"The Recruitment Rules still ensure that only government and quasi-government persons can occupy the post, which is pegged at approximately Rs.22 lakh per annum against sharply higher market rates. I have tried my best to explain that these need to be reviewed, because times are changing; but I have not succeeded.
"If there had been some degree of fresh thinking in these two proposals, we may not have faced the type of public criticism that a single interview has invited."
He said he would present the issues before the PB board during its meeting in June.
He said the best option for the News Division is to make all-out efforts to seek a balancing interview so that the neutrality of the public broadcaster is not questioned; telecast interviews, at the earliest juncture, with due publicity; and do so, without editing.
Doordarshan had edited out portions from Modi's interview where he had referred to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and to Ahmed Patel, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political advisor.
The move had created a political storm with the Bharatiya Janata Party alleging government control over the public broadcaster.
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