Federal Government has provided Rs 9.63 billion as grant-in-aid to PTV and Radio Pakistan from 2008 to 2012 to bridge the gap between its income and expenditure. In written reply to a question, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Wednesday told the National Assembly that a total of Rs 1.58 billion in 2008, Rs 1.72 billion in 2009, Rs 1.77 billion in 2010, Rs 2.16 billion in 2011 and Rs 2.4 billion in 2012 were given to PTV and Radio Pakistan as grant-in-aid.
Answering to another question, the Minister said that no subsidy was given to PTV. However, an amount of Rs 1.03 billion was received in 2008-9 against PTV Non-Viable Project and Rs 60 million for recurring expenses of PTV Multan during 2011-12.
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