Executive Summary:
This notification details the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India Establishment of Recruitment Board Rules, 2020, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (February 12, 2020). It establishes a Recruitment Board for appointments to posts below Joint Secretary level and defines its composition, functions, and operational guidelines. The rules are enacted under Section 10(1) read with Section 32(2)(d,e) of the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India Act, 1990.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Establishment and Composition of Recruitment Board:**
* The Corporation shall establish a Recruitment Board for appointments to posts carrying a scale of pay less than that of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India.
* The Board will consist of a Chairperson and up to seven members.
* No member, officer, or employee of the Corporation can be a member of the Recruitment Board.
* The headquarters of the Recruitment Board shall be at New Delhi.
* **Chairperson and Members:**
* Chairperson and members are part-time, nominated by the Board.
* Nominations are preferred from individuals with experience in broadcasting, administration, public administration, or management from the Central Government (ex-officio), or persons of eminence in broadcasting or specialized fields.
* Non-ex-officio members are nominated for a maximum of three years.
* At least one member shall be from Scheduled Castes/Tribes, and one shall be a woman.
* Members receive sitting fees, travel, and lodging allowances, but no salary.
* **Removal of Members:**
* Members can be removed for specific reasons, including conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude, being an undischarged insolvent, unsound mind, dismissal from government service, conflicting financial interests, or conduct inconsistent with the Board's/Corporation's functions.
* **Functions of Recruitment Board:**
* Conduct competitive/departmental exams or interviews.
* Shortlist and recommend candidates to the Board.
* Prepare a scheme for conducting examinations and selection with Board approval.
* Ascertain vacant posts, invite applications, scrutinize applications, select candidates, maintain records, and ensure adherence to reservation policies.
* Perform other recruitment-related duties assigned by the Corporation.
* **Recommendations and Funding:**
* The Board shall accept the recommendations of the Recruitment Board, but may, in exceptional circumstances and for reasons recorded in writing, not accept such recommendations.
* Expenses of the Recruitment Board are met from the Corporation's funds.
* **Relaxation and Assistance:**
* The Central Government can relax any condition under these rules.
* The Corporation provides secretarial assistance to the Recruitment Board.
Impact Analysis:
* **Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation:**
* Impact: Responsible for establishing and funding the Recruitment Board, nominating members, approving schemes, and implementing recruitment recommendations.
* Action Required: Establish the Recruitment Board, nominate members, allocate funds, and provide secretarial assistance.
* **Recruitment Board Members:**
* Impact: Responsible for conducting recruitment processes, shortlisting candidates, and recommending appointments. Subject to nomination, tenure, and potential removal criteria.
* Action Required: Perform duties as outlined in the rules, participate in recruitment processes, and adhere to ethical and procedural guidelines.
* **Candidates for Positions within Prasar Bharati:**
* Impact: Subject to the recruitment processes established by the Recruitment Board.
* Action Required: Apply for positions according to the recruitment regulations and participate in examinations or interviews as required.
* **Central Government:**
* Impact: Has the power to relax conditions or restrictions laid down in these rules.
* Action Required: Address any requests for relaxation of conditions as necessary.
Key Entities Referenced
Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India: An autonomous public service broadcaster established under the Prasar Bharati Act.
Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India Act, 1990: The Act of Parliament that established the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India.
Prasar Bharati Board: The governing body of the Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India.
Recruitment Board: A board established by the Corporation for the appointment of persons to certain posts.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting: The government ministry responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to information, broadcasting and the press in India.
Central Government: The executive authority of India.
New Delhi: The headquarter of the Recruitment Board is in New Delhi, Delhi.
Scheduled Castes: A group of historically disadvantaged communities recognized by the Government of India.
