Paid staff salaries from own fund, not govt: Prasar Bharati
After The Wire reported that I&B Minister Smriti Irani blocked salary funds to Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster's CEO Shashi Shekhar tweeted that â¹208 crore in staff salary was paid on February 28. Based on his tweet, reports said the ministry had released salary funds. However, Shekhar later clarified that â¹208 crore was taken from Prasar Bharati's own reserves.