Lok Sabha Question No. 1125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-29
Subject: Delay of Payment
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF INFORMATON  AND BROADCASTING

## II)K SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 1125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.4.2016

## DELAY OF PAYMENT

## 1125. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether the Directorate of Advertising  and Visual Publicity  (DAVP)  has delayed the payment for advertisements  to newspapers  and TV channels:
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, newspaper and TV channel-wise and State/UT-wise;  and (b)
- the corrective measures  taken by the Government in this regard? (c)

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN  THE MINISTRY OF INFOR"IVIATION & BROADCASTING  {COL  RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd. f }

(a) to (c) DAVP,  being the nodal advertising department  for the Government  of India,  releases  advertisements on behalf of different  Ministries/ Departments. DAVP releases payments to newspapers and other media organizations, based on the funds released  by the client Ministries/Departments.  In some cases, due to delayed availability of funds, payments to media organizations get delayed. The details of pendency  in release  of payments to be made by DAVP for advertisements released in newspaper  (Print Media) and TV-Channel-wise and State/UT-wise is placed at Annexure-l  and II respectively.  However,  DAVP makes constant  efforts to urge client Ministries/ Departments  regarding their oendencv.

## ANNEXURE  1

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a) to (c)  ofLOK SABHA UNSTARRED OUESTION NO. 1125 FORREPLY  ON 29,4.2016

## STATEruT.WISE PENDENCY IN RESPECT OF PRINT MEDIA

## AS ON 0l/04/2016

| STATE                  | PENDENCY       |
|------------------------|----------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR    | 540661         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH         | 10310753       |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 1708255        |
| ASSAM                  | 9443649        |
| BIHAR                  | 23974870       |
| CHANDIGARH             | 134t3934       |
| CHHATTISGARH           | t6349282       |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 14075s5        |
| DAMAN AND DIU          | 989466         |
| DELHI                  | 356601398      |
| coA                    | 2t67890        |
| GUJARAT                | 39532084       |
| HARYANA                | 13348724       |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 3878403        |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR      | 22359832       |
| JHARKHAND              | 10866268       |
| KARNATAKA              | 296t2281       |
| KERALA                 | 16580221       |
| MADHYA PRADESH         | 47180786       |
| MAHARASHTRA            | 12769650s      |
| MANIPUR                | 2006222        |
| MEGHALAYA              | I 836556       |
| MIZORAM                | 2047769        |
| NACALAND               | l60l0l4        |
| ORISSA                 | 27873801       |
| PUDUCHERRY             | 10065 l 5      |
| PUNJAB                 | 2t073867       |
| RAJASTHAN              | 51373621       |
| SIKKIM                 | 3249346        |
| TAMIL NADU             | 44679340       |
| TELANGANA              | 44573427       |
| TRIPURA                | 2924974        |
| UTTAR PRADESH          | 91331058       |
| UTTARAKHAND            | t5476102       |
| WEST BENGAL            | 57645859       |
| Total                  | 1,11,66,62,288 |

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) ro (c)  ofLOK SABHA UNSTARRED OUESTION  NO. 1I25 FOR REPLY ON 29.4.2016

## STATE/UT-WISE  PENDENCY  WITH RESPECT TO TV CHANNELS AS ON 01 APRIL  2016

|     | Channel            | Pendency   |
|-----|--------------------|------------|
| I   | 24 Ghanta          | 1218101    |
| 2   | 9XM                | 1783705    |
| 3   | 9X JHAKAAS         | 389908     |
| 4   | 9X TASHAN          | 231703     |
| 5   | AAJTAK             | 7991939    |
| 6   | AALAMI SAHARA      | 227475     |
| 7   | AASTHA BHAJAN      | 438678     |
| 8   | Aastha TV          | 504667     |
| o   | ABN ANDHRAJYOTHY   | 444156     |
| 10  | ABP ANANDA         | 1097301    |
| ll  | ABP MAJHA          | 16tt75s    |
| t2  | ABPNEWS            | 7630368    |
| IJ  | Akash Bangla       | 126852     |
| 14  | Amrita TV          | 402855     |
| l)  | ANIMAL PLANET      | 3499       |
| 16  | ARYAN TV NATIONAL  | 654553     |
| 17  | ASIANET            | 2089944    |
| l8  | Asianet News       | 859279     |
| 19  | ASIANET PLUS       | 6830s      |
| 20  | ASSAM TALKS 24X7   | 245350     |
| 2l  | AWAAZ              | I 19802s   |
| 22  | Axis Press Network | 135016     |
| 23  | AZADNEWS           | 66473      |
| 1,4 | B4U MOVIES         | 33722      |
| 25  | B4U Music          | 38936s     |
| 26  | Bakthi TV          | 1014761    |
| 27  | BANSALNEWS         | t276581    |
| 28  | BIG MAGIC          | 20687      |
| 29  | Bindass            | 705631     |
| 30  | BIZZNEWS           | 123829     |
| JI  | Bloomberg UTV      | 1949017    |
| .JZ | CARE WORLD TV      | 7854       |
| .]J | CARTOONNETWORK     | 3 10082 I  |
| 34  | CHANNEL 2          | 242756     |
| 35  | CHANNELNO.I        | 289195     |
| JO  | CHANNEL V          | 1080230    |
|     | Chardikla Time TV  | 348512     |

