Lok Sabha Question No. 2221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Installation of High and Low Power Transmitters
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2221

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020)

INSTALLATION OF HIGH AND LOW POWER TRANSMITTERS

2221. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

## SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) the number  of high and low power  transmitters installed  so  far  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  and location-wise;
- (b) the  target  set  for  installing  HPT/LPT/VLPT  in  the country  during  the  last  five  year  plan  alongwith  the number  of  transmitters  actually  installed  ,  State/UTwise;
- (c) the target set in this regard post the twelfth five year plan, State/UT-wise alongwith the efforts being made to achieve it;
- (d) whether the Government has sanctioned a scheme for installation of more high power transmitters in different  states  and  if  so,  the  location-wise  details thereof; and
- (e)
- the details of prescribed time limit for the same?

## 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)  to  (e):  Prasar  Bharati  is  currently  having  total  590 transmitters  functioning  across  the  country.  Additionally, 23 digital High Power Transmitters (HPTs) are functional in 19 cities. State/UT-wise list of above High Power Transmitters (HPTs) / Low Power Transmitters (LPTs) / Very Low Power Transmitters (VLPTs) is given at  Annexure-I.

During 12 th  Five Year Plan, 24 new HPTs were targeted and installed. List of these HPTs, state- wise and location-wise is given at Annexure-II.

Under the 'Broadcasting Development and Network Development'  scheme  extended  from  the  12 th   Plan,  w.e.f. 2017-2020,  which  was  further  extended  till  2020-21,  the following  HPTs  have  been  approved  for  installation  in Border areas of the country at the following locations.

## UT of Jammu & Kashmir

1. HPT, Green Ridge
2. HPT, Patnitop
3. HPT, Rajouri (DD National & DD News)

## UT of Ladakh

## HPT, Himbotingla

With  the  success  of  DD  FreeDish  Direct  to  Home  (DTH) the  Analog  Terrestrial  TV  Transmitters  have  become obsolete and are being phased out by Prasar Bharati. DTH Platform  provides  Doordarshan  channels,  AIR  channels alongwith  many  private  TV  and  FM  channels  throughout the country.

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ANNEXURE -I ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  to  (e)  OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2221 FOR ANSWER ON 23.09.2020

| S. No.            | State/UT   | HPTs LPTs   | VLPTs   |
|-------------------|------------|-------------|---------|
| 1 Andhra          | Pradesh 9  | 19          |         |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2          | 3           | 2       |
| Assam             | 5          | 12          | 3       |
| Bihar             | 5          | 16          | 4       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 4          | 11          | 5       |
| Goa               | 1          |             | 6       |
| Gujarat           | 7          | 31          | 7       |
| Haryana           | 2          | 9           | 8       |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 3          | 4           | 9       |
| Jharkhand         | 4          | 9           | 10      |
| Karnataka         | 8          | 29          | 11      |
| Kerala            | 4          | 8           | 12      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 8          | 37          | 13      |
| Maharashtra       | 9          | 48          | 14      |
| Manipur           | 3          | 1           | 15      |
| Meghalaya         | 4          | 3           | 16      |
| Mizoram           | 3          |             | 17      |
| Nagaland          | 3          | 1           | 18      |

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| 19                                 | Odisha   | 6   | 43   |    |
|------------------------------------|----------|-----|------|----|
| 20 Punjab                          | 5        |     |      |    |
| Rajasthan                          | 7        | 34  |      | 21 |
| Sikkim                             | 2        |     |      | 22 |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 7        | 12  |      | 23 |
| Telangana                          | 3        | 16  |      | 24 |
| Tripura                            | 2        | 4   |      | 25 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 11       | 23  |      | 26 |
| Uttarakhand                        | 1        | 9   |      | 27 |
| West Bangal                        | 11       | 12  |      | 28 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island           | 2        | 2   | 25   | 29 |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |          | 1   |      | 30 |
| Delhi                              | 2        |     |      | 31 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 19       | 2   |      | 31 |
| Ladakh                             | 1        | 1   |      | 32 |
| Lakshadweep                        |          | 1   |      | 33 |
| Puducherry                         | 1        |     |      | 34 |
| Total                              | 164      | 401 | 25   |    |

## ANNEXURE -II

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2221 FOR ANSWER ON 23.09.2020

| List of Digital TV Transmitters (23 nos)   | List of Digital TV Transmitters (23 nos)   | List of Digital TV Transmitters (23 nos)   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                     | State                                      | Location                                   |
| 1                                          | Assam                                      | Guwahati                                   |
| 2                                          | Bihar                                      | Patna                                      |
| 3                                          | Chhattisgarh                               | Raipur                                     |
| 4                                          | Delhi                                      | Delhi (2 nos)                              |
| 5                                          | Gujarat                                    | Ahmedabad                                  |
| 6                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                            | Srinagar                                   |
| 7                                          | Jharkhand                                  | Ranchi                                     |
| 8                                          | Karnataka                                  | Bengaluru                                  |
| 9                                          | Kerala                                     | Thiruvananthapuram                         |
| 10                                         | Madhya Pradesh                             | Bhopal                                     |
| 11                                         |                                            | Indore                                     |
| 12                                         | Maharashtra                                | Mumbai (2 nos)                             |
| 13                                         |                                            | Aurangabad                                 |
| 14                                         | Odisha                                     | Cuttack                                    |
| 15                                         | Punjab                                     | Jalandhar                                  |
| 16                                         | Tamil Nadu                                 | Chennai (2 nos)                            |
| 17                                         | Telangana                                  | Hyderabad                                  |
| 18                                         | Uttar Pradesh                              | Lucknow                                    |
| 19                                         | West Bengal                                | Kolkata (2 nos)                            |
| List of Analog TV Transmitter (1 no)       | List of Analog TV Transmitter (1 no)       | List of Analog TV Transmitter (1 no)       |
| 1                                          | Telangana                                  | Mehboobnagar                               |