[Technologist]

Will this mean that the BBC Hindi Service, Punjabi Service etc etc will no longer be produced by BBC staff, but published under the BBC name? I wonder how this will affect views of independence of the new service, especially if the BBC turns out not to be the majority stakeholder.

The BBC cannot be the majority shareholder ..that the whole purpose of the change to,an Indian company…. But I’m sure like any other bbc programme supplier it must comply with BBC guidelines and guidance .

The breadth of Indian reporting from the BBC will probably also suffer from this, with only 90 people remaining to cover the entirety of India for the BBC. What about reporting from Sri Lanka, where Tamil (one of the remits of the new company) is one of the official languages.

the new colony will supply most of the coverage …. So roughly about the same number of available staff …. And Sri Lanka is not India ! Remember the amount of output there is from dehli www.bbc.com 

I won't share my opinion on the direction India is heading in, but in any case I hope the new company's editorial standards continue to match those of the BBC World Service.

My sentiments entirely … but I’m sure that TheBBC will ensure that Standards are upheld

I reckon there may be a major story breaking in India soon.. I recall someone said "as soon as cuts are made to the language services, there's always something that happens there right after" (paraphrase, of course)

Not a cost cutting exercise but a neccesary change to ensure the BBC can operate there ….
I’m sure that Tim Davie has James Cleverly well primed !

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