It is also to “tell the India Story to a global audience” and notes that the news channel will be a credible, exhaustive and accurate global news service.
Prasar Bharati reportedly intends to set up bureaus all over the world, and the consultant has been asked to to identify locations, organise a roadmap, and produce plans for “24×7 world service streams” and “geography specific streams”- which will be a priority.
Prasar Bharati also wants a strategy roadmap for “a Global News Service” that is based on DD India content.
The tender comes amid the vehement backlash that the government has been facing for its lack of preparedness and evasion of warnings pertaining to the COVID-19 management. India has also been termed a “dangerous” country for journalists, and has been castigated for its alleged restraints on free speech.
In a tweet dated 25 March, he thanked the board for “key decisions,” including an initiative to develop a project blue-print for Doordarshan…