Autonomous body?
The Indian Express reports that the three-member committee which selected the new chairman of Prasar Bharati, A Surya Prakash, included the secretary of the ministry of information and broadcasting. In 2012 the current CEO of the public broadcaster was also selected by a committee which included the I & B secretary. Congress or BJP, nobody is making any pretence of Prasar Bharati's autonomy from the government of the day.