Funds for salaries of Prasar Bharti employees were released from IEBR on Feb 28
There have been reports of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry not releasing funds for salaries for the staff of the Prasar Bharti. It was stated that the funds were not released since December 2017.
However sources now tell OneIndia that funds for the salaries of the Prasar Bharti staff were released on February 28 from PB's IEBR reserves.
The source also confirmed that the funds for the salaries were released from the Internal Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR) of Prasar Bharti on February 28 2018 to ensure no hardship to employees ahead of Holi.
Reports
had
claimed
that
there
was
a
delay
in
releasing
of
funds
as
a
result
of
which
salaries
of
thousands
of
Doordarshan
and
All
India
Radio
staff
had
not
been
paid.
Further
the
reports
also
said
that
a
board
member
had
said
that
funds
would
not
be
released
if
contractual
employees
were
not
removed.
The source said that the salaries were paid from the funds released from the IEBR on February 28 itself.
OneIndia News