Lok Sabha Question No. 851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Expansion of AIR/DD Network
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 851

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019)

## EXPANSION OF AIR/DD NETWORK

851.  DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

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

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to expand the All India Radio (AIR)/ Doordarshan (DD) network by establishing more number of stations particularly to unreachable areas in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the financial outlay thereto, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  projects  likely  to  be  completed  during  the  current  year, State/ UT-wise;
- (d)  whether  many  districts  in  the  country  lack  Doordarshan  and  Akashvani Kendras  particularly  in  rural  areas  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UTwise;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  received  representation  from  States  for setting up of Doordarshan/Akashvani Kendras during the last five years and the current year; and
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  or  proposed  to  be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHAREGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE(Retd.)}

- (a) & (b) Prasar Bharati has informed that presently All India Radio (AIR) is covering about 92% of the area and about 99.2% of the total population of the country through terrestrial transmitters.  Expansion of AIR Network is a continuous process and schemes  in this regard are formulated and implemented  from  time  to  time.  For  expansion  of  FM  network,  AIR  has

approved schemes for establishing 144 new FM Stations across the country. State-wise detail is given in Annexure-I & II.

As regards Doordarshan (DD), in view of multi channel TV coverage having been provided in the entire country through Doordarshan's free-to-air DTH  service,  transmitters  at  new  locations  for  expansion  of  terrestrial coverage are now not envisaged, except a few in border areas. Following new transmitters have been approved for J&K:

1. HPT, Patnitop
2. HPT, Himbotingla
3. HPT, Green Ridge

Above  transmitters  are  part  of  special  scheme  for  expansion  of  AIR  & Doordarshan coverage in border areas of J&K approved at a cost of Rs.100 Crore.

(c) Details of projects of AIR & DD are given in Annexure-III & Annexure-IV respectively.

(d) As regards AIR , some of the areas including hilly areas of Uttarakhand, Himachal  Pradesh  &  North  East  Regions  are  still  uncovered  by  terrestrial services.

As  regards  DD,  all  districts  uncovered  by  terrestrial  transmitters  (including rural  areas)  along  with  rest  of  the  country  have  been  provided  with  multi channel  TV  coverage  through  Doordarshan's  free-to-air  DTH  service  'DD Free Dish', which can be received using a small sized dish receive unit.

(e)  &  (f)  Proposals  from  various  State  Governments/various  other  quarters are received from time to time for setting up of new Akashvani Kendras/DD Kendras in their  respective  states.  These  proposals  are  considered  on  the basis of inter-se priority subject to availability of funds.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 851 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2019

## ANNEXURE-I

## List of new AIR FM Stations 1 kW & above

|   Sr. Nos. | STATE             |   No. of Stations |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|          1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                 2 |
|          2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                 4 |
|          3 | BIHAR             |                 4 |
|          4 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                 3 |
|          5 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                 1 |
|          6 | MANIPUR           |                 1 |
|          7 | MIZORAM           |                 3 |
|          8 | NAGALAND          |                 1 |
|          9 | RAJASTHAN         |                 1 |
|         10 | TRIPURA           |                 1 |
|         11 | UTTAR PRADESH     |                 6 |
|         12 | UTTARAKHAND       |                 3 |
|         13 | WEST BENGAL       |                 2 |

ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 851 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2019

## ANNEXURE-II

## 100 W FM  Stations

|   Sr. Nos. | STATE             |   No. of Stations |
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|          1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                 5 |
|          2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                 5 |
|          3 | ASSAM             |                 1 |
|          4 | BIHAR             |                 9 |
|          5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                 1 |
|          6 | DAMAN & DIU (UT)  |                 1 |
|          7 | GUJARAT           |                13 |
|          8 | HARYANA           |                 2 |
|          9 | JHARKHAND         |                 1 |
|         10 | KARNATAKA         |                 7 |
|         11 | KERALA            |                 2 |
|         12 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                13 |
|         13 | MAHARASHTRA       |                12 |
|         14 | MANIPUR           |                 2 |
|         15 | MIZORAM           |                 2 |
|         16 | ODISHA            |                 5 |
|         17 | PUNJAB            |                 1 |
|         18 | RAJASTHAN         |                14 |
|         19 | TAMIL NADU        |                 1 |
|         20 | TELANGANA         |                 5 |
|         21 | TRIPURA           |                 2 |
|         22 | UT (A&N ISLANDS)  |                 1 |
|         23 | UTTAR PRADESH     |                 5 |
|         24 | UTTARAKHAND       |                 1 |
|         25 | WEST BENGAL       |                 1 |

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 851 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2019

