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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2014-15 Interim Budget: Prasar Bharati gets enhanced grants-in-aid

Source: Indian Television.com | Posted on : 17 Feb 2014 05:32 pm

NEW DELHI: The grants-in-aid for Prasar Bharati has been raised marginally to Rs 2,331.58 crore for 2014-15 from the revised estimates of Rs 2,089.56 crore in 2013-14. There is no separate investment by the government in the pubcaster for the second year in a row.
 
In the interim budget (vote-on-account) for 2014-15 presented in Parliament in view of general elections later this year, the government has made a provision of Rs 200 crore from Internal and Extra-budgetary resources for Prasar Bharati and the total plan outlay for broadcasting of Rs 641.58 crore.
 
The explanatory memorandum says the grants-in-aid are for meeting the salary and salary-related expenditure of Prasar Bharati. Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com this had been done to meet the extra expenditure on salaries which has fallen on....................

Read more at http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/2014-15-interim-budget-prasar-bharati-gets-enhanced-grants-in-aid-140217  

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