GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2259 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2015) AIR/ DD COVERAGE 2259. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE: SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT: SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK": Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state: (a) the total number of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD) stations in the country, location and State/UT-wise; (b) whether the Government proposes to expand the AIR/DD network by establishing more number of stations in various States in the country, where Doordarshan/Radio broadcast is not available, if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh along with the time frame fixed for operationalising the same; (c) whether the broadcast of All India Radio has improved in terms of reach/ coverage throughout the country in the past ten years, if so, the details thereof; (d) whether the popularity of AIR has been affected due to poor quality or low coverage, if so, the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard; and (e) the concrete steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase radio density and DD coverage in the country particularly in rural/ remote/ backward/ tribal regions of the country? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.) } (a) Prasar Bharati has informed that as far as All India Radio (AIR) is concerned, total 414 nos. of AIR Broadcasting Stations are functioning in the country. Location and State/ UT-wise details of these stations are given at Annexure-I. As regards Doordarshan (DD), there are, at present, 67 Doordarshan Kendras (Studio centres) and 1416 transmitters in the country. State/ UT wise locations of Doordarshan stations in the country, are given at Annexure-II. (b) As far as AIR is concerned, schemes for setting up of 88 nos. of new AIR Broadcasting Stations have been approved. State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure-III. As regards Doordarshan, all the areas uncovered by terrestrial transmission (including those located in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh) alongwith rest of the country, have been provided with multi channel TV coverage through Doordarshan’s free-to-air DTH service, “DD Free Dish”. DTH signals can be received anywhere in the country with the help of small sized dish receive units. Following new TV transmitter projects in Jammu & Kashmir are presently under implementation: 1. High Power Transmitters (HPTs), Rajouri (DD1 & DD News) 2. HPT, Green Ridge 3. HPT, Himbotingla 4. HPT Natha Top (Patnitop). The Timeline for transmitters at Rajouri is 2016 and for other locations is 2017. (c) At the end of year 2005, AIR had 145 MW Transmitters & 123 FM transmitters in the network and AIR coverage (MW + FM) was nearly 92.00 % of the area and 99.20 % of the total population of the country. However, FM coverage was nearly 20.00 % of the area and 30.00 % of the total population of the country. As on date, AIR has 145 MW Transmitters & 409 FM transmitters in the network , including 194 nos. of 100 Watt FM Relay transmitter for localized coverage and present AIR coverage (MW + FM) is unchanged. However, FM Coverage has increased from 20% to 32.50% by the area and from 30% to 45.00% by the total population of the country. (d) No, Madam. All India Radio is continuously improving its network to enhance the quality of broadcast. Schemes have been approved for replacement of old outlived programme production equipment & transmitters and installation of new setups from time to time under Five Year Plans. (e) All India Radio has taken following steps to increase radio density in the rural/remote/backward/tribal region: (i) High Power MW transmitters have already been installed at capital /major cities of the states which are presently providing radio coverage to rural/remote/backward/tribal region of the respective states. (ii) AIR Broadcasting Centres have also been set up specially in backward/ tribal areas of the country. (iii) New FM transmitters are also being set up in the country including rural/ remote/ backward/ tribal region of the country. (iv) 21 radio channels (Programmes) of AIR have been made available on Doordarshan’s DTH platform in Ku-band (DD FREE DISH) and these can be received through a set top box all over the country with the help of small sized dish antenna receive units. (v) Popular AIR Channels have also been provided on internet and Android, iOS & Windows based applications. As regards DD, in view of multi channel coverage having been provided to all the areas uncovered by terrestrial transmission (including those located in rural/ remote/ backward/tribal regions) along with rest of the country, through Doordarshan’s free to air DTH service, new transmitters for expansion of terrestrial coverage are now not envisaged except a few in border