Lok Sabha Question No. 80 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Mandatory Telecast of Doordarshan Channels
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, M. UDHAYAKUMAR

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING**

**LOK SABHA**

**STARRED QUESTION NO. 80**

**(TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/07/2015)**

**MANDATORY TELECAST OF DOORDARSHAN CHANNELS**

***80:	DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:**

**ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:**

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

1. the details of mandatory Doordarshan channels required to be telecast by Multi System Operators (MSO)/Cable Operators in the country;

1. whether the Government has received complaints against MSO and Cable Operators for not following mandatory regulations;

1. if so, the details and action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year;  and

1. the further steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure that mandatory Doordarshanchannels are aired by MSO/Cable Operators?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF FINANCE; MINISTER OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS; AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI ARUN JAITELY)**

1. to (d) :  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 80 FOR ANSWER ON 24.7.2015.

1. As per notification No.SO 2693 (E) dated 6 th September 2013 and subsequent amendment No. SO 1388 (E ) dated 25 th May 2015 issued by this Ministry, it is mandatory for all Multi System Operators (MSOs) and Local Cable Operators (LCOs) to carry 25  Channels, which includes 22 Doordarshan Channels, LokSabha Channel, RajyaSabha Channel and GyanDarshan Channel, in DAS (Digital Addressable Systems) notified areas  (Details inAnnex-‘A’) and 10 Channels in non-DAS areas (Details in Annex –‘B’).

1. to (d)As per Section 11 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, the authorised officers i.e. District Magistrate, or a Sub-divisional Magistrate, or a Commissioner of Police, within his local limits of jurisdiction have powers to take action for non-carriage of the mandatory channels  by cable operators on their networks.  Therefore, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting does not have any record of such complaints received by the authorised officers.

It was brought to the notice of the Ministry that some MSOs were not carrying some of the mandatory channels.  The Ministry had, therefore,written to all concerned registered MSOs for DAS notified areas to carry the mandatory channels on their networks.  An Advisory was also issued in June, 2015 to all the defaulting LCOs/MSOsin DAS and Non-DAS areas to carry the mandatory channels as notified by the Ministry sincenon-carriage of these channels shall attract action /punishment under Sections 11and l8 of the Cable Act.

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**Annexure A**

**ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 80 FOR ANSWER ON 24.7.2015.**

**Mandatory channels to be carried in Digital Addressable System (DAS) Areas**

|   S. No. | Mandatory Channel   | S. No.   | Mandatory Channel   |
|----------|---------------------|----------|---------------------|
|       1. | DD National         | 2.       | DD News             |
|       3. | DD Bharati          | 4.       | DD Urdu             |
|       5. | DD Sports           | 6.       | DD India            |
|       7. | DD Kashir           | 8.       | DD Punjabi          |
|       9. | DD Girnar           | 10.      | DD Sahyadri         |
|      11. | DD Saptagiri        | 12.      | DD Malayalam        |
|      13. | DD Podhigai         | 14.      | DD Chandana         |
|      15. | DD Bangla           | 16.      | DD North East       |
|      17. | DD Bihar            | 18.      | DD Uttar Pradesh    |
|      19. | DD Rajasthan        | 20.      | DD Madhya Pradesh   |
|      21. | DD Oriya            | 22.      | GyanDarshan         |
|      23. | LokSabha            | 24.      | RajyaSabha          |
|      25. | Kisan Channel       |          |                     |

**Annexure B**

**ANNEXURE-B REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 80 FOR ANSWER ON 24.7.2015.**

**Mandatory channels to be carried in Non-Digital Addressable System Areas**

|   S.No. | Mandatory Channel                                                                                                          |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1. | DD (National Channel)                                                                                                      |
|      2. | DD (News Channel)                                                                                                          |
|      3. | One regional language of Doordarshan channel of the State in which the Cable Operator is located according to the SCHEDULE |
|      4. | LokSabha Television Channel                                                                                                |
|      5. | RajyaSabha Television Channel                                                                                              |
|      6. | DD Sports Channel                                                                                                          |
|      7. | GyanDarshan Channel                                                                                                        |
|      8. | DD Urdu Channel                                                                                                            |
|      9. | DD Bharati                                                                                                                 |
|     10. | Kisan Channel                                                                                                              |

| SCHEDULE   | SCHEDULE                      | SCHEDULE                                                                                            |
|------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.     | Name of State/Union Territory | Name of the Regional Language Channel No. of Doordarshan to be re-transmitted by the Cable Operator |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh                | DD-Telugu                                                                                           |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh             | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 3          | Assam                         | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 4          | Chandigarh                    | DD-Punjabi                                                                                          |
| 5          | Daman and Diu                 | DD-Gujarati                                                                                         |
| 6          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli        | DD-Gujarati                                                                                         |
| 7          | Gujarat                       | DD-Gujarati                                                                                         |
| 8          | Jammu and Kashmir             | DD-Kashmir                                                                                          |
| 9          | Karnataka                     | DD-Chandana                                                                                         |
| 10         | Kerala                        | DD-Malayalam                                                                                        |
| 11         | Lakshadweep                   | DD-Malayalam                                                                                        |
| 12         | Maharashtra                   | DD-Sahyadri                                                                                         |
| 13         | Manipur                       | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 14         | Meghalaya                     | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 15         | Mizoram                       | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 16         | Nagaland                      | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 17         | Orissa                        | DD-Oriya                                                                                            |
| 18         | Pondicherry                   | DD-Podigai                                                                                          |
| 19         | Punjab                        | DD-Punjabi                                                                                          |
| 20         | Tamil Nadu                    | DD-Podigai                                                                                          |
| 21         | Tripura                       | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 22         | West Bengal                   | DD-Bangla                                                                                           |
| 23         | Andaman and Nicobar Island    | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 24         | Bihar                         | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 25         | Chattisgarh                   | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 26         | Delhi                         | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 27         | Goa                           | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 28         | Haryana                       | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 29         | Himachal Pradesh              | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 30         | Jharkhand                     | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 31         | Madhya Pradesh                | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 32         | Rajasthan                     | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 33         | Sikkim                        | DD – North-East Channel                                                                             |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh                 | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |
| 35         | Uttaranchal                   | DD-Bharati Channel                                                                                  |

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