Lok Sabha Question No. 4599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Auction of FM Radio Channels
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2016

## AUCTION OF FM RADIO CHANNELS .

## 4599. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

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

- (a)  whether there was any proposal to auction FM radio channels in 264 cities in the recent past and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the details of cities where such auctions including Uttar Pradesh were undertaken; and
- (c)  The details of revenue collection expected and the actual total revenue collected from these auctions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING, {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a)  FM Phase-III Policy on expansion of FM Radio broadcasting service through private sector (Phase-III) notified on 25.07.2011 extends FM Radio services to 227 new cities, in addition to the 67 cities where complete auction could not be done in Phase-II.
- (b)  The first batch of auction under Phase-III for 135 channels in 69 cities was conducted from 27 July to 9 September, 2015. A list of these 69 cities is given as Annexure-I .  Nine cities  of  Uttar  Pradesh  namely  Kanpur,  Lucknow,  Agra,  Allahabad,  Varanasi,  Aligarh, Bareily, Gorakhpur and  Jhansi were included in this list where FM channels have been successfully auctioned. The 2 nd  batch auction for 266 channels in 92 cities is in progress.
- (c)   The Govt. received an amount of Rs.1103.51 crores from winners of 96 channels in 55 cities, against a reserve price of Rs.550.18 crore for 135 channels in 69 cities included in the first batch.

## ANNEXURE-I

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| FM Phase-III for 135 channels in 69 cities Existing Phase-II Cities (69 nos.)                                   | FM Phase-III for 135 channels in 69 cities Existing Phase-II Cities (69 nos.)                                   | FM Phase-III for 135 channels in 69 cities Existing Phase-II Cities (69 nos.)                                   | FM Phase-III for 135 channels in 69 cities Existing Phase-II Cities (69 nos.)                                   |
| S. No.                                                                                                          | Name of City                                                                                                    | State                                                                                                           | No. of Channels for Auction                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                 | a                                                                                                               | b                                                                                                               | c                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                 | Category 'A+'                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                               | Chennai                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                               | Delhi                                                                                                           | Delhi                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                               | Mumbai                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                 | Category 'A'                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                                               | Ahmedabad                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                               | Bangalore                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                               | Hyderabad                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                               | Jaipur                                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                               | Kanpur                                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                               | Lucknow                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                              | Nagpur                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                              | Pune                                                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                              | Surat                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 | 19                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                              | Amritsar                                                                                                        | Punjab                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                              | Agra                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                              | Allahabad                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                                              | Asansol                                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                              | Cochin                                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                              | Jamshedpur                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                               |
| 19                                                                                                              | Madurai                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                              | Patna                                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                              | Rajkot                                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                              | Varanasi                                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                              | Vijayawada                                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 | 17                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                 | Category 'C'                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                                              | Ahmednagar                                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                              | Ajmer                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                                              | Akola                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                               |

| 27       | Aligarh      | Uttar Pradesh    | 3   |
|----------|--------------|------------------|-----|
| 28       | Aurangabad   | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 29       | Bareily      | Uttar Pradesh    | 2   |
| 30       | Bhubaneshwar | Orissa           | 1   |
| 31       | Bikaner      | Rajasthan        | 3   |
| 32       | Bilaspur     | Chhatisgarh      | 3   |
| 33       | Chandigarh   | Chandigarh/UT    | 2   |
| 34       | Dhule        | Maharashtra      | 3   |
| 35       | Gorakhpur    | Uttar Pradesh    | 3   |
| 36       | Gulbarga     | Karnataka        | 3   |
| 37       | Guwahati     | Assam            | 1   |
| 38       | Jalgaon      | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 39       | Jammu        | J&K              | 3   |
| 40       | Jhansi       | Uttar Pradesh    | 3   |
| 41       | Jodhpur      | Rajasthan        | 1   |
| 42       | Kolhapur     | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 43       | Kota         | Rajasthan        | 1   |
| 44       | Kozhikode    | Kerala           | 2   |
| 45       | Mangalore    | Karnataka        | 1   |
| 46       | Muzzaffarpur | Bihar            | 3   |
| 47       | Mysore       | Karnataka        | 2   |
| 48       | Nanded       | Maharashtra      | 3   |
| 49       | Nasik        | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 50       | Patiala      | Punjab           | 1   |
| 51       | Pondicherry  | Pondicherry      | 1   |
| 52       | Rajamumdry   | Andhra Pradesh   | 3   |
| 53       | Rourkela     | Orissa           | 2   |
| 54       | Sangli       | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 55       | Sholapur     | Maharashtra      | 2   |
| 56       | Siliguri     | West Bengal      | 1   |
| 57       | Srinagar     | J&K              | 3   |
| 58       | Tiruchy      | Tamil Nadu       | 2   |
| 59       | Tirunelveli  | Tamil Nadu       | 2   |
| 60       | Tirupati     | Andhra Pradesh   | 2   |
| 61       | Tuticorin    | Tamil Nadu       | 2   |
| 63       | Warangal     | Telangana        | 3   |
|          |              |                  | 85  |
|          | Category 'D' |                  |     |
| 64       | Agartala     | Tripura          | 2   |
| 65       | Aizwal       | Mizoram          | 2   |
| 66       | Hissar       | Haryana          | 1   |
| 67       | Itanagar     | Arunchal Pradesh | 2   |
| 68       | Karnal       | Haryana          | 1   |
| 69       | Shillong     | Meghalaya        | 2   |
|          |              |                  | 10  |
| G. TOTAL | G. TOTAL     | G. TOTAL         | 135 |