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DELHI: Prasar Bharati has been reprimanded for its lethargy in not finalizing
recruitment rules and failing to make recruitment in the Indian Broadcasting (Programme)
Service started in 1990 to train a separate cadre of employees for All India Radio
and Doordarshan. A
Parliamentary Committee in a strongly-worded Action Taken Report has said it is
"extremely unhappy with the callous approach of Prasar Bharati" and
added that "after having a recruitment holiday of about 20 years, the organisation
cannot afford to sink into further lethargy in finalizing recruitment rules." The
Committee viewed the delay seriously and reiterated that the recruitment process
should not be delayed any further. All pre-requisites to initiate the process
should be completed on a war footing, it added. The
remarks have been made by the Committee on Empowerment of Women which had exactly
a year earlier given its report on ‘Working Conditions of women in Prasar
Bharati’ and has now expressed regret that action has not been taken on many
of the recommendations. Asking
for ‘utmost importance’ to be given to the recommendations, the Action
Taken Report says the Government should inform the Committee wherever it finds
it difficult to implement any recommendation ‘in letter and spirit, with
reasons for non-implementation. The
Committee has refused to accept the view of the Government that there is no need
to make a mandatory provision for ensuring presence of more women in the Prasar
Bharati Board. | 
