Lok Sabha Question No. 2217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Positive Story
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2217 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.05.2016 )

## POSITIVE STORY

## 2217. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether Prasar Bharati has any plan to telecast/air programme through DD/AIR  based  on  inspirational/positive  stories  of  eminent  people  and their work; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  INFORMATION  AND BROADCASTING (COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)

(a) & (b):

## AIR

Yes, Madam. Prasar Bharati has informed that All India Radio broadcasts programme on  eminent personalities  from different walks of life on  national  and  regional  hook-ups  on  regular  basis.    AIR  also  record  radio autobiographies  of  eminent  personalities  from  different  fields  like,  Literature, Science, History, Art & Culture, Economics and Judiciary etc. AIR has more than 100 Radio autobiographies in its archives

## Doordarshan

Doordarshan  regularly  air  programmes  based  on  inspirational/positive stories of eminent people and their work. The details are annexed.

DD  News  also  produces  weekly  half  an  hour  programme  on  positive stories  including  those  of  persons  of  eminence  and  their  work,  under  the caption  "Good  News  India".  Stories  of  inspirational  nature  are  also  taken  in bulletins.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2217 FOR ANSWER ON 06.05.2016

DETAILS OF THE SERIALS/PROGRAMMES TELECAST BASED ON INSPIRATIONAL/POSTIVE STORIES OF EMINENT PEOPLE AND THEIR WORK.

## DD National

- 1.Inqualab Ek Vichar Ki Yatra - Prog. on  Shaheed Bhagat Singh
2. Documentary on Babu Jagjivan Ram
3. Documentary on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
4. Programme on A.B. Vajpayee
5. The Poet & Patriot : Documentary on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose & Rabindranath Tagore
6. Programme on Swami Vivekananda
7. Bapu Ki Yaad Mein - Shanti Ke Raag
8. Mahatma Gandhi : The Great Soul  Documentary
9. Programme on Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
10. Programme  on Munshi Premchand Stories
11. Documentary on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
12. A Film on Mahatma Gandhi
13. A Film on Lal Bahadu Shastri.

## Urdu Channel

1. Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar
2. Sehar Honay Tak- Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad- 13 Episodes
3. Ashfaqullah Khan- Mujahiday Azadi (Freedom Figther)- 13 Episodes
4. Mujahidi Azadi- Hasrat Mohani- 13 Episodes
5. Kahan Gaye Wo Log-(On Different Personalities such as Lala Desh Bandhu, Lala

Lajpat Rai, Dewan Singh Maftoon, Maulvi Mohd. Baqar & Hifzur Rehman)

6. Na Hota Mai - Tou Kiya Hota- on Mirza  Ghalib- 13 Episodes

## Kisan Channel

Programme : Gramin Vikas Bio Gas Sh. Gopal Singh, Bharatpur, Rajasthan Sh. Kulwant Singh, Sikarpur, Bulandshahar. Sh. Sushil Majumdar, Progressive Farmer. Sh. Deena Nath Sharma ,Progressive Farmer. Himachal Pradesh.

Sh. Bahadur Singh, Progressive Farmer.

Programme :  Jaivik Kaheti:

Sh. Bharat Bhushan Tyagi,

Programme : Fasal Beema Yojna Sh. Dinesh Dixit

Programme:  A 2 Milk Sh. Rajender Tamboli, Raipur

## DD Bharati

Running inspirational show on Yoga by Baba Ram Dev Telecasting biographies of great people like Sh. B.R. Ambedkar, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Bhishm Sahni, Pt. Bhim Sen Joshi etc.

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