who were in employment as on 5 October 2007 have been given deemed deputation status.
Contrary to expectations, the government has not set aside any amount specifically for marking the centenary of Indian cinema or digitization of the cable television sector.
However, the allocation under ‘Secretariat-Social Services’ covering centenary celebrations and digitization has gone up to Rs 1.437 billion from the revised estimates of Rs 1.0335 billion.
The total budget of the I&B Ministry has been raised to Rs 30.3565 billion for 2013-14 against the revised budget of Rs 26.934 billion (against the initial allocation of Rs 27.3732 billion) for the previous year.
An explanatory note says that Secretariat-Social services also covers expenses on development of community radio, development support to the north-east as well as Jammu and Kashmir and ‘other identified areas’, promotion of Indian cinema through film festivals and film markets in India and abroad, production of films and documentaries in various Indian languages, National Film Heritage Mission, anti-piracy initiatives, the proposed National Centre for Animation and Gaming, and automation of broadcast services.
The allocation under the Film Sector has, unlike last year, been increased to Rs 1.1717 billion for 2013-14. Last year, the budget for the film sector was Rs 841.1 million though the revised estimates had put this figure at Rs 888.8 million. There is an additional outlay of Rs 70.4 million towards certification of cinematographic films.
For the fourth year in a row, the government has not announced any investment in the National Film Development Corporation.
The allocation for Press Information Services which includes grants to the Press Council of India has been marginally
More at: http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/budget-2013-prasar-bharati-get-enhanced-grants-aid-no-govt-investment
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