Govt planning to revitalise Doordarshan: Smriti Irani

New Delhi: Information & Broadcasting and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said that the government is planning to revitalise the Doordarshan. The minister confirmed this while answering a question at an event, organised by Observer Research Foundation.

Earlier, the minister spoke of the government's problems in improving the functioning of the Doordarshan as it is under the jurisdiction of an autonomous body, the Prasar Bharti.

However, the Minister made it clear that she would also like the Doordarshan to be a good, world-class channel which Indians around the world can look forward to as private channels. The Minister said that the government is also planning to promote positive storytelling and added that it would promote film "Lunchbox" at the coming Goa International Film Festival.

Earlier, NITI Ayog Vice Chairman Rajeev Kumar said that there was a need for the Reserve Bank of India to interact with the industry to solve the problems following digitalisation. He said there has to be a balance between customers, industry and banking and financial institutions.