Scheduled Tribes: A group of indigenous communities recognized by the Government of India.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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No. 89] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020/MAGHA 23, 1941
सचू ना और प्रसारण मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 12 फरवरी, 2020
सा.का.जन.107(अ).—केंद्रीय सरकार, प्रसार भारती (भारतीय प्रसारण जनगम) अजधजनयम, 1990 (1990
का 25) की धारा 32 की उप-धारा (2) के खंड (घ) और खडं (ड़) के साथ पठित धारा 10 की उप-धारा (1) द्वारा
प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत ेहुए, जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती ह,ै नामत:
1. संजिप्त नाम और प्रारंभ: (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप्त नाम प्रसार भारती (भारतीय प्रसारण जनगम) स्ट्थापन
भती बोडड जनयम, 2020 ह।ै
(2) ये रािपत्र म ें इनके प्रकािन की तारीख को प्रवृत्त होंगे।
2. पठरभाषा: इन जनयमों म,ें िब तक दक संिभड म ेंअन्यथा अपेजित न हो,:-
(क) ‘‘अजधजनयम’’ स े प्रसार भारती (भारतीय प्रसारण जनगम) अजधजनयम, 1990 (1990 का 25) अजभप्रेत ह;ै
(ख) ‘‘बोडड’’ स े प्रसार भारती बोडड अजभप्रेत ह;ै
(ग) ‘‘अध्यि’’ स े जनगम के भती बोडड का अध्यि अजभप्रेत ह;ै
(घ) ‘’सिस्ट्य’’ स े भती बोडड का सिस्ट्य अजभप्रेत ह,ै जिसके अतगं डत ऐसे बोडड का अध्यि भी ह;ै
850 GI/2020 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(ड़) ‘‘भती’’ स े सीधी भती या प्रजतजनयुजि द्वारा (जिसके अंतगतड अल्पकाजलक संजविा भी ह)ै या सीजमत
जवभागीय प्रजतयोगी परीिाओं के माध्यम स े जनयुजि या जनयोिन अजभप्रेत ह;ै
(च) ‘’भती बोडड’’ स े जनयम 3 के अधीन स्ट्थाजपत बोड ड अजभप्रेत ह;ै
(छ) उन िब्िों और पिों के, िो इसम ें प्रयिु ह ैं और पठरभाजषत नहीं ह,ैं ककंतु अजधजनयम म ें पठरभाजषत ह,ैं वही
अथ ड होंग,े िो उस अजधजनयम म ेंह।ैं
3. भती बोड ड – (1) जनगम, भारत सरकार के संयिु सजचव के वेतनमान स े कम वेतनमान वाले पिों पर
व्यजियों की जनयुजि के जलए एक भती बोड ड की स्ट्थापना करेगा, िो एक अध्यि और सात स े अनजधक सिस्ट्यों की
ऐसी संख्या िो वह िीक समझे, स े जमलकर बनगे ा;
परंत ु जनगम का कोई सिस्ट्य या अजधकारी या कमडचारी भती बोडड का सिस्ट्य नहीं होगा।
(2) भती बोडड का मुख्यालय नई दिल्ली म ें होगा।
4. भती बोडड के अध्यि और सिस्ट्य :-
(1) भती बोडड के अध्यि और सिस्ट्य अिंकाजलक सिस्ट्य होंगे जिनका बोडड द्वारा अजधमानत:
जनम्नजलजखत म ें स ेनामजनर्िष्टड दकया िाएगा:-
(i) केंद्रीय सरकार के ऐस े व्यजि िो पिेन आधार पर, प्रसारण, प्रिासन, लोक प्रिासन या प्रबंधन के ित्रे
म ें ज्ञान या अनुभव रखत े हों;
(ii) प्रसारण के ित्रे म ेंप्रख्यात व्यजि;
(iii) जििण या ज्ञान के ऐसे अन्य जविेषज्ञीय िेत्रों म ेंप्रख्यात व्यजि, िो बोडड िीक समझे:
परंत ु पिेन सिस्ट्यों के अजतठरि, अन्य सिस्ट्यों को अजधकतम तीन वषों के जलए नाजमत दकया िाएगा;
परंतु ऐस े व्यजियों का, पिेन सिस्ट्यों स े जभन्न, अजधकतम तीन वषड की अवजध के जलए नामजनर्िष्टड दकया
िाएगा:
परंत ु यह और दक ऐसा कम स े कम एक व्यजि अनुसूजचत िाजतयों या अनुसूजचत िनिाजतयों म ें स े और एक
व्यजि मजहलाओं म ेंस े सिस्ट्य के रूप म ेंनामजनर्िष्टड दकया िाएगा।
(2) अध्यि और सिस्ट्य, पिेन सिस्ट्यों स े जभन्न, ऐसी बैिक फीस, यात्रा भत्त े और िहरन े या खान-पान भत्त े
जनगम द्वारा यथा जवजनजित के हकिार होंग े ककंतु दकसी वेतन या पाठरश्रजमक के हकिार नहीं होंगे।
(3) बोड,ड भती बोडड के दकसी सिस्ट्य को हटा सकता ह,ै यदि ऐसा व्यजि-
(क) िोषी जसद्ध हुआ हो और उसे ऐस े अपराध, िो केंद्रीय सरकार की राय म ें नैजतक किाचार हो, के जलए
सिा िी गई हो; या
(ख) ऐसा अनुन्मोजचत दिवाजलया हो; या
