Lok Sabha Question No. 3185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: AIR Transmission in the Country
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3185

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019)

## AIR TRANSMISSION IN THE COUNTRY

3185. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to monitor  the  functioning  of  All  India  Radio  (AIR)  in  the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof along with the radio stations that are working under AIR as of now, State-wise;
- (c) the total asset under AIR control;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  any  upgrade  in content  so  as  to  enhance  competitiveness  with  other private channels, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of employees that are working in AIR as of now, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE;

## AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a): Government had constituted a committee under the chairmanship  of  Dr.  Sam  Pitroda  to  review  the  functioning  of Prasar Bharati. The Committee gave various recommendations in its  report of 24.01.2014 on matters such as governance, human resource,  content,  technology,  etc.  which  are  available  on  the website  of  the  Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting.  These recommendations  were  considered  by  the  Government  and  an Action Taken Report (ATR) has been finalized.
- (b):    Prasar  Bharati  has  informed  that  presently,  479  radio stations  are  working  under  AIR,  State-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-I.
- (c): AIR  is  in  possession  of  immovable  property  (land)  at  551 locations across the country.

(d):   Continuous steps are taken for improvement in the content and presentation format of the programmes with the objective to meet the needs and aspirations of the audience. These inter-alia include, use of latest broadcast and transmission technology in programme  production,  changes  based  on  feedback  of  the audience, introducing special programmes for targetted audience,  synergizing  programmes  with  audience  research  and marketing units and availability of AIR Stations on social media and mobile apps.

(e): 12441  employees  are  working  in  AIR  as  on  01.07.2019, State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure-II. ******

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3185 FOR ANSWER ON 12.07.2019

## State-wise details of AIR stations

|   S. No. | States               |   Total AIR Stations |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | A & N Island (UT)    |                    1 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                   14 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                   33 |
|        4 | Assam                |                   22 |
|        5 | Bihar                |                   15 |
|        6 | Chandigarh (UT)      |                    1 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh         |                   13 |
|        8 | Daman & Diu (UT)     |                    2 |
|        9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                    1 |
|       10 | Delhi                |                    1 |
|       11 | Goa                  |                    1 |
|       12 | Gujarat              |                   16 |
|       13 | Haryana              |                    5 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                   16 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                   24 |
|       16 | Jharkhand            |                   13 |
|       17 | Karnataka            |                   20 |
|       18 | Kerala               |                   12 |

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| 19.   | L & M Island (UT)   |   1 |
|-------|---------------------|-----|
| 20.   | Madhya Pradesh      |  25 |
| 21.   | Maharashtra         |  30 |
| 22.   | Manipur             |   8 |
| 23.   | Meghalaya           |   7 |
| 24.   | Mizoram             |  10 |
| 25.   | Nagaland            |  10 |
| 26.   | Odisha              |  21 |
| 27.   | Pondicherry (UT)    |   2 |
| 28.   | Punjab              |   8 |
| 29.   | Rajasthan           |  25 |
| 30.   | Sikkim              |  16 |
| 31.   | Tamilnadu           |  15 |
| 32.   | Tripura             |  17 |
| 33.   | Telangana           |  11 |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh       |  26 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand         |  22 |
| 36.   | West Bengal         |  15 |
| Total | Total               | 479 |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3185 FOR ANSWER ON 12.07.2019

## State/ UT-wise No. of employees working in AIR (as per HRIS) as on 01.07.2019

|   Sl. No. | State                       |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |      45 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              |     308 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |     120 |
|         4 | Assam                       |     477 |
|         5 | Bihar                       |     331 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                  |     115 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                |     160 |
|         8 | Daman & Diu                 |      19 |
|         9 | Delhi                       |    2254 |
|        10 | Goa                         |      93 |
|        11 | Gujarat                     |     345 |
|        12 | Haryana                     |      77 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh            |      96 |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir             |     432 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                   |     222 |
|        16 | Karnataka                   |     618 |
|        17 | Kerala                      |     408 |
|        18 | Lakshadweep                 |       8 |

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| 19   | Madhya Pradesh   |   537 |
|------|------------------|-------|
| 20   | Maharashtra      |  1259 |
| 21   | Manipur          |   102 |
| 22   | Meghalaya        |   145 |
| 23   | Mizoram          |    94 |
| 24   | Nagaland         |   122 |
| 25   | Odisha           |   404 |
| 26   | Puducherry       |    69 |
| 27   | Punjab           |   150 |
| 28   | Rajasthan        |   591 |
| 29   | Sikkim           |    38 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu       |   825 |
| 31   | Telangana        |   314 |
| 32   | Tripura          |    85 |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh    |   755 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand      |   101 |
| 35   | West Bengal      |   722 |
|      | Total            | 12441 |

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