ANNEXURE-III Approved List of new AIR stations for current year

|   Sr. Nos. | PLACE                        | STATE           | POWER OF FM TRANSMITTER   | REMARK                                                                                  |
|------------|------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          1 | SSB CENTRE, BATHNAHA         | BIHAR           | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|          2 | MUZAFFARPUR                  | BIHAR           | 10kW                      | 100WFM Transmitter is already functional for localized coverage (10-12 kms radius area) |
|          3 | SSB CENTRE, NARKATIAGANJ     | BIHAR           | 10KW                      |                                                                                         |
|          4 | SSB CENTRE, SITAMARHI        | BIHAR           | 10KW                      | 100WFM Transmitter is already functional for localized coverage (10-12 kms radius area) |
|          5 | GREEN RIDGE                  | JAMMU & KASHMIR | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|          6 | HIMBOTINGLA                  | JAMMU & KASHMIR | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|          7 | RATLAM                       | MADHYA PRADESH  | 10KW                      | 100WFM Transmitter is already functional for localized coverage (10-12 kms radius area) |
|          8 | TAMENGLANG                   | MANIPUR         | 1KW                       |                                                                                         |
|          9 | ZUNHEBOTO                    | NAGALAND        | 1KW                       |                                                                                         |
|         10 | BUNDI (TV SITE)              | RAJASTHAN       | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|         11 | ETAWAH                       | UTTAR PRADESH   | 10KW                      |                                                                                         |
|         12 | SSB CENTRE, GADANIYA (PALIA) | UTTAR PRADESH   | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|         13 | SSB CENTRE, MAHARAJGANJ      | UTTAR PRADESH   | 10kW                      |                                                                                         |
|         14 | SSB CENTRE, NANPARA          | UTTAR PRADESH   | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|         15 | SULTANPUR                    | UTTAR PRADESH   | 10 KW                     |                                                                                         |
|         16 | ALMORA                       | UTTARAKHAND     | 1 &5 KW                   |                                                                                         |
|         17 | HALDWANI                     | UTTARAKHAND     | 10kW                      | 100WFM                                                                                  |

| Sr. Nos.   | PLACE                  | STATE       | POWER OF FM TRANSMITTER   | REMARK                                                                                    |
|------------|------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|            |                        |             |                           | Transmitter is already functional for localized coverage (10-12 kms radius area)          |
| 18.        | SSB CENTRE , CHAMPAWAT | UTTARAKHAND | 1KW                       |                                                                                           |
| 19.        | BARDHWAN               | WEST BENGAL | 10KW                      |                                                                                           |
| 20.        | KRISHNANAGAR           | WEST BENGAL | 10kW                      | 100WFM Transmitter is already functional for localized coverage (10-12 kms radius area) . |

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 851 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2019

## ANNEXURE-IV

## Major Doordarshan projects for the current financial year 2018-19

| State/ UT         | Location      | Projects                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar      |  Procurement of LTO based Archiving system for ArunPrabha Channel  Supply of HD NLE *                                                                                         |
| Assam             | Dibrugarh     |  Replacement of old ageing HPT by new 10 kW HPT *                                                                                                                              |
| Assam             | Guwahati      |  Supply of HD NLE *  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated Playout facility  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                    |
| Bihar             | Patna         |  Modernization of Earth station *  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                |
| Chandigarh        | Chandigarh    |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur     |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh      | Raipur        |  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                                                                        |
| Delhi             | Delhi         |  Integrated News production facility at News Headquarter *  Supply of HD NLE *  Setting up of new Earth station at CPC, Delhi  Modernization of Earth station at DDK, Delhi |
| Gujarat           | Ahmedabad     |  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated Playout facility  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla        |  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel                                                                                                                          |
| Jharkhand         | Ranchi        |  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                                                                        |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | J&K           |  Procurement of 30,000 DTH receive units for J&K areas  Supply of 10 kWDigital ready Analog TV Transmitters to be installed in Border areas                                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | Srinagar      |  Setting up of new digital HPT (DTT) *  Supply of HD NLE *  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated                                                                      |

|                |                    | Playout facility  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel  Modernization of Earth station                                                                      |
|----------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Karnataka      | Bengaluru          |  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel  Modernization of Earth station *  Supply of HD NLE *                                                                |
| Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram |  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel  Supply of HD NLE *                                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal             |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                                                 |
| Maharashtra    | Pune               |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                              |
| Maharashtra    | Nagpur             |  Modernization of Earth station *                                                                                                                                            |
| Maharashtra    | Mumbai             |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                                                 |
| Manipur        | Imphal             |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                              |
| Nagaland       | Kohima             |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                              |
| Odisha         | Bhubaneswar        |  Supply of HD NLE *  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated Playout facility  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel                                    |
| Punjab         | Jalandhar          |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated Playout facility                                  |
| Rajasthan      | Jaipur             |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *                                                                                                 |
| Sikkim         | Gangtok            |  New DSNG Van *  Supply of HD NLE *                                                                                                                                         |
| Tamil Nadu     | Chennai            |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel                                                                                                   |
| Telangana      | Hyderabad          |  SITC of Single Channel Integrated Automated Playout facility  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel  Modernization of Earth station *  Supply of HD NLE * |
| Tripura        | Agartala           |  New DSNG Van *                                                                                                                                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Gorakhpur          |  Setting up of new Earth station                                                                                                                                             |

|             | Lucknow   |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel *   |
|-------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             | Allahabad |  New DSNG Van *                                                                |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun  |  Modernization of Earth station                                                |
| West Bengal | Kolkata   |  Supply of HD NLE *  Augmentation of technical facility for Kisan Channel     |

* Theseprojects have since been completed during current financial year 2018-19