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Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1990

PRASAR BHARATI (BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA) ACT, 1990 PRASAR BHARATI (BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA) ACT, 1990 25 OF 1990 An Act to provide for the establishment of a Broadcasting Corporation of India, to be known as Prasar Bharati, to define its composition, functions and powers and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date 3 (a) [a] 15-9-1997 Gaz. of Ind., 22-7-1997, Pt. II. S. 3 (ii),Ext., p. I (No. 408). as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint. SECTION 2 : Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Akashvani" means the offices, stations and other establishments by whatever name called which immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Director-General, All India Radio of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; .....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Chapter II

Title: Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India)

State: Central

Year: 1990

..... (4) The recommendations made by the committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall be binding for the purposes of appointment under this section. Section 5 - Powers and functions of Executive Member TheExecutive Member shall be the Chief Executive of the Corporation and shall,subject to the control and supervision of the Board, exercise such powers anddischarge such functions of the Board as it may delegate to him. Section 6 - Term of office, conditions of service, etc., of Chairman and other Members 1[(1) The Chairman shall be Part-time Member and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier: Provided that any person holding office as a Chairman immediately before the commencement of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2008 shall, in so far as his appointment is inconsistent with the provisions of this sub-section, cease to hold office on such commencement as such Chairman and shall not be entitled to any compensation because of his ceasing to hold such office.] (2) The Executive Member, the Member.....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Section 11

Title: Transfer of Service of Existing Employees to Corporation

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....; (b) by the leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits admissible to employees of the Central Government in accordance with the rules or orders of the Central Government, as amended from time to time, or the leave, provident fund or other terminal benefits admissible to the employees of the Corporation under the regulations, and such option once exercised under this Act shall be final : Provided that the option exercised under clause (a) by an officer or other employee shall be applicable only in respect of the post under the Corporation to which such officer or other employee is transferred and on appointment to a higher post under the Corporation he shall be eligible only for the scale of pay applicable to such higher post : Provided further that if immediately before the date of his transfer any such officer or other employee is officiating in a higher post under the Government either in a leave vacancy or any other vacancy of a specified duration, his pay on transfer shall be protected for the unexpired period of such vacancy and thereafter he shall be entitled to the scale of pay applicable to the post under the Government to which he would have.....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2011, (Central) Section 2

Title: Substitution of New Sections for Section 11

State: Central

Year: 2011

In the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25 of 1990) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for section 11, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:-- '11. Status of officers and employees.-- (1) All officers and employees recruited for the purposes of Akashvani or Doordarshan before the appointed day and in service in the Corporation as on the 1st day of April, 2000, shall be on deemed deputation to the Corporation with effect from the 1st day of April, 2000, and shall so continue till their retirement. (2) All officers and employees recruited during the period on or after the appointed day till the 5th day of October, 2007, shall be on deemed deputation to the Corporation with effect from the 1st day of April, 2000 or the date of their joining service in the Corporation, whichever is later and until their retirement. Explanation.--For the purposes of sub-sections (1) and (2), "officers and employees recruited" means officers and employees recruited either under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution or in accordance with the regulations made under the Act, but shall not include persons engaged or appointed on.....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Chapter III

Title: Assets, Finances and Accounts

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....Act, 1970(5 of 1970) or a corresponding new bank specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980(40 of 1980). Section 19 - Investment of moneys The Corporation may invest its moneys in the securities of the Central Government or any State Government or in such other manner as may be prescribed. Section 20 - Annual Financial Statement of the Corporation (1) The Corporation shall prepare, in each financial year, an Annual Financial Statement for the next financial year showing separately - (a) the expenditure which is proposed to be met from the internal resources of the Corporation ; and (b) the sums required from the Central Government to meet other expenses, and distinguishing - (i) revenue expenditure from other expenditure ; and (ii) non-plan expenditure from plan expenditure. (2) The Annual Financial Statement shall be prepared in such form and forwarded at such time to the Central Government for its approval as may be agreed to by that Government and the Corporation. Section 21 - Accounts and audit of Corporation (1) The Corporation shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records.....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Section 16

Title: Transfer of Certain Assets, Liabilities, Etc., of Central Government to Corporation.- as from the Appointed Day

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Central Government and the book value of all such property and assets shall be treated as the capital provided by the Central Government to the Corporation ; (b) all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the Central Government immediately before such day for or in connection with the purposes of Akashvani or Doordarshan or both shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into and engaged to be done by, with or for the Corporation; (c) all sums of money due to the Central Government in relation to the Akashvani or Doordarshan or both immediately before such day shall be deemed to be due to the Corporation ; (d) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or against the Central Government immediately before such day for any matter in relation to the Akashvani or Doordarshan or both may be continued or instituted by or against the Corporation.

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....Fund created from the commercial revenues of Akashvani and Doordarshan to meet expenditure on certain schemes; (q) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (r) "Part-time Member" means a Part-time Member of the Board appointed under section 4, but does not include an ex officio Member, the Nominated Member or an elected Member; (s) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (t) "Recruitment Board" means a board established under sub-section (1) of section 10; (u) "regulations" means regulations made by the Corporation under this Act; (v) "station" means any broadcasting station with studios or transmitters or both and includes a relay station; (w) "whole-time Member" means the Executive Member, Member (Finance) or Member (Personnel); (x) "year" means the financial year.

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....Fund created from the commercial revenues of Akashvani and Doordarshan to meet expenditure on certain schemes; (q) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (r) "Part-time Member" means a Part-time Member of the Board appointed under section 4, but does not include an ex officio Member, the Nominated Member or an elected Member; (s) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (t) "Recruitment Board" means a board established under sub-section (1) of section 10; (u) "regulations" means regulations made by the Corporation under this Act; (v) "station" means any broadcasting station with studios or transmitters or both and includes a relay station; (w) "whole-time Member" means the Executive Member, Member (Finance) or Member (Personnel); (x) "year" means the financial year.

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Section 3

Title: Establishment and Composition of Corporation

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....direction and managementof the affairs of the Corporation shall vest in the Prasar Bharati Board whichmay exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercisedor done by the Corporation under this Act. (5) The Board shall consist of - (a) a Chairman; (b) oneExecutive Member ; (c) one Member(Finance) ; (d) one Member(Personnel); (e) sixPart-time Members ; (f) Director-General(Akashvani), ex officio ; (g) Director-General (Doordarshan), ex officio ; (h) onerepresentative of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, to benominated by that Ministry ; and (i) tworepresentatives of the employees of the Corporation, of whom one shall beelected by the engineering staff from amongst themselves and one shall beelected by the other employees from amongst themselves. (6) The Corporation may appoint such committees as may benecessary for the efficient performance, exercise and discharge of itsfunctions, powers and duties : Provided that all or a majority of the members of eachcommittee shall be Members and a member of any such committee who is not aMember shall have only the right to attend meetings of the committee and takepart in.....

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 Section 9

Title: Officers and Other Employees of Corporation

State: Central

Year: 1990

(1) Subject to such control, restrictions and conditions as may be prescribed, the Corporation may appoint, after consultation with the Recruitment Board, the Director-General (Akashvani), the Director-General (Doordarshan) and such other officers and other employees as may be necessary. (2) The method of recruitment of such officers and employees and all other matters connected therewith and the conditions of service of such officers and other employees shall be such as may be provided by regulations.