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Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvisubba Gurung has said that public service broadcasting will be made autonomous. He mentioned that they are trying to develop it as a body that can challenge the state on matters of public concern.
Addressing the 'Public Service Broadcasting Policy in Nepal' dialogue program organized by Tribhuvan University Journalism and Mass Communication Department here today, Minister Gurung said that the government agrees that public service broadcasting should not be overshadowed by power. He said that the public service broadcasting system was started to fulfill the purpose of establishing inclusiveness, transparency and people-oriented governance.
The Parliament passed the Public Service Broadcasting Bill on October 22 to bring the government-owned Radio Nepal and Nepal Television in line with the global standards of public broadcasting services. Accordingly, Radio Nepal and Nepal Television were merged into the public broadcasting service from November 23.
Minister Gurung said that the government is trying to study the international practice of public service broadcasting and apply it according to the conditions and needs of the country. For that, he said, the government will make reasonable reforms in the laws and make them financially self-sufficient.
Public Service Broadcasting all over the state Minister Gurung said that the work of the agency, its accountability and the impact on the people should be investigated and critical thinking is necessary for that. He said that Radio Nepal and Nepal Television have been trying to transform from being only supporters of the then government into a means of voicing the voice of the common people.
'No difficulty in the recently introduced law And even if there are shortcomings, they will be corrected,' said Minister Gurung.
Public Service Broadcasting Chief Administrative Officer Bishnuram Neupane said that the suggestions from the discussion with the experts will be taken as guidance in the coming days. In the
event, Taranath Dahal, the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, Raghu Mainali, a public broadcasting expert, and Ghamraj Luintel of the Central University of Journalism Department, presented a working paper on the global practice of public service broadcasting, the laws recently issued in Nepal and the current structure and future course of action.
