GOVERNMENT EXAMINING COMPLAINTS
REGARDING STAR-OWNED
COMPANY
LOK SABHA
The Government is
examining complaints regarding M/s Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. being
indirectly promoted by the Star TV Group, owned by Mr. Rupert
Murdoch.
Replying to a question
by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Information
& Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Ministry
has received complaints regarding the company, which are being
examined in consultation with Department of Company Affairs and
Ministry of Law.
Shri Prasad said
that the company had applied for licence and as they fulfilled
the eligibility criteria, they were permitted to participate in
the auction and on being successful bidders, licences were given
for operating FM stations at Bangalore, Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi,
Nagpur and Patna.
