Key Points
In 1975, soon after the proclamation of the Emergency, Indira Gandhis government merged the four news agencies of the time PTI, United News of India (UNI), Hindusthan Samachar, and Samachar Bharati into a single news agency, Samachar...
We had a prior contract with Hindusthan Samachar, which was renewed this month, Prasar CEO Gaurav Dwivedi told The Indian Express on Sunday...
According to sources, the government realised during the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 that HS was able to release news content in several languages within a short time after receiving the original in English or Hindi...
Sources claimed that Prasars deal with HS is significantly better than its earlier arrangements with PTI and UNI, agencies that were contracted for Rs 9 crore and Rs 5 crore per annum for news in just two languages, English and Hindi...
Other members of the board are senior journalists Achyutanand Mishra, a former editor of Jansatta; Balbir Dutt, the founder editor of the Hindi daily Deshpran and the former editor of Ranchi Express; Manmohan Singh Chawla; Baba Madhok; and Ravindra Sanghvi...
