Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Akashvani Kendras
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. *330

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021)

## AKASHVANI KENDRAS

## *330.   SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

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

- (a) the  details  of  total  number  of  Akashvani  Kendras  currently operational  under  Prasar  Bharati  across  the  country,  State/UTwise including the State of Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the details of the number of the said centres which have become paperless and have adopted the 'e-office' system;
- (c) whether  the employees  at the said centres have adapted themselves to the 'e-office' system for the operation of the said centres;
- (d) whether  any  efforts  are  being  made  to  make  the  remaining centres paperless;
- (e) if  so,  the  details  and  the  time  by  which  the  said  centres  are proposed  to  be  made  paperless,  State/UT-wise  including  the State of Chhattisgarh; and
- (f) the total number of Akashvani Kendras currently operational and also  the  number  of  non-operational  centres  in  the  State  of Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

(SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- (a) to (f) A statement is laid on the Table of House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *330 FOR ANSWER ON 21.12.2021.

(a) AIR has 500 Akashvani broadcasting centres currently operational across the country. State/UT-wise numbers are given at Annexure. (b)  to  (e)  Offices  of  Prasar  Bharati  across  the  country  are  using different modules of e-office for paperless operation including offices in All India Radio. Employee  centric  modules  such  as  eLeave,  eTour  are  used  by  the employees  across  the  network.  The  e-file  module,  which  is  mainly used  for  processing  administrative  and  other  matters  in  various offices, has been adopted by most of the offices for paperless working. The  usage  of  e-file  module  by  different  offices  in  All  India  Radio  is regularly  being  monitored.    Online  training  sessions  are  conducted regularly to increase its effective usage by all the concerned staff in the country including the state of Chhattisgarh. (f)  There are 13 AIR broadcasting centres operational in the State of Chhattisgarh and all are using e-Office.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *330 FOR ANSWER ON 21.12.2021

## STATE/UT-WISE NUMBERS OF AIR BROADCASTING STATIONS

| S. No.          | States                                | Total AIR Stations   |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh                        | 14                   |
| 2.              | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 39                   |
| 3.              | Assam                                 | 23                   |
| 4.              | Bihar                                 | 16                   |
| 5.              | Chhattisgarh                          | 13                   |
| 6.              | Goa                                   | 1                    |
| 7.              | Gujarat                               | 17                   |
| 8.              | Haryana                               | 5                    |
| 9.              | Himachal Pradesh                      | 16                   |
| 10.             | Jharkhand                             | 14                   |
| 11.             | Karnataka                             | 20                   |
| 12.             | Kerala                                | 12                   |
| 13.             | Madhya Pradesh                        | 25                   |
| 14.             | Maharashtra                           | 30                   |
| 15.             | Manipur                               | 9                    |
| 16.             | Meghalaya                             | 7                    |
| 17.             | Mizoram                               | 13                   |
| 18.             | Nagaland                              | 10                   |
| 19.             | Odisha                                | 21                   |
| 20.             | Punjab                                | 8                    |
| 21.             | Rajasthan                             | 26                   |
| 22.             | Sikkim                                | 16                   |
| 23.             | Tamilnadu                             | 15                   |
| 24.             | Telangana                             | 11                   |
| 25.             | Tripura                               | 18                   |
| 26.             | Uttar Pradesh                         | 29                   |
| 27.             | Uttarakhand                           | 22                   |
| 28.             | West Bengal                           | 16                   |
| Union Territory | Union Territory                       |                      |
| 29.             | UT (A & N Island)                     | 1                    |
| 30.             | UT(Delhi)                             | 1                    |
| 31.             | UT (Chandigarh)                       | 1                    |
| 32.             | UT (Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu) | 3                    |
| 33.             | UT (Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands)  | 1                    |
| 34.             | UT(Puducherry)                        | 2                    |
| 35.             | UT (Jammu & Kashmir)                  | 16                   |
| 36.             | UT (Ladakh)                           | 9                    |
| Total           | Total                                 | 500                  |