New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Tuesday approved amendment to the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010, making it clear that employees recruited between Nov 23, 1997, and Oct 5, 2007, are ‘on deemed deputation’ to the organisation till their retirement.
The cabinet at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the proposal of the information and broadcasting ministry for pursuing the Prasar Bharati Amendment Bill, 2010, pending in the Rajya Sabha for its enactment and to move official amendments.
An official statement said the cabinet also approved the action taken on the recommendations made in the eighteenth report of standing committee on information technology on the bill.
It said the cabinet approved the amendment to section 11(2) of the Prasar Bharati Bill, pending in the Rajya Sabha, by addition of the words, ‘and until their retirement’ at the end of the section.
‘This will make the status of the employees recruited between 23.11.1997 and 05.10.2007, i.e., they are on deemed deputation to Prasar Bharati till their retirement, absolutely clear and unambiguous,’ the statement said.
The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August 2010.