(ग) अस्ट्वस्ट्थ जचत्त का ह ैऔर उसे सिम न्यायालय द्वारा ऐसा घोजषत दकया गया हो; या
(घ) सरकार या सरकार के स्ट्वाजमत्व या जनयंत्रण वाले जनगजमत जनकाय की सेवा स े हटाया या बखाडस्ट्त
दकया गया हो; या[भाग III-खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(ड़) बोडड की राय म ें जिसका जनगम म ें ऐसा जवत्तीय या अन्य जहत हो जिससे उसके द्वारा सिस्ट्य के रूप म ें
अपन े कायों के जनवडहन पर प्रजतकूल प्रभाव पड़न े की संभावना हो; या
(च) बोड ड की राय में उसन े ऐसा व्यवहार दकया हो िो भती बोडड या जनगम के कायों के असंगत हो।
5. भती बोडड के कायड – (1) भती बोडड, संबंजधत पिों पर लाग ू भती जवजनयमों के अनुसार जनयम 3 के उप
जनयम (1) म ें जनर्िष्टड पिों हते ु अभ्यर्थडयों के चयन के जलए प्रजतयोगी परीिा या जवभागीय परीिा या सािात्कार
आयोजित करेगा और बोडड द्वारा जवजनर्िष्टड रीजत म,ें उसके जलए जनयुजि हते ु अभ्यर्थडयों की चयन सूची तैयार करके
बोडड को उसकी जसफाठरि करेगा।
(2) उप जनयम (1) के प्रयोिनों के जलए, भती बोडड द्वारा जनयम 3 के उप जनयम (1) म ें जनर्िष्टड पिों हते ु
अभ्यर्थडयों की परीिाए ंआयोजित करन ेऔर चयन करन े हते ु बोडड के पूवड अनुमोिन स े एक स्ट्कीम तैयार की िाएगी।
(3) भती बोडड –
(क) प्रसार भारती सजचवालय स े उन ठरि पिों की सख्ं या का पता लगाएगा जिनके जलए भती बोडड द्वारा
समय-समय पर भती की िानी ह;ै
(ख) ऐस े पिों के जलए जवज्ञापनों या पठरपत्रों द्वारा आवेिन आमंजत्रत करेगा;
(ग) जवज्ञापनों या पठरपत्रों के उत्तर म ें प्राप्त आवेिनों की िांच-पड़ताल करेगा;
(घ) अभ्यर्थडयों का चयन ऐस ेभती जवजनयमों के अनुसार करेगा िो ऐसे पिों पर लाग ू ह;ैं
(ड़) भती बोडड द्वारा दकए गए चयनों का ठरकॉडड रखेगा; और
(च) यह सुजनजित करेगा दक जनयुजियां भारत सरकार द्वारा अजधकजथत आरिण नीजत के अनुसार ह।ैं
(4) भती बोडड ऐसे अन्य कतडव्यों का जनवडहन करेगा िो उसे दकसी पि पर भती के संबंध म ें जनगम द्वारा सौंप े
िाएं।
(5) बोडड, भती बोडड की जसफाठरिें स्ट्वीकार करेगा।
परंतु बोड,ड असाधारण पठरजस्ट्थजतयों म ें और ऐसे कारणों के जलए िो लेखबद्ध दकए िाए,ं ऐसी जसफाठरिों
को अस्ट्वीकार कर सकेगा।
6. जनजधया ं – भती बोडड के व्ययों की पूर्तड जनगम की जनजधयों स ेकी िाएगी।
7. जिजथलीकरण – केंद्रीय सरकार को इन जनयमों के अधीन अजधकजथत दकसी ित ड या जनबंधन को जिजथल
करने की िजियां होंगी।
8. भती बोडड को सजचवीय सहायता – जनगम, भती बोडड को इसके कायों के संचालन म ेंसभी सजचवीय सहायता
प्रिान करेगा।
[फा.स.ं 45011/57/2010-बीएपी]
जवक्रम सहाय, संयुि सजचव4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 12th February, 2020
G.S.R. 107(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 10 read with clauses
(d) and (e) of sub-section (2) of section 32 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25
of 1990), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting
Corporation of India) Establishment of Recruitment Board Rules, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act means the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25 of 1990);
(b) “Board” means the Prasar Bharati Board;
(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Recruitment Board of the Corporation;
(d) “member” means a member of the Recruitment Board and includes the Chairperson of such
Board;
(e) “Recruitment” means appointment or engagement through direct recruitment or by deputation
(including short term contract) or through limited departmental competitive examination;
(f) “Recruitment Board” means the Board established under rule 3;
(g) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.
