Doordarshan being watched by committee

New Delhi: The government on Monday informed Parliament that a committee is keeping a constant watch to ensure that public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) covers in a balanced way both treasury and opposition benches. The government assured that “balanced broadcasting is the purpose of a public broadcaster.”

Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said that a committee is in place to monitor it and it will continue to do and also sought suggestions from members.

Mr Javadekar was responding to a query by RJD’s Manoj Kumar Jha, who sought to know if the DD follows any protocol to ensure balanced coverage of both treasury and opposition benches in the RS.