New Delhi, July 05: Pay channel broadcasters will "very soon" come out with "CAS-friendly" rates, information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shanker Prasad has said. The minister said that the decisions announced today would facilitate a "smooth -roll over so that consumers are not inconvenienced".

"All the pay channel broadcasters have announced they will come with CAS-friendly rates very soon," the minister said.
Asked whether the consumer bonanza was announced with an eye on the upcoming parliamentary and general elections, he said "elections will be there at any time in any part of the country" and went on to add " CAS is in national interest, in consumer interest. CAS is empowerment scientifically to people in every home. Bureau Report