Broadcast regulation

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. I. K. Gujral, 21 Apr 1997 to 19 Mar 1998

   JD United Front government

   • ImplementedJD15 Sep 1997

     Prasar Bharati Act brought into force (public broadcasting corporation)

     The 1990 Prasar Bharati Act, brought into force on 15 September 1997, turned All India Radio and Doordarshan from government departments into a statutory corporation with Parliament-linked oversight.

     Evidence points +2.5 (range +1.0 to +4.0)