The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 149] NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY, NOVEMBER 4, 1964/AGRAHAYANA 13, 1886
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MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 4th December 1964
No. 1/1/64-CBIM.—The question of reviewing the working of the present Media Units of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in terms of Govern- ment's responsibility and functioning in mass communications, has been engaging the attention of Government for some time. In order to evaluate the work at present being done by the various Units in the light of the high professional standards required of them, and with a view to suggesting measures both on a short-term and long-term basis, it has been decided to set up" a Committee con- sisting of the following: —
Chairman
(1) Shri Asok K. Chanda, 46, Friends Colony, New Delhi-14.
Members
(2) Shri Nath Pai, M.P., Guruwar Path, Tilak Wadi, Belgaum.
(Delhi address: 19, Rabindra Nagar, New Delhi).
(3) Shri M. S. Gurupadaswamy, M. P., 850, Palace Quarters, Ramanuja Road, Mysore City. (Delhi address: 88, South Avenue, New Delhi).
(4) Dr. L. M. Singhvi, M.P., Minerva Bhawan, Station Road, Jodhpur.
(Delhi address; 19, Janpath, New Delhi).
(5) Shrimatl Kamala Chaudhrl, M.P., Vinit Kunj, Chippi Tank, Meerut City. (Delhi Address: 65, South Avenue, New Delhi).
(6) Shri V. C. Shukla, M.P., Pratibha Press Building, Wardha Road, Nag-
1492 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I - S E. 1] (10) Dr. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi. University of Punjab, Chandigarh-3.Kunari Mehra Masani, Director of Programmes. Directorate General Atirrlndia Radio, Ministry of Information r^n "Rrondcasting, will act as Secvitarv to the Com- mittee.
2. The Committee will avail of the services of experts in different fields of mass communication as consultants, as necessary.
3. The terms of reference of the Committee will be: —
(1) to determine and deflno the role of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in terms of Government's responsibility and functioning in mass communications,
(2) to examine and evaluate the operation, policies, programmes and pro- ductions of the various media units of the Ministry,
(3) to examine and assess, in general terms, the current and projected activities of the other Governmental agencies engaged in mass com- munications,
(4) to indicate the extent to which these operations, poJjclfo, etc, in each of the units meet the standards of an efficiently functioning unit in terms of:
(a) the present objectives of the unit, and (b) the objectives of such a unit as determined in terms of reference No. 1,
(5) to recommend appropriate changes, where necessary, to be made in the various media units,
(6) to determine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a system ot co-ordinating all Government' activities in mass communications and specify what form such coordination should take, and
(7) to draft a specific practicable programme of mass communications, with detailed reference to the media, facilities, personnel, funds and time required for implementation of the programme.
4. The Chairman shall have power to co-opt additidnal members and to invite such officials and non-officials to attend the meetings of the Committee, as he may consider necessary.
5. The membership of this Committee will be honorary, but. non-official mem- bers will be entitled to travelling and daily allowances in accordance with the orders contained in the Ministry of Finance's Office Memorandum No. 6/26/E-IV/ SB, dated the 5th September, 1960, as amended from time to time. Government officials, who are members of the Committee, will be governed in the matter of T.A. and D,A- by the rules a^ applicable to them normally.
6. The Committee will meet as often as considered necessary. The headquar- ters of the Committee will be at New Delhi, but the Committee may visit such Other plates as it deems fit.
7. The Committee will evolve its own procedure.
8. The Committee wiil submit its report to the Government a3 soon- as .possible.
ORDER
Ordered that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to: —
(1) The members of the Committee; (2) The Ministries/Departments of the Government of India: (3) The Planning Commission, the Prime Minister's Secretariat, the Cabinet Secretariat, and the Private and Military Secretariat to the President; (4) The Secretaries to the State Governments/Union Territories, Depart-