Lok Sabha Question No. 2510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-30
Subject: Casual Workers in AIR and Doordarshan
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, CHHEDI PASWAN, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2510

## (TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016)

## CASUAL WORKERS IN AIR AND DOORDARSHAN

## 2510.     SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

SHRI NANA PATOLE:

SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN:

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

## Will the MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  artists  with  10  to  30  years  of  experience  are providing  their  services  at  various  Akashvani  Kendras  and  Doordarshan  as  casual announcers and casual comperes;
- (b)      if  so,  the  details  category-wise  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  such  casual  workers various kendras and the reasons therefor;
- (c)   whether any proposal to regularize the said working casual announcers and comperes is under consideration of the Government; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof indicating the time frame?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  INFORMATION  AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

(a)  and  (b):    In  All  India  Radio  (AIR),  casual  announcers  and  comperes  are  engaged  on assignment  basis  for  a  maximum  of  6  bookings  in  a  month.  This  is  a  purely  need  based assignment. Number of such casual workers in various kendras is given at Annexure.

So  far  as  Doordarshan  is  concerned,  no  casual  announcers  and  comperes  are  booked. However, anchors are booked as per specific requirement of the Programme and expertise of the anchor. These anchors keep on changing as there is no permanent requirement for them.

(c)  and  (d):  The  casual  announcers  and comperes are engaged by the stations on assignment basis for maximum of 6 bookings in a month/ 72 days in a year, solely to meet the requirement of adding variety and interest to the programmes for which engagement on regular basis is not justified/ needed. As such any regularization of casual announcers/staff artists is administratively impractical and financially non-viable and therefore there is no proposal for their regularization.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2510 FOR ANSWER ON 30.11.2016.

List of Casual Announcer/Comperes/Presenters- Station-wise, as on 31.10.2016

|   Sl. No. | Name of the station                           |   No. of Casual Announcers | No. of Casual Compere   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Rajkot                                        |                         35 | 2                       |
|         2 | Solapur                                       |                         35 | -                       |
|         3 | Allahabad                                     |                         38 | 89                      |
|         4 | Raigarh                                       |                         18 | 35                      |
|         5 | Delhi,Primary channel,FM Gold Rainbow/FM Gold |                        245 | 73                      |
|         6 | Jodhpur                                       |                         18 | 33                      |
|         7 | Visakhapatnam (PC and FM)                     |                         61 | 18                      |
|         8 | Belonia                                       |                         28 | -                       |
|         9 | Sitara                                        |                         29 | 6                       |
|        10 | Kathua                                        |                         35 | 26                      |
|        11 | Jorhat                                        |                         19 | 7                       |
|        12 | Najibabad                                     |                         42 | 45                      |
|        13 | Khandva                                       |                         17 | 21                      |
|        14 | Nagpur                                        |                         39 | 32                      |
|        15 | Osmanabad                                     |                         20 | 5                       |
|        16 | Akola                                         |                         21 | 20                      |
|        17 | Radio Kashmir Srinagar                        |                         93 | -                       |
|        18 | Shahdol                                       |                         18 | 16                      |
|        19 | CBS Bhopal                                    |                         29 | -                       |
|        20 | Nizamabad                                     |                         44 | -                       |
|        21 | Kurseong                                      |                         38 | 30                      |
|        22 | Ahmedabad                                     |                         19 | 6                       |
|        23 | CBS, Chennai                                  |                         35 | 1                       |
|        24 | AIR, Chennai                                  |                        139 | 65                      |
|        25 | Tiruchirappli (Pc and FM Rainbow)             |                         70 | -                       |
|        26 | AIR Kanpur                                    |                         31 | -                       |
|        27 | Indore                                        |                         47 | 65                      |
|        28 | Baripada                                      |                         25 | 15                      |
|        29 | Jabalpur                                      |                         39 | 42                      |
|        30 | AIR Gorakhpur                                 |                         39 | 73                      |
|        31 | Bareilly                                      |                         43 | 37                      |
|        32 | Rewa                                          |                         39 | 67                      |
|        33 | Kailashahar                                   |                         27 | -                       |
|        34 | VBS Banglore                                  |                         16 | -                       |
|        35 | CBS,AIR Jaipur                                |                         27 | -                       |
|        36 | Rourkela                                      |                         16 | 16                      |
|        37 | Daman                                         |                         30 | 1                       |

