The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the “Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development ” scheme with an outlay of ₹2,539.61 crore up to 2025-26, paving the way for upgrade and expansion of the public service broadcasting infrastructure across the country. As a result, FM of the All India Radio is expected to cover over 80% of the country’s …
Prasar Bharati, India’s autonomous public service broadcaster, marked its silver jubilee on 23 November 2022. As an organization that was born out of the erstwhile government departments of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati’s struggle for legitimacy in the eyes of its many stakeholders explains to a large extent why the public broadcaster had failed to keep pace with …
