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 17: Grants, etc., by Central Government.
    For the purposes of enabling the Corporation to discharge its functions efficiently under this Act, the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Corporation in each financial year,--
         (i) the proceeds of the broadcast receiver licence fees, if any, as reduced by the collection charges; and
         (ii) such other sums of money as that Government considers necessary,
by way of equity, grant-in-aid or loan.
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