|   38 | Kurnool                                  | 26   | -   |
|------|------------------------------------------|------|-----|
|   39 | Ambikapur                                | 95   | -   |
|   40 | Sambalpur                                | 22   | 44  |
|   41 | Rampur                                   | 29   | 39  |
|   42 | Jagdalpur                                | 29   | 71  |
|   43 | Godhra                                   | 27   | 6   |
|   44 | Imphal                                   | 141  | -   |
|   45 | Thrissur                                 | 76   | 94  |
|   46 | CBS Radio Kashmir, Srinagar              | 20   | -   |
|   47 | Bhadravathi                              | 34   | -   |
|   48 | Rohtak                                   | 38   | 48  |
|   49 | Chhindwara                               | 21   | 43  |
|   50 | Bengaluru (PC/Vividh Bharati/FM Rainbow) | 115  | -   |
|   51 | Tura                                     | 23   | 7   |
|   52 | Kadapa                                   | 20   | 26  |
|   53 | Nanded                                   | 42   | -   |
|   54 | Chhatterpur                              | 68   | 93  |
|   55 | Kodaikanal                               | -    | 97  |
|   56 | Gawaliar                                 | 23   | 52  |
|   57 | Madurai                                  | 43   | 71  |
|   58 | Jowai                                    | 31   | -   |
|   59 | Anantapur                                | 32   | -   |
|   60 | Ratnagiri                                | 21   | 12  |
|   61 | Jeypore                                  | 25   | 73  |
|   62 | Tezu                                     | 33   | 2   |
|   63 | Mumbai (AIR/FM Rainbow/FM Gold)          | 223  | 44  |
|   64 | Agartala                                 | 58   | 60  |
|   65 | CBS Patna                                | 34   | -   |
|   66 | Udaipur                                  | 67   | 95  |
|   67 | Yavatmal                                 | 21   | 6   |
|   68 | Almora                                   | 29   | 37  |
|   69 | Kochi                                    | 34   | 65  |
|   70 | Adilabad                                 | 52   | -   |
|   71 | Thiruvananthapuram CBS)                  | 51   | 9   |
|   72 | National Channel, New Delhi              | 47   | 32  |
|   73 | Thiruvananthapuram                       | 19   | 72  |
|   74 | Tirunelveli                              | 39   | 60  |
|   75 | Madhupur                                 | 32   | 45  |
|   76 | Gulbarga                                 | 36   | 5   |
|   77 | Guna                                     | 22   | 35  |
|   78 | Churu                                    | 20   | 58  |
|   79 | Puducherry                               | 45   | -   |

|   80 | Raipur                                |   38 | 39   |
|------|---------------------------------------|------|------|
|   81 | Jameshedpur                           |   56 | 24   |
|   82 | Dibrugarh                             |  103 | -    |
|   83 | Berhampur                             |   26 | 15   |
|   84 | Triputy                               |   25 | 3    |
|   85 | Passighat                             |   26 | -    |
|   86 | Kolkata                               |  316 | -    |
|   87 | Bhawanipatna                          |   21 | `15  |
|   88 | Lucknow                               |   59 | 112  |
|   89 | Silchar                               |   42 | -    |
|   90 | Mokokchung                            |   15 | 14   |
|   91 | Faizabad                              |   33 | 43   |
|   92 | Shimla                                |  285 | -    |
|   93 | Hazaribagh                            |   41 | -    |
|   94 | VBS, Mumbai                           |   23 | 11   |
|   95 | Kolhapur                              |   20 | 8    |
|   96 | Pune                                  |   28 | 28   |
|   97 | Shivpuri                              |   41 | 33   |
|   98 | Vododara                              |   77 | 13   |
|   99 | Dhule                                 |   40 | -    |
|  100 | Purnea                                |   22 | 16   |
|  101 | Pauri                                 |    9 | 29   |
|  102 | Beed                                  |   28 | 12   |
|  103 | Coimbatore (PC &FM Rainbow)           |   28 | 13   |
|  104 | Tuticon                               |   22 | -    |
|  105 | Chitrdurga                            |   30 | -    |
|  106 | Mysuru                                |   37 | -    |
|  107 | Obera                                 |   25 | 21   |
|  108 | Dharbhanga                            |  135 | 20   |
|  109 | Kannur                                |  250 | -0.  |
|  110 | Jalandhar/ FM Rainbow/AIR FM Ludhiana |  162 |      |
|  111 | Kothangudem                           |   38 | -    |
|  112 | Nashik                                |   28 | 3    |
|  113 | Extermal Service Division             |  129 | -    |
|  114 | Satara                                |   29 | 6    |
|  115 | Cuttack                               |   39 | 40   |
|  116 | Raichur                               |   26 | -    |
|  117 | Puri                                  |   21 | -    |
|  118 | CBS AIR Chandigarh                    |   34 | 2    |
|  119 | Hyderabad/FM Rainbow                  |  244 | 55   |
|  120 | Balangir                              |   22 | 28   |
|  121 | Vijayawada                            |  102 | -    |