| 38   | CNBC TV 18                | r193425   |
|------|---------------------------|-----------|
| JY   | CNN/IBN                   | 2091 813  |
| 40   | Colors                    | 15565134  |
| 41   | COLORS BANGLA             | 1310762   |
| 42   | COLORS GUJARATI           | 724186    |
| 43   | COLORS KANNADA            | 6s3906    |
| 44   | COLORS MARATHI            | 328392r   |
| 45   | COLORS ORIYA              | 520296    |
| 46   | DABANGG                   | 699213    |
| 4',7 | DAY&NIGHTNEWS             | 271820    |
| 48   | DHAMAAL                   | 277630    |
| 49   | DHOOM MUSIC               | 39768     |
| 50   | Dilli Aai Tak             | 665985    |
| 51   | DISCOVERY                 | 341766    |
| 52   | DISCOVERY TRAVEL & LIVING | 59397     |
| 53   | DISHANEWS CHANNEL         | 483832    |
| 54   | DIVYA                     | 2t94627   |
| 55   | DY 365                    | 205t220   |
| 56   | E -24                     | 18624     |
| 57   | ENTER 1O TELEVISION       | 143510    |
| 58   | ETNOW                     | 1694059   |
| 59   | ETC - HINDI               | 273956    |
| 60   | ETC - PI.INJABI           | 50049     |
| 6l   | ETV -RAJ                  | 1326209   |
| oz   | ETV TELUGU                | 4505323   |
| 63   | ETV UP                    | 861 I 87  |
| 64   | ETV URDU                  | 882314    |
| 65   | ETV - MP                  | 1081660   |
| 66   | ETV BIHAR                 | 584450    |
| 67   | ETV2                      | 217851    |
| 68   | FILMY                     | 3286797   |
| 69   | Firangi                   | 12034     |
| 70   | FOCUS BANGLA              | 185660    |
| 71   | FOCUS HARYANA             | 31712     |
| 72   | FOCUS HI FI               | 7 t0677   |
| t)   | FOCUS NE TV               | 668798    |
| 74   | FOCUS NEWS                | 212433    |
| 75   | FOODFOOD                  | 3707129   |
| 76   | FRONTIERTV                | 34229     |
| '77  | GEMINI MOVIES             | 73038     |
| 78   | GEMINI MUSIC              | 2t977     |
| 79   | GEMINI TV                 | 6852546   |
| 80   | GET PI.INJABI             | 12057     |
| 81   | GNNNEWS                   | 140828    |
| 82   | HBCNEWS                   | 113318    |
| 83   | HMTV                      | 215863    |

| 84   | HUMMRAM                                 | 9924      |
|------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
| 85   | i News                                  | 31765     |
| 86   | TBC24                                   | r 750183  |
| 87   | IBN 7                                   | 4688567   |
| 88   | IBN Lokmat                              | 2999277   |
| 89   | INDIA 24X7                              | 164621    |
| 90   | India News                              | 239244    |
| 9l   | INDIA NEWS BIHAR JHARKHAND              | 17690     |
| 92   | INDIANEWS TIARYANA                      | 574000    |
| v5   | INDIANEWS RAJASTHAN                     | 633942    |
| 94   | INDIA NEWS UTTAR PRADESH AND UTTRAKHAND | 683513    |
| 95   | INDIATODAY                              | 821132    |
| vo   | INDIA TV                                | 6141275   |
| 97   | Indiavision News                        | 1389744   |
| 98   | Jai Hind TV                             | 8l 8801   |
| 99   | JAINTV                                  | 273340    |
| 100  | JAN TV                                  | 1250115   |
| 101  | JANASRIKANNADA                          | 1363628   |
| 102  | ianta tv                                | 115335    |
| 103  | Jaya TV                                 | 457734    |
| 104  | JAYAPLUS                                | 771290    |
| 105  | Jeevan Tv                               | I 85491   |
| 106  | Kairali                                 | 572825    |
| 107  | KANAKTV                                 | 190438    |
| 108  | KASHISHNEWS                             | l3JZ I JO |
| t09  | Kasthuri TV                             | 282275    |
| 110  | KHABARBHARTI                            | 546660    |
| ll1  | KHABRAIN ABHI TAK                       | 1295t0    |
| 112  | KHOJ INDIA                              | 196408    |
| 113  | KIRAN TV                                | 277976    |
| tr4  | KOLKATA TV                              | 1878800   |
| I l) | KTV                                     | 592095    |
| 116  | LEMONNEWS                               | 215378    |
| t17  | Live India                              | 5503373   |
| 118  | LOKSABHATV                              | 3082734   |
| 119  | M/s Star India Prt Limited              | 8082744   |
| 120  | MAA MOVIES                              | 674060    |
| t2l  | MAAMUSIC                                | 437712    |
| t22  | MAATV                                   | 1006755   |
| 123  | Maeik TV                                | 55012     |
| 124  | MAHUAA                                  | 3691464   |
| t2s  | MAHUAANEWS                              | 1966449   |
| 126  | Makkal TV                               | 436689    |
| t27  | Manorama News                           | 1046898   |
| t28  | Manoranian TV                           | 1252016   |

