Given short shrift by Centre, Delhi House to air proceedings

Annoyed after failing to elicit a response from the Centre to its proposal for setting up an exclusive TV channel, the Delhi Assembly now plans to air its proceedings and other programmes through private cable TV and YouTube.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said the House has started hiring consultants in this regard besides recruiting other staff required for the purpose.
"In November last year, I wrote to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Arun Jaitley seeking his ministry's nod for setting up Delhi Assembly's own TV channel on the lines of Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV.
"I also sent reminder to the ministry. Even after four months, we have not received permission from I&B Ministry on my proposal so far. I cannot back off now and we are planning to telecast Assembly's proceedings and programmes through YouTube channel and cable TV," Goel told PTI.

We will approach cable operators to telecast Assembly proceedings and programmes on cable TV. We Will be able to take
the same to every home in Delhi, Goel said.

He, however, said the proceedings of the upcoming Budget Session will not be telecast.
"But, in the next session, we will air the proceedings," he said.
The Delhi Assembly Speaker said he had in November also sought the approval of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to help make the proceedings 'paperless', "but we are yet to get a response".
"They (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and I&B Ministry) should have given the nod to both our proposals at the earliest keeping in mind the public interest," Goel added.