Kathmandu, July 8: Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has started deliberations on the Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill-2073 BS to solicit suggestions from the experts and stakeholders as well as parliamentarians and politicians and present it in parliament as a special Act.
The government aims to transform State-owned broadcasters — Nepal Television (NTV) and Radio Nepal (RN) — into a public broadcaster and operate it under PSB model.
In a discussion jointly organized by MoIC, NTV and RN here on Thursday, Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai said that the Ministry had introduced the Bill to materialize the efforts that have been made since 15 years to transform NTV and Radio Nepal into PSB model.
Minister Rai, also government spokesperson, urged cooperation from all the concerned parties to help endorse the Bill in the parliament as the earliest.
He reiterated that the Bill, which was introduced by a taskforce after a long study and consultation with experts and stakeholders, will be finalized in keeping with the letter and spirit of constitution.
Jivan Bahadur Shahi, Haridev Joshi, Hari Sharan Shah, Durga Poudel and Tulasa Shah, among others parliamentarians suggested the Ministry to table the Bill in the parliament after holding discussion on it among experts and various parliamentary committees.
Echoing with the parliamentarians, Secretary of MoIC Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said that the Bill will be prepared in rigorous consultation with experts and stakeholders and will be enacted as a special Act.
Similarly, Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) President Dr Mahendra Bista said that the Bill should take into consideration the structure of the PSB and staffers working in these media.
Coordinator of the High-Level Media Recommendation Committee Kashiraj Dahal reiterated his commitment to bring out a complete report comprising suggestions on PSB at the earliest. RSS
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