25 of 1990.
Definitions. *2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— («) "Akashvani" means the offices, stations and other establishments, by whatever name called, which, immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Director-General, All India Radio of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;
(b) "appointed day" means the date appointed under section 3;
(c) "Board" means the Prasar Bharati Board;
(d) "broadcasting" means broadcasting by the Prasar Bharati;
(e) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Corporation appointed under section 4;
(/) "Corporation" means the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) established under section 3;
ig) "Doordarshan" means the offices, kendras and cither establishments, by whatever name called, which, immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Directorate-General, Doordarshan of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;
(/») "elected Member" means a Member elected under section 3;
(«) "Executive Member" means the Executive Member appointed under section 4;
(/) "kendra" moans any telecasting centre with studios or transmitters or both and includes a relay station;
(k) "Member" means a Member of the Board;
(/) "Nominated Member" means the Member nominated by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting under section 3;
(m) "Non-lapsable Fund" means the Fund created from the commercial revenues of Akashvani and Doordarshan to meet expenditure on certain schemes;
(n) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(o) "Part-time Member" means a Partrtimc Member of the Board appointed under section 4, but docs not include an ex officio Member, the Nominated Member or an elected Member;
(p) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; !
(fl) "Recruitment Board" means a board established under sub-section (i) of section 10;
(r) "regulations" means regulations made by the Corporation under this Act;
(s) "station" means any broadcasting station with studios or transmitters or both and includes a relay station;
3 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— (?) "year" means the financial year.'.
3. In section 3 of the principal Act,—
(a) for sub-section (J), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— "(5) The Board shall consist of—
(a) a Chairman;
(b) One Executive Member,
(c) six Part-time Members;
(d) Executive Director (Finance), ex officio;
(e) Executive Director (Personnel), ex officio;
(f) Director-General (Akashvani), ex officio;
(£) Director-General (Doordarshan), ex officio;
(h) One representative of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, to be nominated by that Ministry; and
(j) two representatives of the employees of the Corporation, of whom one shall be elected by the engineering staff from amongst themselves and one shall be elected by the other employees from amongst themselves.".
(b) in sub-section (6), the proviso shall be omitted.
Amendment of section