Prasar Bharati to re-organize workforce

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is set to overhaul its workforce, a long-pending exercise that was recommended by the Sam Pitroda Committee in early 2014. The last time the Prasar Bharati hired was in 1996.

According to the Sam Pitroda report, Prasar Bharati reportedly had 33,800 employees and the sanctioned strength was 48,022 — the highest in the world for a public broadcaster. While the BBC had staff strength of 16,858, public broadcasters of Japan and China employed 10,000 each.

Doordarshan currently operates twenty-three television channels and a free-to-air direct-to-home platform. The AIR has 420 radio stations, including FM channels, local radio stations, Vividh Bharati stations and five community radio stations.

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