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Monday, January 27, 2014

Parl Committee Should Oversee Prasar Bharati: Pitroda Panel

Source: The New Indian Express | By Express News Service - NEW DELHI
Published: 25th January 2014

Sam Pitroda-led expert panel has recommended that a Parliamentary Committee must oversee the functioning of Prasar Bharati to give it financial and administrative freedom so that it becomes a "genuine public broadcaster as against a government broadcaster".

The expert panel, which submitted its report to the Centre on Friday, said the Prasar Bharati Act-- that governs the functioning of the public broadcaster-- should be amended to grant the broadcaster more freedom to break free from the routine interference by the parent ministry-- the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Set up in January last, the panel's mandate was to suggest a suitable administrative and financial model for the Prasar Bharati that governs Doordarshan and the................

Read more at http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Parl-Committee-Should-Oversee-Prasar-Bharati-Pitroda-Panel/2014/01/25/article2018854.ece 

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