Lok Sabha Question No. 689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: FM Radio Stations
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 689 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017)

## FM RADIO STATIONS

## 689.  SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that functioning of some FM Radio Stations including Karimganj of Assam has not started and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) the details of measures taken by the Government to start the FM Radio station in the border areas; and

(c) whether the Government has any proposal for setting up new DDKs in the border areas and if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## {COL RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE (Retd.) }

(a) Prasar Bharati has informed that new AIR FM stations have been approved for setting up at 213 new locations across the country (including 100 W FM Relay Stations at 152 locations)  which  include 1 kW FM Relay station at Karimganj also. These new AIR FM stations are under various stages of installation.

(b) The details of  measures taken by AIR to start FM Radio Station in the border areas are as under:

AIR has already set up 36 FM transmitters at 33 locations in the border areas. Details are given in Annexure-I. In addition to this, schemes for setting up of 31 new FM transmitters have been approved for implementation in the border areas including North East States.  Details are given in Annexure-II.

In  addition  to  terrestrial  transmission,  AIR  has  already  provided  32  AIR channels on Doordarshan's DTH platform (DD Free Dish), which can be received by using DD Freedish set top Box throughout the country including  border areas. Further, 13  popular  channels  of  All  India  Radio  can  also  be  received  through  internet  by browsing AIR's website <allindiaradio.gov.in> and by downloading suitable apps on iOS/ Android/ Windows based mobile phones.

(c) Presently, there is no approved scheme to setup new Doordarshan Kendras (Studio centre) in border areas of the country.

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## List of Existing FM Transmitters  providing coverage to the Border areas

|   SL. NO. OF LOCATIONS | LOCATION        | STATE            |   SL. NO. OF TR. | EXISTING TR.   | NAMEOFBORDERCOVER                                            |
|------------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                      1 | DHUBRI          | ASSAM            |                1 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                      2 | BHUJ            | GUJARAT          |                2 | 5kWFM          | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      3 | DHARAMSHALA     | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                3 | 10KWFM         | INDO-CHINA/TIBET BORDER                                      |
|                      4 | BHADRAWAH       | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |                4 | 6 kWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      5 | DRASS           | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |                5 | 100W FM        | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      6 | JAMMU           | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |                6 | 10KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      7 | KARGIL          | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |                8 | 100W FM        | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      8 | KATHUA          | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |                9 | 10 KWFM        | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                      9 | PADUM           | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |               10 | 100W FM        | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     10 | POONCH          | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |               11 | 6KWFM          | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     11 | RAJOURI         | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |               12 | 10KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     12 | SRINAGAR        | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |               13 | 10KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     13 | TIESURU         | JAMMU&KASHMIR    |               15 | 100W FM        | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     14 | CHURACHANDPUR   | MANIPUR          |               16 | 6KWFM          | INDO-MYANMARBORDER                                           |
|                     15 | IMPHAL          | MANIPUR          |               17 | 10KWFM         | INDO-MYANMARBORDER                                           |
|                     16 | JOWAI           | MEGHALAYA        |               18 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     17 | SHILLONG        | MEGHALAYA        |               19 | 10KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     18 | AIZAWL          | MIZORAM          |               20 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                   |
|                     19 | LUNGLEI         | MIZORAM          |               21 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-BHUTAN BORDER                    |
|                     20 | FAZILKA         | PUNJAB           |               22 | 20KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     21 | BIKANER         | RAJASTHAN        |               23 | 10KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     22 | JAISALMER       | RAJASTHAN        |               24 | 10KWFM         | INDO-PAK BORDER                                              |
|                     23 | GANGTOK         | SIKKIM           |               25 | 10KWFM         | INDO-NEPAL BORDER INDO-BHUTAN BORDER INDO-CHINA/TIBET BORDER |
|                     24 | TUTICORIN       | TAMIL -NADU      |               26 | 1kWFM          | INDO-SRILANKA BORDER                                         |
|                     25 | AGARTALA        | TRIPURA          |               27 | 10KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     26 | BELONIA         | TRIPURA          |               28 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     27 | KAILASHAHAR     | TRIPURA          |               29 | 6KWFM          | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     28 | GORAKHPUR       | UTTAR PRADESH    |               30 | 10KWFM         | INDO-NEPAL BORDER                                            |
|                     29 | LAKHIMPUR KHERI | UTTAR PRADESH    |               31 | 10KWFM         | INDO-NEPAL BORDER                                            |
|                     30 | BALURGHAT       | WEST BENGAL      |               32 | 10KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     31 | KURSEONG        | WEST BENGAL      |               33 | 10KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-BHUTAN BORDER INDO-NEPAL BORDER  |
|                     31 |                 |                  |               34 | 5 KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-BHUTAN BORDER INDO-NEPAL BORDER  |
|                     32 | MURSHIDABAD     | WEST BENGAL      |               35 | 6 KWFM         | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                                       |
|                     33 | SILIGURI        | WEST BENGAL      |               36 | 10 KWFM        | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-BHUTAN BORDER INDO-NEPAL BORDER  |

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## List of  31  FM   Transmitters approved for setting up  along  the  border  areas

| S. No.   | Place                            | STATE                            | Power of the proposed Transmitters                     | NAMEOFBORDERCOVER                        |
|----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | DHUBRI                           | ASSAM                            | 10kWFM (as a replacement of Existing6kWFM transmitter) | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 2.       | BELONIA                          | TRIPURA                          | 10kWFM (as a replacement of existing6kWFM transmitter) | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 3.       | GREEN RIDGE (URI SECTOR)         | JAMMU&KASHMIR                    | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 4.       | HIMBOTINGLA (KARGIL)             | JAMMU&KASHMIR                    | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 5.       | PATNITOP (UDHAMPUR)              | JAMMU&KASHMIR                    | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 6.       | NAUSHERA                         | JAMMU&KASHMIR                    | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 7.       | AMRITSAR                         | PUNJAB                           | 20kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 8.       | CHAUNTAN HILL                    | RAJASTHAN                        | 20kWFM                                                 | INDO-PAK BORDER                          |
| 9.       | DARJEELING                       | WEST BENGAL                      | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INDO-NEPAL BORDER |
| 10.      | KRISHNANAGAR                     | WEST BENGAL                      | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 11.      | COOCH BEHAR                      | WEST BENGAL                      | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 12.      | ANINI/ROING                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-CHINA/TIBET BORDER                  |
| 13.      | CHANGLANG                        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 14.      | KHONSA                           | ARUNACHAL                        | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 15.      | KARIM GANJ                       | ASSAM                            | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 16.      | UKHRUL                           | MANIPUR                          | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 17.      | CHERRAPUNJEE                     | MEGHALAYA                        | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 18.      | TUIPANG                          | MIZORAM                          | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 19.      | CHAMPHAI                         | MIZORAM                          | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 20.      | PHEK                             | NAGALAND                         | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-MYANMAR BORDER                      |
| 21.      | NUTAN BAZAR                      | TRIPURA                          | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 22.      | CHAMPAWAT                        | UTTARAKHAND                      | 1kWFM                                                  | INDO-NEPAL BORDER                        |
| 23.      | SILCHAR                          | ASSAM                            | 5kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 24.      | TURA                             | MEGHALAYA                        | 5kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 25.      | LONGTHARAI                       | TRIPURA                          | 5kWFM                                                  | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER                   |
| 26-31    | 6 locations in Indo-Nepal Border | 6 locations in Indo-Nepal Border | 10kWFM                                                 | INDO-NEPAL BORDER                        |