NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry wants the post of Member (Finance) in Prasar Bharati to be filled as expeditiously as possible, if the pubcaster has to embark on a path of change in financial and administrative reforms.

The Ministry has therefore written to the Union Cabinet seeking its approval in this regard, since this post has been vacant for over three months since the last incumbent A K Jain was transferred.

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Prasar Bharati had recommended that the Board of Prasar Bharati should have younger members.

The GoM had suggested that the upper age limit for Member (Finance) should be brought down from 60 to 55 years. The Cabinet had asked the ministry to reconsider the GoM?s recommendation.

Ministry sources said the direction given by the GoM for financial restructuring of the pubcaster could not be implemented unless there was a specialised personnel for handling finances.