# Government Reports No Formal Complaints on Prasar Bharati Autonomy

2026-08-06T13:50:21+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

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The Centre told the Lok Sabha that it received no formal complaints in the past year from journalists, employees or media organisations about Prasar Bharati’s autonomy, appointments or editorial functioning. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan gave the written reply to questions from Samajwadi Party MPs Priya Saroj and Pushpendra Saroj. The government said it received seven complaints related to appointments from applicants. It said the Editor-in-Chief and senior editorial teams review editorial matters. Viewer complaints are sent to relevant teams. The Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development scheme for modernising Doordarshan and All India Radio has been extended until March 2027.

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- indiatoday.in <https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/prasar-bharati-autonomy-complaints-centre-lok-sabha-bind-scheme-2027-ptag-2964377-2026-08-06?utm_source=rss>

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