Lok Sabha Question No. 4392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Promotion of Languages
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROAEDCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4392 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2016)

## PROMOTION OF LANGUAGES 4392 . SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a)the  details  of  the  Doordarshan/  private  channels  in  vernacular  languages  in the country along with their viewership;
- (b)the  details  of  initiatives  taken  to  promote  languages  included  in  the  Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and popular dialects by DD/AIR; and
- (c)the  quantum of funds allocated during the last three years for launching the regional language channels and other means of media?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Vernacular language-wise details of viewership of Doordarshan as per BARC India (Broadcast Audience Research Council) data are given at Annexure-I.

The  details  of  permitted  Private  Satellite  TV  channels  along  with  their language(s) of broadcast are available on this Ministry's website i.e. www.mib.nic.in.>Broadcasting>Uplinking/Downlinking of TV Channels>Status of Private Permitted Satellite TV Channels.

(b):  Prasar  Bharati  has  informed  that  all  the  regional  channels  of  Doordarshan telecast  various  programmes  promoting  the  languages  included  in  the  Eight Schedule of the Constitution and popular dialects.

AIR  broadcast  programmes  in  all  22  languages  included  in  the  Eighth Schedule  of  the  Constitution  and  English  and  also  146  major  dialects  of  the country and  thus  contributes to integrity of the country. The  details of languages/dialects broadcast by All India Radio are given in Annexure-II.

(c): Funds  allocated  during  the  last  three  years  for  launching  the  following regional language channels are given hereunder:-

(Rs . in thousand)

|   S. No | Name of the Regional Channels   |   Budget Allocated 2013-14 |   Budget Allocated 2014-15 |   Budget Allocated 2015-16 |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | DD Bihar- DDK Patna             |                      32000 |                      35566 |                      58570 |
|       2 | DD Madhya Pradesh-              |                      17300 |                      19258 |                      16228 |

|    | DDK Bhopal                    |       |        |        |
|----|-------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|
| 3  | DD Rajasthan- DDK Jaipur      |  9300 |  19100 |  18550 |
| 4  | DD Uttar Pradesh- DDK Lucknow | 12800 |  15350 |  13821 |
| 5  | DD Saptagiri- DDK Vijaywada   |  1000 |  14340 |  32860 |
|    | Total                         | 72400 | 103614 | 140029 |

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ANNEXURE - I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4392 FOR ANSWER ON 12.08.2016

## LANGUAGE-WISE VIEWERSHIP OF DOORDARSHAN CHANNELS

|   S.No. | Channel           | Language   |   Average Gross Viewership in lakhs |
|---------|-------------------|------------|-------------------------------------|
|       1 | DD National       | HINDI      |                               910   |
|       2 | DD Punjabi        | PUNJABI    |                               238.7 |
|       3 | DD Sahyadri       | MARATHI    |                               153.3 |
|       4 | DD Podhigai       | TAMIL      |                                94.8 |
|       5 | DD Chandana       | KANNADA    |                                74.9 |
|       6 | DD News           | HINDI      |                                72.1 |
|       7 | DD Kisan          | HINDI      |                                56.2 |
|       8 | DD Bangla         | BENGALI    |                                59.7 |
|       9 | DD Malayalam      | MALAYALAM  |                                40.5 |
|      10 | DD Uttar Pradesh  | HINDI      |                                53.4 |
|      11 | DD Sports         | HINDI      |                                40.2 |
|      12 | DD Madhya Pradesh | HINDI      |                                30.7 |
|      13 | DD Yadagiri       | TELUGU     |                                35.7 |
|      14 | DD Rajasthan      | HINDI      |                                26.5 |
|      15 | DD Bihar          | BHOJPURI   |                                26.5 |
|      16 | DD Girnar         | GUJARATI   |                                32.7 |
|      17 | DD Oriya          | ORIYA      |                                29.7 |
|      18 | DD Urdu           | URDU       |                                16.1 |
|      19 | DD Bharati        | HINDI      |                                20.7 |
|      20 | DD North East     | ASSAMESE   |                                10.5 |
|      21 | DD Kashir         | URDU       |                                 6.8 |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4392 FOR ANSWER ON 12.08.2016

## DETAILS OF LANGUAGES/DIALECTS BROADCAST BY ALL INDIA RADIO

|   S.No | State/U.T.        | Language                                                                           |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Telegu, Hindi, Urdu, English                                                       |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | English, Hindi, Assamese                                                           |
|      3 | Assam             | Assamese, English, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Sanskrit, Bodo                          |
|      4 | Bihar             | Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Maithili, Santhali                                 |
|      5 | Chattisgarh       | Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Odia                                             |
|      6 | Goa               | English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Portugese                                        |
|      7 | Gujarat           | Hindi, Gujarati, English, Sindhi, Urdu, English                                    |
|      8 | Haryana           | Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Punjabi,                                                 |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh  | Hindi, English, Punjabi                                                            |
|     10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, English, Punjabi, Sanskrit                           |
|     11 | Jharkhand         | Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Odia, Urdu, Bangla, Santhali                             |
|     12 | Karnataka         | Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, English, Marathi, Konkani, Sanskrit, Telegu, Malyalam, Tamil |
|     13 | Kerala            | Malyalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, Sanskrit,                                         |
|     14 | Madhya Pradesh    | Hindi,English, Sanskrit,Urdu,Sindhi                                                |
|     15 | Maharashtra       | Marathi, Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Gujrati, Sindhi, Kannada, Konkani,        |
|     16 | Manipur           | Manipuri, Hindi, English, Sanskrit                                                 |
|     17 | Meghalaya         | English, Hindi                                                                     |
|     18 | Mizoram           | English, Hindi                                                                     |
|     19 | Nagaland          | English, Hindi                                                                     |
|     20 | Odisha            | Odia, Hindi, English, Sanskrit                                                     |
|     21 | Punjab            | Punjabi, Hindi,Urdu, Sanskrit, English                                             |
|     22 | Rajasthan         | Hindi, English, Sindhi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Punjabi                                    |
|     23 | Sikkim            | Hindi, English, Nepali, Sanskrit,                                                  |
|     24 | Tamil Nadu        | Tamil, Hindi, Telegu, Sanskrit, Malyalam, English, Kannada                         |
|     25 | Telangana         | Telegu, Hindi, Urdu, English, Marathi, Sanskrit, Kannada                           |
|     26 | Tripura           | Bengali, Hindi, English                                                            |
|     27 | Uttar Pradesh     | Hindi, Urdu, English, Sanskrit, Nepali                                             |
|     28 | Uttarakhand       | Hindi ,English                                                                     |
|     29 | West Bengal       | Bengali, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Nepali, Santhali                          |
|     30 | Delhi             | Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Punjabi                                            |
|     31 | Puducherry        | Tamil, Telegu, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Malyalam                                  |
|     32 | Andaman & Nicobar | Hindi, English, Tamil, Bengali, Telegu, Malyalam                                   |
|     33 | Daman             | Gujarati, Hindi                                                                    |
|     34 | Lakshadweep       | Malyalam, Tamil                                                                    |
|     35 | Chandigarh        | Hindi, English, Punjabi                                                            |

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