PBSHABD 6-point charter and commitment to public good

  • Prasar Bharati-Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PBSHABD) was launched in March 2024 to provide acurate, authentic news in a timely manner to media organisation across the country. It covers news in video, audio, text and photo formats, and in all major Indian languages.
  • PBSHABD is an arm of India's public service broadcaster, Prasad Bharati, an autonomous organisation formed by an act of Parliament. We share Prasar Bharati's commitment to free, fair and factual news reporting and dissemination.
  • We operate one of the largest news-gathering and desk networks in the country. It is geared to ensure comprehensive news coverage and speedy delivery of news to its users. We are also committed to objective and authentic news reporting.
  • News on PBSHABD goes through multiple layers of editorial check to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of news.
  • We are vigilant about sources arriving from the online spaces. We have heavy guardrails against fake, morphed or manipulated content.
  • All our stories — in video, audio, text or photo — are timestamped and datelined, and properly captioned.