Free Prasar Bharati of Government Control

Last week, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting earned a well-deserved and stinging rebuke for its non-serious approach towards reforming Prasar Bharati. A parliamentary standing committee admonished the ministry for doing precious little on its advice to review the institutional framework of the public broadcaster in collaboration with the Sam Pitroda committee. Far from taking meaningful steps, it left the matter of improving Prasar Bharati’s services entirely to its board and staff.

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