Frasar Bharati Annual Report 2014-15 I \**-*d PRASAR BHARATI r.rrr firal q-<r1 ALL INDIA RADIO lndia's Public Service Broadcaster DOORDARSHAN PRASAR BHARATI ANNUAL REPORT 2014.15 Sutun 0 -/{ttte o p Lu< S no n* f,K*rv* -{ Au /n,> N Tne rccD / r, n €xtTt L4 \( a I t\t I (r+tye nN (*rur<e [n"tu '1 [,0, vfi<Dn 6<o^o S FoK, {Nrorn" r' oN 4^' Iul,rBr€K o t- ra'Tr' ColRajyavardhan Rathor"e (R+i- ) MoS (l&B) E Annual Report 2014-15 Prasar Bharati CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 PRASAR BHARATI 03 PRASAR BHARATI - PUBLIC SERVICE CHAPTER 2 10 BROADCASTER CHAPTER 3 ALL INDIA RADIO 16 CHAPTER 4 DOORDARSHAN 92 CHAPTER 5 PRASAR BHARATI - FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS 149 ANNEXURES 192 2 Prasar Bharati Annual Report 2014-15 CHAPTER I PRASAR BHARATI INTRODUCTION: Prasar Bharati (INDIA’S PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTER) is the only public service broadcaster in the country, with Akashvani (All India Radio) and Doordarshan as its two constituents. It came into existence on 23rd November, 1997 with the mandate to organize and conduct public broadcasting services to inform, educate and entertain the public and to ensure a balanced development of broadcasting on radio and television. OBJECTIVES: The major objectives of Prasar Bharati as laid out in the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 are as follows:- i) To uphold the unity, integrity of the country and the values enshrined in the Constitution. ii) To promote national integration. iii) To safeguard the citizen’s right to be informed on all matters of public interest and presenting a fair and balanced flow of information. iv) To pay special attention to the fields of education and spread of literacy, agriculture, rural development, environment, health & family welfare and science & technology. v) To create the awareness about women’s issues and to take special steps to protect the interests of the children, the aged and other vulnerable sections of the society. vi) To provide adequate coverage to the diverse cultures, sports & games and the youth affairs. vii) To promote social justice, safeguarding the rights of working classes, minorities and tribal communities. viii) To promote research and expand the broadcasting facilities and development in the broadcasting technologies. THE PRASAR BHARATI BOARD Prasar Bharati is governed by the Prasar Bharati Board, which comprises a Chairman, an Executive Member (Chief Executive Officer), a Member (Finance), a Member (Personnel), six part-time Members, a representative of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Director Generals of All India Radio and Doordarshan as its ex-officio Members. The tenure of Chairman is three years subject to the maximum age limit of 70 years. The Executive Member has a tenure of five years, subject to an age-limit of sixty five years. The Member (Finance) and the Member (Personnel) are whole-time members with six year tenure, subject to the age-limit of 62 years. The Prasar Bharati Board meets at least six times in a year. 3 Annual Report 2014-15 Prasar Bharati COMPOSITION OF PRASAR BHARATI BOARD 2014-15 CHAIRPERSON – Smt. Mrinal Pande (till 30.04.2014) Dr. A. Surya Prakash (w.e.f. 28.10.2014) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – Shri Jawhar Sircar WHOLE TIME MEMBERS Member (Personnel) – Shri Suresh Chandra Panda (w.e.f. 27.03.2015) Member (Finance) – Vacant MEMBER NOMINATED BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING Shri J.S. Mathur, Addl. Secy., MIB PART TIME MEMBERS ● Shri Muzaffar Ali ● Shri Suman Dubey (till 29.05.2014) ● Prof. S.K. Barua ● Smt. Prema Cariappa (till 11.06.2014) ● Shri C.R. Kesavan (till 29.05.2014) ● Ms. Dipa Dixit (till 29.05.2014) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ● Shri Tripurari Sharan, DG: Doordarshan (till 28.07.2014) ● Smt. Vijayalaxmi Chhabra, DG: Doordarshan (w.e.f. 29.07.2014 to 31.03.2015) ● Shri F. Sheheryar, DG: All India Radio THE ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP The Prasar Bharati Board functions at the apex level ensuring the formulation and implementation of the policies of the organization and fulfilment of the mandate in terms of Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. The Executive Member functions as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati. Officers from different streams working in the Prasar Bharati Secretariat assist the CEO, Member (Finance) and Member (Personnel) in integration of the actions, operations, plans and policy implementation as well as in looking after the budget, accounts and general financial matters of the organisation. 