R.B. Ram, DDE, All India Radio.

A brief report on HRM and Finance of AIR & DD(Prasar Bharati)

 (Facts at glance, as per available facts upto year 2007)

1. Sanctioned Strength & Vacancies (approx.) of the total officers and staff in the different wings/disciplines of AIR & Doordarshan during year 2006-2007:

Wing	All India Radio Sanctioned  :  Vacancies Strength       Nos.  & (%) (Nos.)	Doordarshan Sanctioned :     Vacancies Strength         Nos.  & (%) (Nos.)	Total Sanctioned  :    Vacancies Strength           Nos.  & (%) (Nos.)
Programme	6915:    2594 (37.51%)	3860:      767 (19.87%)	10775:         3361 (31.19%)
Engineering	6140:   1226 (19.97%)	12292:    2716 (22.10%)	18432:         3942 (21.39%)
News & Current Affairs	223:       55 (24.66%)	170:       39 (22.94%)	393:              94 (23.92%)
CCW	1457:     166 (11.39%)	0            0     ---	1457:            166 (11.39%)
Administration including finance        i.         Total; ii.                Head Quarter: iii.               AIR/DD Stations	11740: 2142 (18.25%) 813:        239 (29.40%) 10927:  1903 (17.42%)	5986:     710 (11.86%) 490:         95 (19.39%) 5496:     615 (11.19%)	17726:        2852 (16.10%) 1303:           334 (25.63%) 16423:       2518 (15.33%)
Total	26475:    6183 (23.35%)	22308:   4232 (18.97%)	48783:       10415 (21.35%)

   --Source: O/o DG:AIR reports-inputs for GOM (Dated 12.02.2007)

Fig: Total No. of the vacancies in AIR and DD during year 2004 and 2007.

Fig:  Total No. of the vacancies in AIR and DD during year 2004 and 2007.

2.  Facts/figures of the personnel strength of the AIR & Doordarshan:

 

Sl. No.	Details of the staff strength of AIR & DD network (facts at glance)	At the end of  the 10th Five Year  Plan (As on 01.04.2007)   figures of AIR+DD
1	Total staff sanctioned strength of AIR & DD *	48,783 (AIR: 26,475+DD: 22,308)  (100 %)
2	Total No. & % of all the Engg. sanctioned staff	18,432 (37.78%)      (AIR+DD)
3	Total No. & % of the Group ‘A’ cadre- Engg. staff	1,448 approx. (8 %)
4	Total No. and, % of the Group ‘A’ {IB(E)S} cadre	1448 (2.97 %)
5	Total No. and, % of the Group ‘A’ {IB(P)S} cadre	1109 (2.27 %)
6	Total No. and, % of the Group ‘A’ (IIS) cadre	475 (0.97%)
7	Total No. and, % of the Group ‘A’ cadre of the Admin., Finance, Security, etc., wing	<300 (0.61 %)

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-          Source: O/o DG:AIR,  Prasar Bharati

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3. Break-up details of  staff of AIR and DD :

Wing	AIR	Doordarshan	Total	Remarks/Activities
Programme	6,905	3,767	9,672	Non-Technical
News & Current Affairs	512	170	682	Non-Technical
Engineering	6,066	12,162	18,228	Technical
Civil Construction Wing	997		997	Technical
Admin., Finance, Security, etc.	10,816	5,684	16,500	Non-Technical
Total	25,296	21,783	47,079	Total No. & % of the total technical employees (Engg.+CCW) in the whole AIR & DD network =19,225 (40.84%)

---Source:  Prasar Bharati Annual Report  (2005-2006)

4. Trends of the Engg. staff strength & the vacancies  (As on 01.01.2007):

Cadre	Sanctioned Posts	Filled posts	Vacant in Nos.	Vacancy in  %
Total Engg.  posts	18428	14482	3946	21.41%
Group ‘A’ Engg. posts	1448	897	551	38.05%
Group ‘A’ –JTS cadre Engg. posts	710	293	417	58.73 %

-          Source: O/o DG:AIR,  Prasar Bharati

Note:  As per above, it appears that the overall vacancies in the Engg. wing are increasing and most of the vacancies of the Engg. wing are in Group ‘A’ cadre and, specifically at the JTS grade, which vacancies are alarming, particularly of the direct recruitment posts. These are now increased to 100% due to no direct recruitment made at JTS grade/level in the IBES cadre by the AIR/DD/Prasar Bharati/Ministry of I&B authorities since last more than 11 years.

5.      Organizational (AIR+DD) Growth Chart in brief:

6.  Brief of the various committee reports on HRM status in AIR & DD (PB):

Prasar Bharati is a statutory autonomous body established under the Prasar Bharati Act. The Board came into existence from 23.11.1997.  The mission of Prasar Bharati have been clearly articulated in the report as “Prasar Bharati will aim to provide, in the most efficient manner possible, media content of the highest quality that will empower and enlighten the citizens of India, and audiences outside the country, through original and relevant programme which inform, educate and entertain whilst ensuring a sizeable audience and reach”.   

Urgent actions are needed in the area of Human Resources Management, including, cadre review, staff size and (re) deployment, promotions, training/retraining, transfer policy, recruitment rules, reporting, organization and structure.  These need to be immediately reviewed as a necessary steps towards a more competent, efficient and professional organization.

 7.   Financial status of Prasar Bharati  (Source: Prasar Bharati):

7.1  Loans, Grants in Aid and Earning of Prasar Bharati:

* The Govt. loans & taxes required to be exempted from PB immediately because of social commitments

7.2    An international comparison of the Govt. funding pattern of PB:

Fig. a) Comparative chart of the Govt. funding in % of the total revenue among the leading Broadcasters:

Fig. b) Comparative chart of the per capita annual funding in US $ among the leading Broadcasters/countries: