Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990

Year: 1990

Enactment Date: 1990-09-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Broadcasting Corporation for India, to be known as Prasar Bharati, to define its composition, functions and powers and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Department:

Section 13: Parliamentary Committee.
    (1) There shall be constituted a Committee consisting of twenty-two Members of Parliament, of whom fifteen from the House of the People to be elected by the Members thereof and seven from the Council of States to be elected by the Members thereof in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, to oversee that the Corporation discharges its functions in accordance with the provisions of this Act and, in particular, the objectives set out in section 12 and submit a report thereon to Parliament.
     (2) The Committee shall function in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Speaker of the House of the People.
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