law: Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990
  6.Term of office, conditions of service, etc.,
  
  of Chairman and other Members
  
  
  1) The Chairman shall be Part-time Member and shall hold office for a term of
  
  six years from the date on which he enters upon his office.
  2) The Executive Member, the Member (Finance) and the Member
  
  (Personnel) shall be Whole-time Members and every such Member shall hold office
  
  for a term of six years from the date on which he enters upon his office or
  
  until he attains the age of sixty-two years, whichever is earlier.
  3) The term of office of Part-time Members shall be six years,
  
  but one-third of such Members shall retire on the expiration of every second
  
  year.
  4) The term of office of an elected Member shall be two years or
  
  till he ceases to be an employee of the Corporation, whichever is earlier.
  5) As soon as may be after the establishment of the Corporation,
  
  the President of India may, by order, make such provision as he thinks fit for
  
  curtailing the term of office of some of the Part-time Members then appointed
  
  in order that one-third of the Members holding office as such Part-time Members
  
  shall retire in every second year thereafter.
  6) Where before the expiry of the term of office of a person
  
  holding the office of Chairman, or any other Member, a vacancy arises, for any
  
  reason whatsoever, such vacancy shall be deemed to be a casual vacancy and the
  
  person appointed or elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the
  
  unexpired period of the term for which his predecessor in office would have
  
  held office if such vacancy had not arisen.
  
  
  7) The Whole-time Members shall be the employees of the Corporation and as such
  
  shall be entitled to such salaries and allowances and shall be subject to such
  
  conditions of service in respect of leave, pension (if any), provident fund and
  
  other allowances and other matters as may be prescribed: Provided that the
  
  salaries and allowances and the conditions of service shall not be varied to
  
  their disadvantage after their appointment.
  8) The Chairman and Part-time Members shall be entitled to such
  
  allowances as may be prescribed.