4 Prasar Bharati Annual Report 2014-15 Prasar Bharati Commercial Revenue Divisions located at Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Guwahati and Hyderabad look after all the Marketing and Revenue activities of both All India Radio and Doordarshan. An independent Central Sales Unit along with 15 main Commercial Broadcasting Service Centres looks after the marketing of broadcast time in AIR. Prasar Bharati also has a unified vigilance set-up at the headquarters, headed by a Chief Vigilance Officer. The DG, AIR and DG, Doordarshan head the All India Radio Directorate and the Doordarshan Directorate respectively. While the News wing of All India Radio is headed by DG: News Services Division, DG: News and Current Affairs heads the News wing of Doordarshan. ORGANISATION STRUCTURE 5 Annual Report 2014-15 Prasar Bharati ALL INDIA RADIO The Directorate General, All India Radio functions under Prasar Bharati. Director General is the Head of the Department and is responsible for the overall administration and supervision of the entire AIR network. In performance of his duties and functions, the Director General, AIR is assisted by officers of the following wings. PROGRAMME WING The Additional Director Generals (ADGs) in the Headquarters and in different regions assist the Director General for proper supervision of the stations. The Headquarters of the Regional ADGs are situated at Kolkata (Eastern Region), Mumbai (Western Region-I), Lucknow (Central Region-I), Bhopal (Central Region-II) and Guwahati (North Eastern Region), Chennai (South Region-I), Bengaluru (South Region- II), Delhi (North Region-I) and Chandigarh (North Region-II). Another office of ADG is to be set-up at Ahmedabad (Western Region-II). ENGINEERING WING In respect of the technical matters, Director General is assisted by an Engineer-in-Chief and Additional Directors General (Engineering) at the Headquarters and by the Zonal Chief Engineers. In addition, there is a Planning and Development Unit at the Headquarters in respect of the Development Plan Schemes of All India Radio. For the civil construction activities, the Director General is assisted by the Civil Construction Wing (CCW) of AIR, which is headed by a Chief Engineer. The CCW caters to the needs of Doordarshan also. ADMINISTRATIVE WING Additional Director General (Administration) assists the Director General on all matters of the administration, while the Deputy Director General (A&F) assists in administration and finance. One Director looks after the engineering staff and another Director looks after the administration and financial matters. SECURITY WING The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General (Security), an Assistant Director General (Security) and a Deputy Director (Security) on the matters relating to the security and safety of AIR installations viz., transmitters, studios, offices etc. The Security requirements of Doordarshan are also looked after by these officers. AUDIENCE RESEARCH WING There is a Director (Audience Research) to assist the Director General in carrying out feedback studies on the programmes broadcast by various stations of All India Radio. ACTIVITIES OF SUBORDINATE OFFICES OF AIR IN BRIEF There are a number of subordinate offices of All India Radio performing the distinct functions. The broad activities of various divisions are summarised as under: 6 Prasar Bharati Annual Report 2014-15 NEWS SERVICES DIVISION The News Services Division works round-the-clock and it broadcasts over 647 news bulletins both for Home and External Services. The bulletins are in Indian languages and various foreign languages. The Division is headed by the Director General (News). There are 44 Regional News Units in AIR. The bulletins vary from region to region according to the news worthiness of national, regional and local affairs. EXTERNAL SERVICES DIVISION The External Services Division of All India Radio broadcasts in 27 languages i.e., 15 foreign and 12 Indian languages. These services are radiated for an aggregate duration of 72 hours daily and are projected to over 100 countries. TRANSCRIPTION & PROGRAMME EXCHANGE SERVICE This service looks after the exchange of programmes among the stations, building up and maintenance of sound archives and also the commercial release of prestigious recordings of music maestros. RESEARCH DEPARTMENT The functions of the Research Department include Research and Development of equipment required by AIR and Doordarshan, investigation and studies relating to AIR and Doordarshan, development of prototype models of R&D equipment for limited use field trials inAIR and Doordarshan network. CENTRAL STORE OFFICE AIR’s Central Stores Office, located at New Delhi, performs the functions relating to procurement, stocking and distribution of the engineering stores required for the maintenance of technical equipment at All India Radio Stations. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF BROADCASTING & MULTIMEDIA (PROGRAMME) The National Academy of Broadcasting & Multimedia (Programme) started functioning from the Directorate in 1948. It has two main branches functioning from Kingsway Camp, Delhi and Bhubaneswar. They impart in-service