Yojana July 2013 Special issue onPublic Service Broadcasting

The debate on Public Service Broadcasting in India has often been sharp and acrimonious. The landmark judgement of the Supreme Court in 1995 declared airwaves to be the public property. The court directed the government to regulate the airwaves in the interest of the public. Ruling against the monopoly control of the airwaves, the court strongly argued that airwaves were essential to ensure the diversity of views and opinion which is the life blood of democracy. The judgement has had far reaching and significant implications on the government policy on radio and television in India. This judgement is rightly considered to be a turning point in defining the relationship of the government and the public so far as the broadcasting arena was concerned. More details on http://yojana.gov.in


Prasar Bharati at the Crossroads - Jawhar Sircar
 Prasar Bharati came into being on 28th November 1997 after Prasar Bharati Act of 1990 was finally implemented by the Government and the Directorates...

PSB:Wholesome Entertainment-Education Transmedia Storytelling - Arvind Singhal
 Public broadcasting systems all over the world face an existential crisis, caught in the dialectical vortex of serving the public and private good, as...

Why a Public Broadcaster and Communications Policy - B G Verghese
 Any are critical of the tone and coverage of 24x7 commercial broadcasting but lack any understanding of and therefore see no virtue in a public servic...

Why Public Broadcasting? - Vinod Pavarala
Public service broadcasting (PSB) could be distinguished from broadcasting for primarily commercial or political reasons in the sense that it is expec...

Developing the Intelligence Capital of a Nation - K P Mohanan
In frameworks of economics that follow Adam Smith, to measure ‘the wealth of a nation’ in terms of its GDP (the monetary flow into business for produc...

Lead Article
Prasar Bharati came into being on 28th November 1997 after Prasar Bharati Act of 1990 was finally implemented by the Government and the Directorates of All India Radio (Akashvani) and Doordarshan were separated from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and placed under an ‘autonomous body’. It was...