The Union Cabinet approved the Prasar Bharati Amendment Bill, 2010

The Union Cabinet of India on 1 November 2011 approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for pursuing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010. The Cabinet also approved the action taken on the recommendations made in the Eighteenth Report on Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 of the Standing Committee on Information Technology.

The Cabinet further approved the amendment to section 11(2) of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in the Rajya Sabha by the 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 November 1997 and 5 October 2007.  It makes the status of employees on deemed deputation to Prasar Bharati until their retirement, absolutely clear and unambiguous. 
 
The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill 2010 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August, 2010. The Bill is for making amendments to the existing section 11 of the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990, regarding Transfer of service of existing employees to the Corporation, which deals with the transfer of services of employees to Prasar Bharati upon its creation as a Corporation in the year 1997.