Lok Sabha Question No. 2646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: TV Transmitters
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2646 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020)

## TV TRANSMITTERS

2646. SHRI DEVUSINH JESINGHBHAI CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) the details of TV transmitters (low and high) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has initiated any plan for installation of TV transmitter in various States;
- (c) if so, the details thereof State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether any time limit has been fixed for this purpose; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a): The State/UT-wise details of Low  Power  Transmitters (LPTs) and High Power Transmitters (HPTs) under terrestrial TV network of Doordarshan are as per Annexure. (b)  to  (e):  Five  new  TV  transmitters  have  been  approved  for installation, including four in J&K, and one in Ladakh. *****

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE IS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2646 FOR ANSWER ON 06.03.2020

| S.No.       | State             |   Total No. of HPTs* | Total No. of LPTs**   | S.No.              | State                                  | Total No. of HPTs*   | Total No. of LPTs**   |
|-------------|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    |                   10 | 21                    | 20                 | Punjab                                 | 6                    | 0                     |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh |                    2 | 3                     | 21                 | Rajasthan                              | 11                   | 34                    |
| 3           | Assam             |                    5 | 12                    | 22                 | Sikkim                                 | 2                    | 0                     |
| 4           | Bihar             |                    5 | 17                    | 23                 | Tamil Nadu                             | 8                    | 14                    |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      |                    4 | 11                    | 24                 | Tripura                                | 2                    | 4                     |
| 6           | Goa               |                    2 | 0                     | 25                 | Telangana                              | 3                    | 16                    |
| 7           | Gujarat           |                   10 | 32                    | 26                 | Uttar Pradesh                          | 17                   | 26                    |
| 8           | Haryana           |                    3 | 11                    | 27                 | Uttarakhand                            | 2                    | 9                     |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  |                    5 | 4                     | 28                 | West Bengal                            | 12                   | 12                    |
| 10          | Jharkhand         |                    4 | 10                    | S.No               | Union Territories                      |                      |                       |
| 11          | Karnataka         |                   11 | 29                    | 1                  | A & N Islands (UT)                     | 2                    | 2                     |
| 12          | Kerala            |                    6 | 8                     | 2                  | Chandigarh (UT)                        | 0                    |                       |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh    |                   10 | 37                    | 3                  | Dadra , Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu (UT) | 1                    | 14                    |
| Maharashtra | 12                |                   49 |                       |                    | Dadra , Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu (UT) | 0                    | 0                     |
| 15 Manipur  | 3                 |                    1 | 4                     | Delhi (NCT)        | 2                                      |                      | 16                    |
| Meghalaya   | 4                 |                    3 | 5                     | L & M Islands (UT) | 0                                      | 1                    | 17                    |
| Mizoram     | 3                 |                    0 | 6                     | Puducherry (UT)    | 1                                      | 0                    | 18                    |
| Nagaland    | 3                 |                    1 | 7                     | Jammu & Kashmir    | 19                                     | 2                    | 19                    |
| Odisha      | 6                 |                   43 | 8                     | Ladakh             | 1 196                                  | 1                    | Total number of HPTs  |