Question:Parliament of India has recently merged two channels to form “Sansad TV” to show the live telecast of parliamentary procedure. This channel was formed by merging which two channels?
a) DD News, DD Bharti
b) DD News, DD INDIA
c) RSTV , LSTV
d) none of the above
Ans: c)
Facts
- The Parliament of India has approved the merger of two of the TV channels namely, Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV into an integrated channel “Sansad TV”.
- This new platform will continue to live telecast the house proceedings, pack news and the current affairs programme in Hindi as well as in English languages.
- The proposal for the merger of two entities was put forward in 2019 by an expert committee headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Surya Prakash.
- The former textiles secretary, Ravi Capoor, has been appointed as the CEO of the Sansad Tv on a contract basis for a period of one year.
- As per the information available right now , though the channels are being integrated into single entity, it will function on two platforms during the parliament sessions — one to telecast live proceedings of Lok Sabha and the other of Rajya Sabha.
- During the inter-session period, the channel will be on one single platform having enriched bilingual contents (Hindi and English).
- It is done to reduce the financial burden as well as improve the functional efficiency.
By kameshwar shukla