3. Recruitment Board.- (1) The Corporation shall, for appointment of persons to posts carrying scale of
pay less than that of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India, establish a Recruitment Board consisting of a
Chairperson and such number of members not exceeding seven, as it may deem fit:
Provided that no member or officer or employee of the Corporation shall be a member of the
Recruitment Board.
(2) The headquarter of the Recruitment Board shall be at New Delhi.
4. Chairperson and Members of Recruitment Board.- (1) The Chairperson and Members of the
Recruitment Board shall be part-time members, nominated by the Board preferably from amongst the following,
namely:-
(i) persons from the Central Government having knowledge or experience in the field of Broadcasting,
administration, public administration or management, on ex-officio basis;
(ii) persons of eminence in the field of Broadcasting;
(iii) persons of eminence in such other specialised fields of learning or knowledge, as the Board may deem
fit:
Provided that persons, other than ex-officio members, shall be nominated for a maximum period of
three years:
Provided further that at least one such person shall be from amongst the Scheduled Castes or the
Scheduled Tribes and one from amongst women shall be nominated as a member:
(2) The Chairperson and members, other than ex-officio members, shall be entitled to such sitting fees,
travelling allowance and boarding or lodging allowance, as may be decided by the Corporation, but shall not be
entitled to any salary or remuneration.[भाग III-खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5
(3) The Board may remove a member of the Recruitment Board, if such person-
(a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence, which in the opinion of the
Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(b) is an undischarged insolvent; or
(c) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(d) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a body corporate owned or
controlled by the Government; or
(e) has in the opinion of the Board such financial or other interest in the Corporation as is likely to
affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member; or
(f) in the opinion of the Board, has conducted himself in such manner which is inconsistent with the
functions of the Recruitment Board or of the Corporation.
5. Functions of Recruitment Board.- (1) The Recruitment Board shall hold the competitive examination or
departmental examination or conduct interviews for selection of candidates for the posts referred to in sub-rule
(1) of rule 3 in accordance with the recruitment regulations applicable to respective posts and shall shortlist and
recommend to the Board candidates for appointment thereto, in the manner specified by the Board.
(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), a scheme shall be prepared by the Recruitment Board with prior
approval of the Board, for conducting examinations and selection of candidates for the posts referred to in sub-
rule (1) of rule 3.
(3) The Recruitment Board shall –
(a) ascertain from the Prasar Bharati Secretariat, the number of vacant posts for which recruitment is to be
made by the Recruitment Board from time to time;
(b) invite applications by advertisements or circulars to such posts;
(c) scrutinise the applications received in response to the advertisement or circulars;
(d) select the candidates in accordance with such recruitment regulations as are applicable to such posts;
(e) maintain records of selections made by the Recruitment Board; and
(f) ensure that appointments are in accordance with the reservation policy laid down by the Government of
India.
(4) The Recruitment Board shall perform such other duty as may be entrusted to it by the Corporation
regarding recruitment to any post.
(5) The Board shall accept the recommendations of the Recruitment Board:
Provided that the Board may, in exceptional circumstances and for reasons to be recorded in writing,
may not accept such recommendations.
6 Funds.- Expenses of the Recruitment Board shall be met from the funds of the Corporation.
7 Relaxation.- The Central Government shall have the powers to relax any condition or restriction laid
down under these rules.
8. Secretarial assistance to Recruitment Board.- The Corporation shall provide all secretarial assistance to
the Recruitment Board in the conduct of its function.
[F. No. 45011/57/2010-BAP]
VIKRAM SAHAY, Jt. Secy.
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