Prasar Bharati

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Prasar Bharati (Sanskrit: प्रसार भारती, lit. 'Spreading the Indian Voice'), officially translated in English as Indian Broadcasting Corporation, is India's state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament. It comprises Doordarshan, the television broadcaster, and All India Radio, the radio broadcaster, both of which were previously media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Parliament of India passed the Prasar Bharati Act in 1990 to grant this autonomy, but it was not enacted until 15 September 1997. Navneet Kumar Sehgal took office as chairman of Prasar Bharati in March, 2024 following Dr. A. Surya Prakash who served till February, 2020 . Gaurav Dwivedi is the CEO of Prasar Bharati, having succeeded Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who served until June 2022. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 stated that DD News and All India Radio are the most trusted news brands in India.

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