| 129   | MASTIII                   | 2003126   |
|-------|---------------------------|-----------|
| 130   | MAURYA TV PRIVATE LIMITED | 261061    |
| 131   | MAZHAVIL MANORAMA         | 128440    |
| 132   | MBC TV                    | 617462    |
| T .]J | MEGA 24                   | 575       |
| 134   | MEGA MUSIQ                | 272880    |
| 135   | MegaTV                    | 258764    |
| lJo   | MH 1 Shraddha             | 213431    |
| r37   | MH One                    | 204319    |
| 138   | MH One News               | 174510    |
| 139   | Mi Marathi                | 460648    |
| 140   | Movies Now                | 293861    |
| 141   | MTV                       | 186565    |
| 142   | MUNSIF TV                 | 785889    |
| 143   | MUSIC XPRESS              | 98715     |
| 144   | NTV                       | 3765949   |
| 145   | NAXATRANEWS               | 414332    |
| 146   | NDTV 24X7                 | 1s02249   |
| 147   | NDTV Goodtimes            | 1306s     |
| 148   | NDTV India                | 5339125   |
| 149   | NDTV PROFIT               | 4176t8    |
| 150   | Nepal No. 1               | 552291    |
| l)l   | News 24                   | 5483857   |
| t52   | NEWS 9                    | 732093    |
| 153   | NEWS E)GRESS              | 1 106593  |
| 154   | News Live                 | 1736765   |
| 155   | NEWS TIMEAASAM            | t7932t2   |
| 156   | NEWS TIME BANGLA          | 655743    |
| t57   | News X                    | 7 r07 15  |
| 158   | NIKELODEON                | 1256911   |
| 159   | OTV                       | 1631265   |
| 160   | P7 News                   | 994131    |
| 161   | Dearls ncr-har-rai        | 104845    |
| 162   | People                    | 295844    |
| 163   | PEPPERS TV                | 45735     |
| 164   | POGO                      | 3062047   |
| 165   | POLIMER                   | 723122    |
| 166   | praq channel              | 3276307   |
| 167   | PRARTHANA                 | 232t26    |
| 168   | PTC NEWS                  | 731328    |
| 169   | PTC PTINJABI              | 816019    |
| 170   | PUBLIC TV                 | 174613    |
| 171   | PUTHIYA THALAIMURAI TV    | 578831    |
| 172   | Raftaar Media             | 51202     |
| t73   | RAJ MUSIC KARNATAKA       | 1168101   |
| 174   | Rai Musix                 | 353065    |