areas. ******* Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2259 for answer on 11/12/2015 List of Existing A.I.R. Broadcasting Centre along with details of AM/FM/ SW Transmitters S.No. Transmitter Power/Type Stations States MW FM SW 1. ADONI ANDHRA PRADESH 100 W 2. ANANTPUR ANDHRA PRADESH 6 KW 3. CUDDAPAH ANDHRA PRADESH 100 KW 1 KW 4. KAKINADA ANDHRA PRADESH 100 W 5. KURNOOL ANDHRA PRADESH 6 KW 6. MACHRELA ANDHRA PRADESH 3 kW 7. MERKAPURAM ANDHRA PRADESH 6 KW 8. NANDYAL ANDHRA PRADESH 100 W 9. NELLORE ANDHRA PRADESH 100 W 10. ONGOLE ANDHRA PRADESH 100 W 11. SRIKAKULAM ANDHRA PRADESH 1 kW 12. TIRUPATHI ANDHRA PRADESH 10 KW 3 KW 13. VIJAYWADA ANDHRA PRADESH 100 KW 10 kW 1 kW 1 KW 14. VISHAKHAPATNAM ANDHRA PRADESH 100 KW 10 KW 15. ALONG ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 16. BASAR ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 17. BOMDILA ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 18. DEOMALI ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 19. GEKU ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 20. HAWAI ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 21. HUNLI ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 22. ITANAGAR ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 KW 10 KW 50 KW 23. KALAKTANG ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 24. MIAO ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 25. NAMSAI ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 26. PASSIGHAT ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10 KW 100 W 27. ROING ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 28. SEEPA ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 29. TALIHA ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 30. TAWANG ARUNACHAL PRADESH 20 KW 100 W 31. TEZU ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10 KW 100 W 32. YOMCHA ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 33. ZEMITHANG ARUNACHAL PRADESH 100 W 34. ZIRO ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 KW 100 W 35. DHUBRI ASSAM 6 KW S.No. Transmitter Power/Type Stations States MW FM SW 36. DIBRUGARH ASSAM 300 KW 1 kW 100 Watt 37. DIPHU ASSAM 1 kW 38. GUWAHATI ASSAM 100 KW 10 KW 50 KW * 20 KW 100 Watt 50 KW* 39. HAFLONG ASSAM 6 KW 40. JORHAT ASSAM 10 KW 41. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM 20 kW 100 Watt 42. MARGHERITA ASSAM 100 Watt 43. NAZIRA ASSAM 100 Watt 44. NORTH LAKHIMPUR ASSAM 100 Watt 45. NOWGONG ASSAM 6 KW 46. SILCHAR ASSAM 20 KW 100 Watt 47. TEZPUR ASSAM 20 kW 1 kW 48. TINSUKIA ASSAM 100 W 49. AURANGABAD BIHAR 100 W 50. BETIAH BIHAR 100 W 51. BHAGALPUR BIHAR 20 kW 100 W 52. DARBHANGA BIHAR 20 KW 53. FORBESGANJ BIHAR 100 W 54. GAYA BIHAR 100 W 55. KISHAN GANJ BIHAR 100 W 56. MADHUBANI BIHAR 100 W 57. MOTIHARI BIHAR 100 W 58. MUZAAFARPUR BIHAR 100 W 59. PATNA BIHAR 100 KW 6 KW 10 kW 60. PURNEA BIHAR 6 KW 61. SASARAM BIHAR 6 KW 62. SITAMARHI BIHAR 100 W 63. SUPAUL BIHAR 100 W 64. AMBIKAPUR CHHATTISGARH 20 kW 65. BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH 6 KW 66. DONGARGARH CHHATTISGARH 100 W 67. JAGDALPUR CHHATTISGARH 100 KW 100 W 68. KANKER CHHATTISGARH 100 W 69. KHAROD CHHATTISGARH 100 W 70. KONTA CHHATTISGARH 100 W 71. KORBA CHHATTISGARH 100 W 72. MANENDRAGARH CHHATTISGARH 100 W 73. PANDARIA CHHATTISGARH 100 W 74. RAIGARH CHHATTISGARH 6 KW S.No. Transmitter Power/Type Stations States MW FM SW 75. RAIPUR CHHATTISGARH 100 KW 10 kW 76. SARAIPALLI CHHATTISGARH 1 KW 77. DELHI DELHI 200 KW‘A’ 20 KW 100 KW 100 KW ‘B’ 10 KW (2nos.) 20 kW ‘C’ 250 kW 10 kW ‘D’ (7 nos.) 20 kW NC 78. PANAJI GOA 100 KW 6 KW 250 KW 20 kW 250 KW 79. AHMEDABAD GUJARAT 200 KW 10 KW 80. AHWA GUJARAT 1 kW 100 W 81. BHARUCH GUJARAT 100 W 82. BHAVNAGAR GUJARAT 100 W 83. BHUJ GUJARAT 20 kW 84. DWARKA GUJARAT 100 W 85. GODHRA GUJARAT 6 KW 86. HIMMATNAGAR GUJARAT 1 kW 87. JAMNAGAR GUJARAT 100 W 88. JUNAGADH GUJARAT 1 kW 89. MEHASANA GUJARAT 100 W 90. PORBANDAR GUJARAT 100 W 91. RAJKOT GUJARAT 300 KW 10 KW 1000 kW 92. SURAT GUJARAT 10 KW 93. VADODRA GUJARAT 10 KW 94. AMBALA HARYANA 100 W 95. HISSAR HARYANA 6 KW 96. KURUKSHETRA HARYANA 10 KW 97. ROHTAK HARYANA 20 kW 10 kW 98. SIRSA HARYANA 100 W 99. BARMOUR HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 100. BERTHEIN HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 101. BILASPUR HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 102. CHAMBA HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 103. CHAURIKHAS HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 104. DHARMSHALA HIMACHAL PRADESH 10 KW 105. HAMIRPUR HIMACHAL PRADESH 6 KW 106. KASAULI HIMACHAL PRADESH 10 KW 107. KEYLONG HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 108. KINNAUR (KALPA) HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 kW 109. KULLU HIMACHAL PRADESH 6 KW 110. MANALI HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 111. MANDI HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 112. RAMPUR HIMACHAL PRADESH 100 W 113.