Question : APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED OFFICIALS

(a) whether the Doordarshan/AIR have appointed retired officials on contract basis recently;

(b) if so, the details of specialisation for which they have been re-employed;

(c) whether there are hundreds of adhoc and casual employees who have the same specialisation waiting to be appointed on regular basis; and

(d) if so, the reasons for appointing retired officials on contract basis?

THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING (SMT. SUSHMA SWARAJ)

(a), (b), (c) & (d) : The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.