- Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati (
Hindi : प्रसार भारती; literally "Broadcasting Corporation of India") isIndia 's largest public broadcaster. It is an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,Government of India and comprisesDoordarshan television network andAll India Radio .Prasar Bharati was established on
November 23 ,1997 following a demand that the government owned broadcasters in India should be given autonomy like those in many other countries. TheParliament of India passed an Act to grant this autonomy in1990 , but it was not enacted untilSeptember 15 1997 .Baljeet Singh Lalli is the current chairman of Prasar Bharati and Brijeshwar Singh is the current CEO. Singh is also the DG of
All India Radio .It is right now working with Nokia to make a DVB-H system for the whole country and metros should be able to use the service in May 2007.
External links
* [http://mib.nic.in/informationb/AUTONOMUS/prasar.htm Government profile]
* [http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ Doordarshan official website]
* [http://www.allindiaradio.org/ All India Radio website][engineering staff scales were rectified by the prasarabharathi in 1999 In according with court verdict given by Honorable Suprimecourt in 1995 ]
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