Lok Sabha Question No. 801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Part Time Correspondents
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 801**

**(TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2015)**

**PART TIME CORRESPONDENTS.**

**801. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:**

**Will the Minister OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:**

1. whether a large number of part time correspondents are serving under PrasarBharati Corporation of India in various parts of the country;

1. If so, the details thereof;

1. whether the PrasarBharati proposes to come out with a comprehensive policy for the part time correspondents and regularise their services; and

1. if so, the details thereof?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER  OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING**

**[COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]**

(a) & (b) PrasarBharati has informed that so far as AIR is concerned,   Part Time Correspondents are engaged  on annual contract basis at district level.State-wise details of Part Time Correspondents is annexed.

In DD News, no Part Time Correspondents are being engaged anywhere in the country.

(c) No, Madam.

(d)   Doesn’t arise in view of (c) above.

**Annexure**

**Annexure to part (a) & (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 801 to be answered on 24.07.2015**

**Details of Part Time Correspondents (as on 20.07.15)**

| **S No**   | **Name of the States/UTs**                        | **No. of PTCs posted**   |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| **1**      | **Andhra Pradesh &Telangana**                 | 17                       |
| **2**      | **A & N Islands**                             | 04                       |
| **3**      | **Arunachal Pradesh**                             | 02                       |
| **4**      | **Assam**                                         | 21                       |
| **5**      | **Bihar**                                         | 32                       |
| **6**      | **Chhatisgarh**                                   | 21                       |
| **7**      | **Gujarat+ Daman+ Diu+ Dadra & Nagar Haveli** | 24                       |
| **8**      | **Goa**                                           | 3                        |
| **9**      | **Haryana & Punjab**                          | 33                       |
| **10**     | **Himachal Pradesh**                              | 10                       |
| **11**     | **Jammu & Kashmir**                           | 14                       |
| **12**     | **Jharkhand**                                     | 23                       |
| **13**     | **Karnataka**                                     | 18                       |
| **14**     | **Kerala  including**  Lakshdweep                 | 8                        |
| **15**     | **Madhya Pradesh**                                | 46                       |
| **16**     | **Maharashtra**                                   | 34                       |
| **17**     | **Manipur**                                       | 09                       |
| **18**     | **Meghalaya**                                     | 06                       |
| **19**     | **Mizoram**                                       | 06                       |
| **20**     | **Nagaland**                                      | 07                       |
| **21**     | **Orissa**                                        | 27                       |
| **22**     | **Puducherry**                                    | 02                       |
| **23**     | **Rajasthan**                                     | 30                       |
| **24**     | **Sikkim**                                        | 03                       |
| **25**     | **Tamilnadu**                                     | 27                       |
| **26**     | **Tripura**                                       | 01                       |
| **27**     | **Uttar Pradesh**                                 | 57                       |
| **28**     | **Uttarakhand**                                   | 12                       |
| **29**     | **West Bengal**                                   | 18                       |
|            | Total                                             | **515**                  |