| 175   | RAJNEWS 24X7                                  | 147756    |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 176   | Rai News Telugu                               | 63037     |
| 177   | RAJ TV                                        | 2262567   |
| 178   | RAMDHENU                                      | 636882    |
| 170   | Rang                                          | 1489702   |
| 180   | REPORTER TV                                   | 4836      |
| 181   | RPLUS                                         | 307855    |
| 182   | RUPASHI BANGLA                                | 19284s    |
| 183   | SAAMTV                                        | 1s6496    |
| 184   | SAB TV                                        | 513t979   |
| 185   | SADA CHANNEL                                  | 63012     |
| 186   | Sadbna National                               | 461309    |
| 187   | Sadhna News B ihar/Jharkhand                  | 1141937   |
| 188   | Sadhna News MP/ Chhatisqarh                   | I 101700  |
| 189   | SADHNA NEWS UTTARAKHANDiHIMACHAL PRADESH      | 833825    |
| 190   | SAHARA ONE                                    | 5233876   |
| 191   | SAHARA SAMAY Bihar/Jharkhand                  | 493252    |
| 192   | SAHARA SAMAY MP/Chhattishsarh                 | 1t76142   |
| 193   | SAHARA SAMAY NCR /Haryana/Rai asthan /Puni ab | 640880    |
| 194   | SAHARA SAMAY UPruttarakhand                   | 653412    |
| 195   | Sakshi TV                                     | t970221   |
| 196   | SAMAY                                         | 3598568   |
| 197   | SANATANTV                                     | 44818     |
| 198   | Sangeet Bangla                                | 451466    |
| 199   | SANGEET BHOJPURI                              | 201790    |
| 200   | SANSKAR                                       | 3962040   |
| 201   | SARTHAKTV                                     | 856520    |
| 202   | SATHIYAM TELEVISION                           | 236596    |
| 203   | SEANEWS UP & UK                               | 581432    |
| 204   | Seithighal                                    | 88009     |
| 205   | SET MAX                                       | 4051220   |
| 206   | SHRI NEWS                                     | 945761    |
| 207   | SONIC                                         | 237065    |
| 208   | SONYAATH                                      | 375689    |
| 209   | SONY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVI SION                | 9873347   |
| 2t0   | SONY MIX                                      | 892753    |
| 211   | STAR GOLD                                     | 2948607   |
| 212   | STAR JALSHA                                   | 1749945   |
| zl)   | STAR PLUS                                     | I 1707398 |
| 214   | Star Pravah                                   | 690265    |
| 215   | Star Utsav                                    | 912073    |
| 2t6   | STARVIJAY                                     | 24789     |
| 217   | STUDION                                       | 35349     |
| 218   | SUDARSHANNEWS                                 | 81963 1   |
| 219   | SUN MUSIC                                     | t 081608  |

| 220   | SLIN NEWS         | 65776    |
|-------|-------------------|----------|
| 221   | STIN TV           | 6960l 59 |
| 222   | SURYA TV          | 583469   |
| 223   | Suvama            | 420986   |
| 224   | SUVARNANEWS       | 3562061  |
| 225   | TNEWS             | 311954   |
| 226   | TAAZA TV          | 974956   |
| 227   | Tarang            | 337505   |
| 228   | Tarang Music      | 22024    |
| 229   | TEN Cricket       | tt3928l  |
| 230   | Tez               | 678575   |
| 231   | TIMES NOW         | 1724524  |
| 232   | TOTAL TV          | 169522   |
| z))   | TV 1OO            | 632296   |
| 234   | TV 5 TELUGUNEWS   | 3288861  |
| 235   | TV 9 (Guiarati)   | 2082238  |
| 236   | TV 9 (Kamataka)   | 7142081  |
| 237   | TV 9 - Telugu     | 3557417  |
| 238   | TV 9 Mumbai       | 397529   |
| 239   | Tv24              | 89801 5  |
| 240   | Udaya Movies      | 279355   |
| 241   | UDAYA MUSIC       | 239111   |
| 242   | UDAYANEWS         | 1352825  |
| 243   | UDAYATV           | 3851605  |
| 244   | UDAYA VARTHEGALU  | 14756    |
| 245   | UTV Action        | 513304   |
| 246   | UTV MOVIES        | 1540928  |
| 247   | V6NEWS CHANNEL    | t97856   |
| 248   | Vanita TV         | 42025    |
| 249   | Vasanth TV        | 543115   |
| 250   | VHI               | 311419   |
| 251   | Vissa Television  | 42025    |
| 252   | Voice of Nation   | 231694   |
| 253   | VTV               | 846642   |
| 254   | WE                | 9s8t2    |
| zJ>   | WIN TV            | 38831    |
| 2s6   | Zee 24 Taas       | 2523301  |
| 257   | ZEE BANGLA        | 2136003  |
| 258   | ZEE BUSINESS      | 964994   |
| 259   | Zee Cinema        | 5280020  |
| 260   | ZEE CLASSIC       | 164570   |
| 261   | Zee Kannada       | 526279   |
| 262   | ZEE KHANA KHAZANA | t942     |
| 263   | ZEE MARATHI       | 3719920  |
| 264   | ZEENEWS           | 5367904  |
| 265   | ZEE SALAAM        | 606963   |

| 266   | Zee Talkies   | 272307       |
|-------|---------------|--------------|
| 267   | ZeeTanizh     | 691244       |
| 268   | ZEE TELUGU    | t367987      |
| 269   | ZEETV         | t4233427     |
| 270   | Zins.         | 302522       |
| 271   | Zoom          | 767555       |
|       | Total         | 35,94,08,550 |