10,081 posts lying vacant in All India Radio: Govt

NEW DELHI, Feb 26:
Over 10,000 posts and more than 6,000 jobs are lying vacant in the All India Radio and the Doordarshan, government said today.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said the number of vacant posts in the AIR as on December 1 last year is 10,081 and Doordarshan is 6,186.
He was responding to a question in Lok Sabha.
In response to another question, Tewari said there has been a significant increase in expenditure of Prasar Bharati in the wake of the various recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
A gradual growth in the revenue of the Prasar Bharati is being witnessed, the I&B Minister said. (PTI)