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Calls for a transparent policy for allocation of satellite capacity
An internal note circulated in the Public Accounts Committee, which will become the basis of its draft report, has questioned the United Progressive Alliance Government for favouring the Tatas and the Sun Group in the allocation of satellite capacity for Direct-to-Home (DTH) services.
The note, seen by BusinessLine, states that despite being fifth in order of preference for allocation of satellite capacity, Tata Sky was chosen over Doordarshan. It also questions the commitment of the first right of refusal given to Tata Sky by the Ministry.
Loss to the exchequer
The note adds that the Centre’s agreement with Sun DTH had resulted in a loss to the exchequer, and recommended that the matter be further probed by the Centre.
The views expressed in the note are broadly in line with those of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report ‘Management of Satellite Capacity for DTH Services.’ In it, the CAG had pulled up both the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Space.
The PAC’s sub-committee on infrastructure, headed by Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, will study the report in detail.
http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/dth-tatas-sun-got-preference-for-satellite-capacity-says-pac-note/article6892746.ece/
An internal note circulated in the Public Accounts Committee, which will become the basis of its draft report, has questioned the United Progressive Alliance Government for favouring the Tatas and the Sun Group in the allocation of satellite capacity for Direct-to-Home (DTH) services.
The note, seen by BusinessLine, states that despite being fifth in order of preference for allocation of satellite capacity, Tata Sky was chosen over Doordarshan. It also questions the commitment of the first right of refusal given to Tata Sky by the Ministry.
Loss to the exchequer
The note adds that the Centre’s agreement with Sun DTH had resulted in a loss to the exchequer, and recommended that the matter be further probed by the Centre.
The views expressed in the note are broadly in line with those of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report ‘Management of Satellite Capacity for DTH Services.’ In it, the CAG had pulled up both the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Space.
The PAC’s sub-committee on infrastructure, headed by Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, will study the report in detail.
http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/dth-tatas-sun-got-preference-for-satellite-capacity-says-pac-note/article6892746.ece/