|   122 | Murshidabad     |   29 | -   |
|-------|-----------------|------|-----|
|   123 | Karaikal        |   43 | 12  |
|   124 | Parbhani        |   39 | -   |
|   125 | Hyderabad       |   86 | 55  |
|   126 | Mathura         |   25 | 22  |
|   127 | Madikeri        |   14 | -   |
|   128 | Kavaratti       |    8 | 6   |
|   129 | Aizwal          |   94 | 15  |
|   130 | Jalagaon        |   19 | 3   |
|   131 | Devikulam       |   10 | 10  |
|   132 | Leh             |   35 | 45  |
|   133 | Itanagar        |  104 | 15  |
|   134 | Shillong        |  194 | 20  |
|   135 | Suratgarh       |   47 | 7   |
|   136 | Hosapate        |   39 | -   |
|   137 | Aurangabad      |   19 | 12  |
|   138 | Sagar           |   32 | 30  |
|   139 | Kota            |   26 | 48  |
|   140 | Bhagalpur       |   24 | 45  |
|   141 | Bhopal          |   17 | 36  |
|   142 | Chaibasa        |   14 | 43  |
|   143 | Dharampuri      |   24 | -   |
|   144 | Hamirpur        |   25 | 22  |
|   145 | Jhalawad        |   15 | 43  |
|   146 | Bikaner         |   22 | 64  |
|   147 | Panaji          |   93 | 51  |
|   148 | Nagaon          |   50 | -   |
|   149 | Agra            |   99 |     |
|   150 | Betul           |   17 | 19  |
|   151 | Halflong        |   26 | 6   |
|   152 | Sasaram         |   16 | 32  |
|   153 | Ooty            |   22 | 18  |
|   154 | Churachandpur   |   65 | -   |
|   155 | Sport Cell      |   54 | -   |
|   156 | Ranchi          |   17 | 71  |
|   157 | Dharmapur       |   34 | 39  |
|   158 | Varanasi        |   34 | 24  |
|   159 | Alawar          |   23 | 45  |
|   160 | Faizbad         |   27 | -   |
|   161 | CBS, Trivandrum |   27 | 7   |
|   162 | Puri            |   19 | 2   |
|   163 | Darbhanga       |  135 | -   |
|   164 | Berhampur       |   44 | -   |
|   165 | Chitradurga     |   15 | 2   |

| 166         | Pataila                 |   61 | -    |
|-------------|-------------------------|------|------|
| 167         | Nagercoil               |   37 | 9    |
| 168         | Gangtok                 |   21 | 42   |
| 169         | National Channel        |   57 | 39   |
| 170         | Dharmshala              |   34 | 37   |
| 171         | Nasik                   |   31 | -    |
| 172         | Keonjhar                |   19 | 32   |
| 173         | Vadodar                 |   73 | -    |
| 174         | Manjeri                 |   38 | -    |
| 175         | Dharwad                 |   31 | -    |
| 176         | Poonch                  |   21 | 40   |
| 177         | Triuchirapalli          |   46 | -    |
| 178         | Joranda                 |   15 | 7    |
| 179         | Chittorgarh             |   20 | 53   |
| 180         | Deman                   |   34 | -    |
| 181         | CBS, AIR Surat          |   49 | -    |
| 182         | Radio Kashmir Jammu     |   44 | -    |
| 183         | Radio Kashmir, Srinagar |   81 | 12   |
| 184         | Hazaribagh              |   39 | -    |
| 185         | Kanwar                  |   28 | -    |
| 186         | Chandrapur              |   19 | 13   |
| 187         | Port Blair              |   66 | 14   |
| 188         | Hisar                   |   57 | -    |
| 189         | Daltongnaj              |   28 | -    |
| 190         | Markapur                |   32 | -    |
| 191         | Warangal                |   57 | -    |
| 192         | Triputi                 |   26 | 4    |
| 193         | Santiniketana           |   34 | -    |
| 194         | Guwahati                |  138 | -    |
| 195         | Silliguri               |   53 | 8    |
| 196         | Bathinda                |   44 | -    |
| 197         | Bhuj                    |   71 | -    |
| 198         | Lunglei                 |   46 | -    |
| 199         | Patna                   |   44 | -    |
| 200         | Jhansi                  |   27 | 29   |
| 201         | ESD, AIR, New Delhi     |  153 | -    |
| 202         | Balaghat                |   25 | 50   |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL             | 9722 | 4108 |

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